Summary of how instruments collecting burst data are represented in netcdf. emontgomery, May 2008 for ADV's, dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (1230 currently) depth = 1 ; lon = 1 ; lat = 1 ; sample = 18000 ; variables: float burst(time) ; int time(time, sample) ; int time2(time, sample) ; float depth(depth) ; float lon(lon) ; float lat(lat) ; float u_1205(time, sample) ; float v_1206(time, sample) ; float w_1204(time, sample) ; : : :ADVDeploymentSetupSampleRate = 10. ; :ADVDeploymentSetupBurstInterval = 3600. ; :ADVDeploymentSetupSamplesPerBurst = 18000. ; for 8375advAb-cal.nc: time and time2 are 1230x1800 mean(diff(time2(10,:))) = 100 (plot shows no variation in dt) u_1205 and other variables are 1230x18000 for PCADP dimensions: time = UNLIMITED ; // (10420 currently) depth = 9 ; lon = 1 ; lat = 1 ; profile = 180 ; variables: float burst(time) ; float profile(time, profile) ; int time(time, profile) ; int time2(time, profile) ; float depth(depth) ; float lon(lon) ; float lat(lat) ; float u_1205(time, profile, depth) ; float v_1206(time, profile, depth) ; float w_1204(time, profile, depth) ; : : :PCADPUserSetupAvgInterval = 2. ; :PCADPUserSetupProfileInterval = 2. ; :PCADPUserSetupBurstInterval = 900. ; :PCADPUserSetupProfilesPerBurst = 180. ; for 7583pcab-cal.nc: time and time2 are 10420x180 mean(diff(time2(1,:))) = 2.0010e+03 (plot shows dt varying around 2010) u_1205 and other variables are 10420x180x9