SonTek RS5 User Manual (August 2020) 148
Units
Units used
NA
SiteInfo Structure
Parameter Name
Description
Size
Site_Name
Entry in Site Name
NA
Station_Number
Entry in Station Number
NA
Location
Entry in Location
NA
Party
Entry in Party
NA
Boat_Motor
Entry in Boat Motor
NA
Meas_Number
Entry in Measurement Number
NA
GaugeHeightInformation
Entry in GaugeHeightInformation
NA
Comments
Entry in Comments
NA
Summary Structure
Parameter Name
Description
Size
Boat_Vel
Boat velocity used for discharge calculation for each sample
NS x 4
Bottom_Q
Discharge for the bottom section for each sample
NS x 1
Cells
Number of cells used for discharge calculation for each sample
NS x 1
Depth
Depth used for discharge calculation for each sample
NS x 1
Left_Q
Discharge for the left edge for each sample
NS x 1
Mean_Speed
Mean water velocity for each sample, inclusive of the top and
bottom extrapolation
NS x 1
Mean_Vel
Mean water velocity for each sample, inclusive of the top and
bottom extrapolation, for the horizontal velocity components.
NS x 2
Middle_Q
Discharge for the middle (measured) section for each sample
NS x 1
Left_Q Right_Q
Discharge for the right edge for each sample
NS x 1
Top_Q
Discharge for the top section for each sample
NS x 1
Total_Q
Total discharge for each sample
NS x 1
Track
Track location for each sample in X and Y coordinates
NS x 2
Area
Area
NA
Units
Units used
NA
System Structure
Parameter Name
Description
Size
Battery_Voltage
Battery voltage for each sample
NS x 1
Cell_Size
Size of depth cells for each sample
NS x 1
Cell_Start
Start of the first cell for each sample
NS x 1
Heading
Compass heading for each sample
NS x 1
MagneticError
Magnetic error for each sample
NS x 1
Pitch
Pitch for each sample
NS x 1
Roll
Roll for each sample
NS x 1
SNR
Signal to noise ratio for each cell of each beam per
sample
NC x 4 x NS
Temperature
Temperature for each sample
NS x 1
SerialNumber
Instrument serial number
NA
GPS_Compass_Heading Empty – not used
NS x 1