(0) If you are running MSWindows see
      adcp_processing.html (created  by adcptree_py) for more details.

 (1) Determine your processing location, create the processing directory:

          "adcptree.py vg0404"

 (2) Copy (or link) the pingdata files to the ping/ subdirectory

 (3) in the processing directory, run:

     quick_adcp.py --dbname a0404 --yearbase 2004


     explanation:
     * "--yearbase" is specified so the decimal days come out correctly
     * "--use_refsm" specifies that smoothed navigtion will come from the
           "refsm.sm" file as opposed to ademo.sm (which comes from smoothr).
           This is the default. The other alternative is '--use_smoothr'.
           You must specify one type of navigation.  All the old nav steps 
           get run anyway because we still need them for the reference layer
           diagnostic plots and for watertrack calibration.

     ### defaults are equievalent to the following control file:
     --rl_startbin 2
     --rl_endbin   20
     --datadir ping
     --datafile_glob pingdata.*   ## you could change this to PINGDATA.*
     --pgmin 50
     --rotate_angle 0.0
     --rotate_amp 1.0
     #### end of cntfile description

    it asks                            you say             why
     -------------                    -------------        ------
 scan pingdata data now?                  y      scan the ping files,
                                                 - create scan/a0404.scn
                                                 - create scan/a0404.tr


 load pingdata now?                       y      load the pingdata into
                                                   the database


 make a new pre-configured setup.m ?      y      makes edit/asetup.m and
                                                   edit/aflagit_setup.m
                                                   for gautoedit editing


 run setflags?                            y      sets profile flags
                                                   for pg minimum


 run ubprint?                             y       making .ags (position)
                                                    file, also extracts
                                                    ashtech heading file
                                                    (nav/a0404.mat)

 run ashrot?                              y       makes ashtech (ash-gyro)
                                                    file in cal/rotate


 write ashtech statistics log file?       y

 run rotate?                              y       apply a0404.ang, logfile:
                                                   cal/rotate/rotate.log
                                                   (amp=1.0, phase=0.0)

 run adcpsect?                            y       making .nav file
                                                   (used for watertrack
                                                   and reflayer plots)


 run refabs?                              y       making .ref file
                                                   (used for watertrack
                                                   and reflayer plots)


 run smoothr?                             y       make .sm file
                                                   (used for watertrack
                                                    and reflayer plots)


 run refsm for smoothed navigation?       y       make nav/refsm.sm for
                                                    putnav


 run putnav?                              y        put refsm.sm navigation
                                                     into database

 make reference layer plots?              y        make reference layer
                                                     plots.


 run lst_temp?                            y        list temperature,
                                                     make plot (in edit/)

 run botmtrack and watertrack calibrations? y      Do  water track
                                                    calibration (uses 7
                                                    fixes) and bottom
                                                    track calibration
                                                    ( step size of 1)

 make matlab files for plotting?          y        runs adcpsect, makes
                                                     (50m bins, 60min)
                                                     averages in vector/
                                                     (10m bins, 15min)
                                                     averages in contour/



 NOTES:
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 ... and then it's done.  Now go look over what has happened: a log of
 steps run by quick_adcp.py is left in vg0404/vg0404.runlog.

 Check the watertrack and bottom track calibration values, adjust
 accordingly.  Edit the data (in edit, fire up matlab and run
 'gautoedit') Apply the editing.  (see 'quick_adcp.py --commands
 pingdata' for more details)