--- a/LADCPproc.defaults
+++ b/LADCPproc.defaults
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
#======================================================================
# L A D C P P R O C . D E F A U L T S
# doc: Fri Sep 17 09:44:21 2010
-# dlm: Tue Jan 8 15:31:40 2013
+# dlm: Wed Jun 5 20:55:00 2013
# (c) 2010 A.M. Thurnherr
-# uE-Info: 51 63 NIL 0 0 72 0 2 4 NIL ofnI
+# uE-Info: 31 35 NIL 0 0 72 0 2 4 NIL ofnI
#======================================================================
# default parameters for [LADCPproc]
@@ -27,6 +27,20 @@
# Apr 11, 2012: - cosmetics
# May 16, 2012: - BUG: comment var name typo
# Jan 8, 2013: - added CTD_ASCII_header_lines
+# Apr 22, 2013: - BUG: BT_begin_search_above value of 300m did not make sense
+# Jun 5, 2013: - added $bad_beam
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Data editing
+#----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Sometimes, an ADCP beam degrades to the point where its data contaminate
+# the 4-beam solutions. Set the following variable to the number of the
+# bad beam to discard its data. This variable can also be used for crude
+# wake editing in cases where only a single beam is affected, which can
+# happen in particular with CTD platforms that tend to "weather vane".
+
+# $bad_beam = 1;
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# ASCII CTD file support
@@ -78,9 +92,11 @@
$BT_bin_start = 1;
-# CTD depth above seabed where BT search begins
+# By default, code looks for seabed below max LADCP depth. If search
+# is desired to start shallower (makes only sense on a steep slope, if
+# at all), the following variable can be set.
-$BT_begin_search_above = 300;
+$BT_begin_search_above = 0;
# Maximum allowed spread of bin number where max echo is found. Large values
# imply sloping seabed and/or large instrument tilt. The default value of