The FASINEX velocities, temperatures, and wind stresses are written in three netCDF files:
The surface moorings in FASINEX were given the clever names: F2, F4, F6, F8, and F10. The records in the files are from each instrument on each mooring in turn. For instance, for temperature the records are from depths 1 m, 10 m, ..., 160 m on mooring F2, then from the instruments on the other moorings, and ending with the 160 m instrument on F10. The records are 2448 hours long with the first hour centered at 0000 2 February 1986.
The following table indicates what data are in the files.
| F2 | F4 | F6 | F8 | F10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 m | T | T | T | T | T |
| 10 m | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u |
| 20 m | T, u | T | T, u | T, u | T, u |
| 30 m | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u |
| 40 m | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u | |
| 80 m | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u | |
| 120 m | T | T | T, u | T | T |
| 160 m | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u | T, u |
Dan Rudnick prepared a number of plots of the data to help you verify that you are reading the data correctly. The best first step in any data analysis is to plot the data.