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Data Submission

Upload

  1. Submit survey metadata form via from tablet, Garmin and/or iPAD. Make sure you enter any maintenance (changed batteries/o-rings etc).
  2. Log in to the Hakai Portal CTD upload page.
  3. Select Organization
  4. Select work area
  5. On the left, select “Upload” under CTD tools.
  6. Go to the folder where you saved the raw CTD files.
    1. Highlight all hex/rsk and txt files that you downloaded from the CTD (eg. 080217_20180202_1234.rsk)
    2. Drag and drop the hex + rtext or rsk files into the box on the upload page of the CTD portal.
    3. Wait until all of the files have been uploaded – the files will show up in the “Uploaded raw files” box on the right side of the screen. This may take some time - if there is an error, see troubleshooting page.

Annotation

  1. Click “Annotate” on the left hand side of the screen.
  2. Wait until all of the files have shown up in the “Select files to annotate box” – it may take a few minutes and you may need to press refresh.
  3. Check****the box in front of the file you would like to annotate.
  4. A box called “Casts in selected files” will appear below matching the CTD hex file with the metadata from the submitted CTD form. It’s best to select ~ 3 drops at a time to make it easier to catch miscasts and soaks.
    1. Using the oceanography field log from the day, make sure the match makes sense (i.e. instrument cast times and field times, drop number etc. should match with field log sheet). Check “Site dist.” – should be < ~200m depending on currents/wind.
    2. If the match does not make sense, click the box under the “form change” column (# matches) and select the best match from the list.
    3. You can type in any comments that you missed in the iPAD under the comments column.
  5. When everything looks correct, press Save Annotations.This will send the file to be annotated and processed. Move through the list and annotate each of the files. Once annotated, they will disappear from the list.

Download

To ensure the files have been sent for annotation, you can select the Download tab on the left hand side of the page. Select the date for the files you just annotated. Under “Processing Stage” select Annotated. Press search. All of the files should appear below.