Which application should I use for my Signature 500 measurements?
When setting up your Signature instrument for deployment, you can configure it to use one or several applications. Each application provides different types of data, and some may require multiple slots. You can find out more about how applications determine the sampling scheme in the FAQ: How do the Signature Deployment applications decide the sampling scheme?.
The table below shows what type of data you get with each application with a Signature 500, and how many slots they require. To achieve a successful deployment it is crucial to understand what type of data you get from each application and combine them correctly. The FAQ How can I check which sampling scheme my Signature is set up to? explains how you can check what sampling scheme the instrument currently is set up to.
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Application |
Output 1 (requires at least one slot) |
Output 2 (requires at least one slot) |
Output 3 (requires at least one slot) |
Area of use (Notes) |
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Average |
Average current data |
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Averaged current data |
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Average with ice drift |
Average current data |
Average ice track |
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Average with ice drift and ice draft (keel) |
Average current data |
Average ice track |
Average altimeter |
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Burst using 4 beams |
Burst current data using the slanted beams |
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Burst current data (No altimeter data and cannot be used for waves) |
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Burst using 5 beams |
Burst current data using the slanted beams |
Burst current data using the vertical beam |
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Burst current data (No altimeter data and cannot be used for waves) |
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Burst using vertical beam |
Burst current data using the vertical beam |
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Burst current data (No altimeter data and cannot be used for waves) |
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Burst with echo sounder |
Echogram 1 |
Echogram 2 |
Echogram 3 |
Echo sounder data (No current data) |
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Wave height and direction |
Burst current data using the slanted beams |
Altimeter |
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Wave measurements (Velocities only collected close to the surface for orbital velocities) |
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Waves and burst using 5 beams |
Burst current data using the slanted beams |
Burst current data using the vertical beam |
Altimeter |
Wave measurements and burst current data from the whole water column |
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Ice draft (keel) |
Burst altimeter |
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Extension: Echo sounder
- Echo sounder: Only available with Burst plans. Will add echo sounder measurements to the configuration, while keeping the current and/or wave measurements. The echo sounder and the other burst measurements will follow the same time schedule. This requires at least one extra slot.
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