Documentation Centre
Matlab primers
To learn Matlab Here are some Matlab primers:
getstart.pdf.
graphg.pdf.
matlab_primer.pdf.
nakamura_chapter1.pdf.
Making nice maps with Matlab
The Matlab package M_Map allows you to make
nice maps and to plot your results on them.
The package also comes with worlwide coastline data.
You can download and learn the M_Map package from the following
link:
M_Map.
Here's a sample script:
conception_bay_map.m.
Acoustic Doppler current profiler (ADCP)
The ADCPs used in this course are manufactured by
RD Instruments (RDI).
This document describes the Principles of Operation of ADCPs:
Broadband Primer.pdf
More information can be found through the RDI web site.
You can download a Matlab package called RDADCP for reading RDI
binary file from the following link:
RDADCP.
Conductivity-Temperature-Depth profiler (CTD)
The CTD used in this course is manufactured by
Sea-Bird Electronics (SBE).
Documentation for all SBE sensors can be found through their web site.
Echo-sounder
The echo-sounder used in this course is manufatured by
BioSonics.
You can download a Matlab package called RDDTX for reading Biosonics
binary file from the following link:
RDDTX.
The Slocum electric gliders
Autonomous Underwater Gliders:
The gliders are a long term buoyancy driven underwater sensor
platform. The vehicles are equipped with a modified Seabird CTD but
can carry a variety of other sensors. Due to their particular
propulsion mode they are designed to profile the water column between
the surface and a maximum depth of 200 m in a sawtooth pattern.
For more information: Webb Research Corporation.
Site of interest: A robot's underwater voyage.
Conception Bay Oceanography
Here is a list of papers that describe the oceanography of Conception Bay:
- deYoung et al. (1993) - Simple modeling of the upwelling response in Conception Bay and the influence of Trinity Bay
(.pdf)
- deYoung et al. (1993) - Diagnostic model of the circulation, in which the density field is used to define the circulation in the Bay
(.pdf)
- deYoung and Sanderson (1995) - The circulation and hydrography of Conception Bay, Newfoundland
(.pdf)
- Davidson et al. (2001) - Somewhat more sophisticated modeling of the dynamics in neighbouring Trinity Bay
(.pdf)
- Tian et al. (2003) - Climate forcing of the biophysical response in Conception Bay modeled with a simple 1-D approach
(.pdf)
- Pepin et al. (2003) FO - Spatially explicit modeling of fish larvae in Conception Bay
(.pdf)
- Helbig and Pepin (2002) - Using HF Radar data to look at larval dispersal in Conception Bay
(.pdf)
Side scan and sub-botom sonars
The side scan and sub-bottom sonars used in this course are manufatured by
EdgeTech.
Documentation for these instruments can be found through their web page.
Biological analysis