Triton Bathymetry User Manual
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information extracted. Even though Temperature and other values may be present in the
data file we can ignore them and only define the values of interest as shown in the
Decoded Data Element
section in the example.
Once the important header elements have been defined and the data section is parsed,
click on the
OK
button to return to the XML Utilities dialog.
Shown below are the results of the
Sound Velocity Format Parsing
dialog:
The sound velocity profile is graphed in the window to the right as a QC tool to verify the
results of the parsing dialog. It is important to review the range of values and axis labels
to compare with expected results to make sure the correct
Field
and
Format
were applied.
Note that the date and location were automatically
selected using the decoded header information. If there
was no header information in the raw data file the date
can be selected using the drop-down menu and the
location can be entered manually as shown right.
When finished be sure to select 'Save As' to select a
location and name for writing the parsed information into an XML file. The resulting file