Matlab toolbox for handling ODV ascii format from OceanDataView adopted by SeaDataNet.
Please also see our python toolbox pyodv for ODV files.
Getting the toolbox
The free and open source Matlab ODV toolbox can be downloaded from https://svn.oss.deltares.nl/repos/openearthtools/trunk/matlab/applications/OceanDataView/ when you join openearth, download the tools with SubVersion and add them to your Matlab path. Subsequently
>> help oceandataview
will show the contents
ODV meta-data csv
odv_metadata.m reads the meta-data csv file, and constructs the urls to the CDI.
Data_set_name: {'OGS_ECOMADR_1_SED'}
Discipline: {[1x78 char]}
Category: {[1x129 char]}
Variables_measured: {[1x210 char]}
Abstract: {'Ecologia del Mar Adriatico (ECOMADR)'}
Data_format: {'ODV'}
Data_size: NaN
Data_set_creation_date: 20110513
Latitude_1: 45.6638
Latitude_2: 45.6638
Longitude_1: 13.5962
Longitude_2: 13.5962
Datum: NaN
Measuring_area_type: {'point'}
Water_depth__m_: NaN
Depth_reference: NaN
Minimum_instrument_depth__m_: NaN
Maximum_instrument_depth__m_: NaN
Start_date: 20060510
Start_time: {'00:00:00'}
End_date: 20060510
End_time: {'00:00:00'}
Instrument___gear_type: 51
Track_resolution: NaN
Resolution_unit: NaN
Time_resolution: NaN
Time_unit: NaN
Vertical_resolution: NaN
Vertical_unit: NaN
Platform_type: {'unknown'}
Cruise_name: NaN
Alternative_cruise_name: NaN
Cruise_start_date: NaN
Station_name: {'OGS-1-BIO-AA101'}
Alternative_station_name: 285916
Station_start_date: 20060510
Originator: {[1x114 char]}
Data_Holding_centre: {[1x114 char]}
Project_name: {'ADRiatic sea ECOlogy - ECOlogia del Mar ADRiatico'}
Dataset_name: NaN
Cruise_Summary_Reports: NaN
Data_Distributor: {[1x100 char]}
Database_reference: NaN
Access_ordering_of_data: {'web data access with registration'}
Access_restriction: {'by negotiation'}
CDI_record_id: 1146989
LOCAL_CDI_ID: {'285916'}
CDI_record_creation_date: 20110509
CDI_partner: {[1x100 char]}
Versions: {{1x1 cell}}
Download_datenum: {[7.3568e+05]}
name: {'285916_20140320_163008.txt'}
date: {'20-Mar-2014 15:30:12'}
bytes: {[1595]}
isdir: {[0]}
datenum: {[7.3568e+05]}
fnames: {'285916_20140320_163008.txt'}
fullfile: {[1x113 char]}
url: {'http://seadatanet.maris2.nl/v_cdi_v3/print_wfs.asp?n_code=1146989 '}
EDMO_code: {[120]}
ODV file loading, merging and parsing
odvread.m loads an odv file, and resolves the P01 parameter codes and P06 units, and return one struct
odv_name: {1x25 cell}
standard_name: {1x25 cell}
units: {1x25 cell}
local_name: {1x25 cell}
local_units: {1x25 cell}
sdn_standard_name: {1x25 cell}
sdn_units: {1x25 cell}
sdn_long_name: {1x25 cell}
sdn_description: ''
data: {1x25 cell}
file: [1x1 struct]
lines: [1x1 struct]
index: [1x1 struct]
institution: [1x38 char]
metadata: [1x1 struct]
LOCAL_CDI_ID: '285916'
EDMO_code: 120
cruise: 'ECOMADR'
type: 'B'
cast: 1
station: '1'
CDI_record_id: {[1146989]}
odv_merge.m merges one parameter from multiple odv files into one struct. This type of information is suited for modellers.
P01 parses the P01.xml, stored it as a mat cache for fats and offline use, and resolves the P01
ODV plotting
odvplot_overview.m plots a map of an ODV file with trajectory. odvplot_overview_kml.m does that in kml format (Google Earth).
odvplot_cast.m plots vertical profiles of one ODV file with profile information.
Acknowledgments
This toolbox has been developed since April 2009 as part of the Deltares in kind contribution to the NODC of the Netherlands. Early 2014 small fixes were made as part of the EMODnet Chemistry 2 project to handle the BODC/SeaDataNet transition from the P011 to the P01 vocabulary.
