drifter
Profiles of my programs
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1h-958Liue0Z5BjmwmUWCyOmO4yN3jycgo79K2mOwyMI/pubhtml
User can get ocean drifter data from erddap or raw by this program.
If you want to get drifter data by raw , please modify control file 'getdrifter_ctl.txt' first.
While you getting data from erddap , remember to modify hard code in process which you are going to run.
Some processes can save drifter data in a file , the others can plot them on pictures or html files.
Make sure to read process direction carefully before you run.
Reference :http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/drifter/
There are flowcharts in this peckage to explain programs :
List of programs:
drifter_est_dist.py get error distances between estimate data and real drifter data
drifter_est.py get track of estimated drifter and plot
drifter_sink.py get real drifter track which start from a specified area
drifter_source.py get real drifter track which come to a specified area
getdrifter_erddap_map.py extract real drifter track and plot on google map
get_drifter_erddap_plot.py extract erddap drifter data and plot it (not on google map)
getdrifter_erddap.py extract erddap drifter data and save it
get_map_drifter.py get raw drifter data and plot it on google map
get_raw_drifter.py get raw drifter data and plot it (not on google map)
getdrifter_erddap_survive.py count one type survive drifters and plot a graph
getdrifter_erddap_survive_more.py count several types survive drifters and plot a graph
