SonTek RS5 User Manual (August 2020) 145
Summary
Calculated discharge variables and the data
used to compute them
System
Core system related parameters: Compass,
Temperature, Time, SNR, Voltage and Profiling
settings
Transformation_Matrices
System frequencies and transformation matrices
WaterTrack
Water velocity and profiling variables in
coordinates selected for output
BottomTrack Structure
Parameter Name
Description
Size
All_Beams_Beam_Depth Depth for each beam (including vertical beam) for each
sample, including the Transducer Depth. The order of
beams is 1-2-3-4-VB.
NS x 5
VB_Depth
Vertical Beam depth for each sample, including the
Transducer Depth
NS x 1
BT_Depth
Mean Bottom Track depth for each sample, including the
Transducer Depth and compensation for tilt. This is the
mean of the depth measured by each active transducer
and projected in vertically below of the ADP
NS x 1
BT_Vel
Bottom Track Velocity for each direction (or beam, if
exported in Beam coordinates) for each sample
NS x 4
BT_Beam_Depth
Bottom Track depth for each beam for each sample,
including the Transducer Depth and compensation for tilt
NS x 4
BT_Frequency
Frequency of Bottom Track data for each sample
(correlate with Frequency parameter from
Transformation_Matrices structure)
NS x 1
Units
Units for above parameters
NA
General Structure
Parameter Name
Description
Size
Disabled_Beam
Indicates whether a beam is disabled using the Beam
Switching feature. If beam is used, ‘-1’ will be
displayed. Otherwise, the beam number less 1(0,1,2,
or 3) will be displayed for those samples with that
beam disabled (beams 1,2,3, or 4, accordingly).
NS x 1
Sample_Number
Sample number
NS x 1
Sample_Time
Sample time
NS x 1
Sample_Type
Sample type (Start Edge, Transect Section, End Edge) NS x 1
Total_Duration
Total cumulative duration
NS x 1
Use_BT
This corresponds to the setting in the Samples tab
called “Use BT” which allows the user to disable that
sample due to bad bottom track. If the sample is used,
the value is 1, otherwise it is 0.
NS x 1
Units
Units used
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