Operation Manual
SYSTEM
OCR-504 Multispectral Radiometer
SECTION
D - OPERATION
Field Name
Field
Size
(bytes)
Description
Instrument
6
A unique 6 character AS formatted string
denoting the start of a frame of telemetry. For
irradiance sensors, the instrument string is
“SATBI4”; for radiance sensors, the string is
“SATBR4”.
Serial Number
4
(1
– 10
allowed)
An AS/AI formatted string denoting the serial
number of the instrument. This field combined
with the INSTRUMENT field uniquely identifies
the instrument. This combination is known as
the frame header or synchronization string.
This is normally a four-character field.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
Channel (
1
)
10
typical/
max
An AU formatted value representing the
sampled A/D counts from the first optical
channel.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
A0 (
1
)
14
(max)
The Sea-Bird Scientific OPTIC2 fit type
a0
coefficient for optical channel 1.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
A1 (
1
)
19
(max)
The Sea-Bird Scientific OPTIC2 fit type
a1
coefficient for optical channel 1.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
Im (
1
)
6 (max)
The Sea-Bird Scientific OPTIC2 fit type
Im
(immersion) coefficient for optical channel 1.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
Channel (
2
)
10
typical/
max
An AU formatted value representing the
sampled A/D counts from the second optical
channel.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
A0 (
2
)
14
(max)
The Sea-Bird Scientific OPTIC2 fit type
a0
coefficient for optical channel 2.
Tab
1
Tab delimiter.
A1 (
2
)
19
(max)
The Sea-Bird Scientific OPTIC2 fit type
a1
coefficient for optical channel 2.
