Which application should I use for my Signature 500 measurements?
When configuring your Signature instrument for deployment you can set it up to use one or several applications. Different applications gives you different types of data, and some of them requires several slots (read about how the applications decides the sampling scheme in this FAQ).
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. This FAQ 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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