TimeSlice Display
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The display above is a static image of a coloured current profile time "sliceplot".
The data shown is derived from a genuine set of current measurements from S China Sea, resolved along the direction 290° from about 25m below the surface down to around 270m.
The colour represents the magnitude of the resolved current; the two very large peaks in the evening of 27 September were strong solitory waves known as solitons.
The data were measured by an RDI Quartermaster ADCP, and delivered to the ARTEMeS server at two minute intervals using an Iridium SBD modem. Data were available for view within a very few seconds of their measurement by the instrument.
Data from this instrument were used to automatically generate the soliton wavefronts shown in the Soliton wavefront display
Note that the time and location of the data have been altered to preserve client confidentiality.
A full interactive version of the display is available by clicking on the link if Java is installed. It will load as a JNLP (Web Start) application.
The interactive version allows the data to be inspected in ways not possible with any other real time system.
Interactive display features
The full display shows a time series of profiles, and, like all ARTEMeS displays, offers a degree of user interaction to provide additional information and enhance the user's viewing experience.
- Clicking on the small square at the top-right corner allows the measurement's metadata to be viewed.
- Dragging the mouse around the dial at top-left corner of the plot changes the direction along which the current velocities are resolved.
- Pressing and releasing the mouse in the coloured plot area will show the TimeSeries Inspector.
- The TimeSeriesInspector will allow the user to step up and down the profile, and also forward and backwards in time.
The maximum current speed of 0.96 m/s occured at 27-Sep-2014 20:11:39, in cell 5.