Brief Description of Salinity Adjustment Process at AOML

Updated: Jun 25, 2009

Unix Shell Scripts

saladjustment.sh - copies the meta files, executes the SalinityAdjustment java-program to update the meta data and adjust the QC data. Generates mail report.

Java Programs

• ReprocessQCFiles - main program to control the following programs
• NetcdfReader - reads a netcdf file and gets its salinity adjustment information
• MetaFileInfo - reads the meta file and updates the meta file with the salinity adjustment information from the netcdf file if necessary
• QCFileInfo - reads the QC files and updates the header and data parts using the salinity adjustment information from the netcdf file if necessary  
• PrintfFormat - allows the formatting of an array of objects embedded within a string