XMGR.DAT

Basic Information

File-Type

xmgr.dat

File-Form

FORMATTED

Version

March 1998

Description-Date

March 1998

Significance of the File

contains data for a single location or profile to be later used in XY plotting program ACE/gr

File-Contents (in Catchwords)

If time-series data at a specific location are stored:

1. data which can be read by ACE/gr
   1. date, time given in julian format; you should notice that a new julian day starts at noon
   2. data for each time-step stored
2. additional informations, which cannot be read by ACE/gr
   1. informations about the study area
   2. informations about the 2D-location of the data
   3. informations about the 3D-location of the data
   4. coordinates (x,y) of the location
   5. informations about the data set
   6. informations about the origin of the data
   7. number and type-codes for the physical quantities stored in the file
   8. signature of the responsible project engineer

If profile data for a specific profile are stored:

1. data which can be read by ACE/gr
   1. profile-km, Gauß-Krüger coordinates, bathymetric depth and data are stored for each location along the profile
2. additional informations, which cannot be read by ACE/gr
   1. informations about the study area
   2. informations about the profile
   3. informations about the (vertical) location of the profile
   4. date and time or period of data analysis
   5. informations about the data set
   6. informations about the origin of the data
   7. number and type-codes for the physical quantities stored in the file
   8. short and long name of selected locations along the profile
   9. signature of the responsible project engineer

It ist recommended to read data from xmgr.dat using ACE/gr's Read Block Data function.

Programs using this Type of File

Grace, XTRDATA

Example-File

$PROGHOME/examples/XtrData/samples/*

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