Submit Data to Archive

Data transfer

Contact hfradar@axds.co for directions on transferring data adhering to the IOOS Range Series Archive format.

You may also reference the data transfer scripts (leveraging rsync) at the Radiowave Operators Working Group (ROWG) GitHub organization’s axiom_rangeseries_archive repository.

Data preparation

HF Radar data submitted for archival to the archive must adhere to the IOOS Range Series Archive format. Downloadable archive template.

Range Series Archive Directory Structure

The following the file structure required for the archiving of Range Series HF Radar data in the IOOS Archive.

Template

AFFILIATION_01
├── XXX
│   ├── APM
│   │   └── YYYYMMDD
│   │       ├── Extras
│   │       ├── GPS
│   │       └── TimeSeries
│   ├── Configs
│   │   └── YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD
│   │       ├── AnalysisOptions.txt
│   │       ├── Header.txt
│   │       ├── MeasPattern.txt
│   │       ├── Phases.txt
│   │       ├── SeaSondeAcquisition.plist
│   │       ├── SeaSondeController.plist
│   │       └── XXX_BARR.log
│   └── RangeSeries
│       └── YYYY
│           └── MM
│               └── DD
├── YYY
│   ├── APM
│   │   └── YYYYMMDD
│   │       ├── Extras
│   │       ├── GPS
│   │       └── TimeSeries
│   ├── Configs
│   │   └── YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD
│   │       ├── AnalysisOptions.txt
│   │       ├── Header.txt
│   │       ├── MeasPattern.txt
│   │       ├── Phases.txt
│   │       ├── SeaSondeAcquisition.plist
│   │       ├── SeaSondeController.plist
│   │       └── YYY_BARR.log
│   └── RangeSeries
│       └── YYYY
│           └── MM
│               └── DD
└── ZZZ
    ├── APM
    │   └── YYYYMMDD
    │       ├── Extras
    │       ├── GPS
    │       └── TimeSeries
    ├── Configs
    │   └── YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD
    │       ├── AnalysisOptions.txt
    │       ├── Header.txt
    │       ├── MeasPattern.txt
    │       ├── Phases.txt
    │       ├── SeaSondeAcquisition.plist
    │       ├── SeaSondeController.plist
    │       └── ZZZ_BARR.log
    └── RangeSeries
        └── YYYY
            └── MM
                └── DD

Directory descriptions

Range Series files

The range series files should be arranged in a directory structure consistent with the following:

/AFFILIATION/SITE/RangeSeries/YYYY/MM/DD

Where AFFILIATION is the regional affiliation, and SITE is the 3 or 4 character site name.

Site configuration files

Site configuration files used to configure the HF radar during data collection should also be included. On the SeaSonde, examples of these include, but are not limited to:

• AnalysisOptions.txt
• Phases.txt
• Site_BARR.log (or other operator note files)
• SeaSondeAcquisition.plist
• SeaSondeController.plist
• MeasPattern.txt
• Header.txt

These should be arranged in the following directory structure:

/AFFILIATION/SITE/Configs/YYYYMMDD-YYYYMMDD

where the dates, YYYYMMDD, specify the time period during which the files were applied.

APM

Associated files that give the antenna pattern measurements (APMs) and other information related to the processing of the APM also need to be included. These files include:

• TimeSeries (TimeSeries)
• GPS data associated with signal source (GPS)
• Loop files, etc.

And, optionally:

• Site configs (RadialConfigs)
• Operator notes
• TRAK files from processing

These should be put in a sub-folder:

AFFILIATION/SITE/APM/

where the date, YYYYMMDD, refers to the date that the APM was conducted (rather than applied to processing).