
VIMS Identification:     LATEX92A
Location:                Louisiana Coast     (28 56.29N  90 28.81W)
Duration:                22-25 April 1992
                         First burst:     17:00 GMT   22 April 1992

Instruments and Sensors: 635   pressure (depth)                 (meters)
                         626   velocity (U and V)               (cm/sec)
                         OBS   suspended sediment concentration    (g/l)


Sampling Information:

           Elevation       Samples/      Sampling       Bursts
 Sensor    above bed       burst         interval       every
 --------------------------------------------------------------
Pressure  (included in      2048          0.5sec          2hr
           total depth)

 626 UV 1      2 cm         2048          0.5             2
     UV 3     63            2048          0.5             2
     UV 4     93            2048          0.5             2

 OBS  S 1      2            2048          0.5             2
      S 2     35            2048          0.5             2
      S 3     60            2048          0.5             2
      S 5    118            2048          0.5             2


Data Files and Formats

 635 depth    LATEX635.A01 through A37

 626 UV 1     LATEX626.A01 through A37      (A2 and A3 are missing)
     UV 3         "                 "
     UV 4         "                 "
    (UV 2     bad data  -  not included )

 OBS  S 1     LATEXOBS.A01 through A45      (A35, 37, 41, and A43 are missing)
      S 2         "                 "
      S 3         "                 "
      S 5         "                 "
     (S 4     questionable data  -  not included)


All data files are ASCII with:

         1) Three (3) lines of header information about location, data type,
            time, date, burst #, and sensor heights above the bed.
         2) Followed by 2048 lines of data (except 626 with 2044 lines).


