An archive of the data recorded by the two BASS (Benthic Acoustic Stress Sensor) instruments deployed at the C3 and C4 sites during STRESS II (Sediment Transport Events on the Shelf and Slope) is now available as either matlab or netcdf zipped archive files. (Get pkunzip.exe .)

***** WELCOME TO THE STRESS II BASS DATA ARCHIVE *****

The archive consists of 4 data files, "average" (AA) and "event" (EE) data sets for each of the two BASS tripods used during STRESS II. The Bay Shore 3 tripod was deployed at the C3 site and the Bay Shore 4 tripod was deployed at the C4 site. The files are denoted str2b3aa, str2b3ee, str2b4aa, and str2b4ee with various file extensions as described below. The file names decode as The archive consists of two directories. "netcdf" contains the data in NetCDF format and "matlab" contains the data in MATLAB format. The NetCDF directory contains binary ".nc" files and also ASCII ".cdl" files from which the NetCDF header information was generated. The MATLAB directory contains binary ".mat" files and also ASCII ".RME" (ReadME) files similar to the ".cdl" header files describing the data.

Extensive and detailed descriptions of the data are contained, in the self-defining NetCDF case, in the ".nc" files. The information is repeated in the ".cdl" files for convenience. For MATLAB users, an equivalent description of the data is provided in the ".RME" files.

File sizes are given in the table below. No file compression has been used. When transfering these files over the network remember that ".nc" and ".mat" files are binary while ".cdl" and ".RME" files are ASCII.

If you have questions or need assistance with this data set contact

Todd Morrison --> todd@sharatz.whoi.edu, (508)457-2000 x2429

Sandy Williams --> awilliams@whoi.edu, (508)457-2000 x2725