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Table of sensor names, definitions & labels for use with the Import tools
Sensor names, axes & units
The Sensor definition table (sensor_names.csv) lives in the I/O toolbox, this contains definitions for the following Sensors by default, but it can be edited & updated by the user to include novel sensors.
| Sensor name (name) | Abbreviated name (abbrev) | Description (description) | Number of axes (axes) | Units (def_units) | Units name (def_unit_name) | Units Label (def_label) | Frame (def_frame) | Axes (def_axes) | Data columns (def_cols) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressure | P | dive depth | 1 | m H2O | meters H2O (salt) | meters | D | ||
| Depth | P | dive depth | 1 | m H2O | meters H2O (salt) | meters | D | ||
| Altitude | P | altitude above sea-level | 1 | m | meters above sea-level | meters | U | ||
| Acceleration | A | triaxial acceleration | 3 | m/s2 | meters per seconds squared | m/s2 | tag | FRU | “x,y,z” |
| Magnetometer | M | triaxial magnetometer | 3 | uT | micro Tesla | μT | tag | FRU | “x,y,z” |
| Gyroscope | G | triaxial gyroscope | 3 | rads/s | radians per second | rads/s | tag | FRU | “x,y,z” |
| Speed | S | speed with respect to medium | 1 | m/s | meters per second | m/s | F | ||
| Position | POS | GPS position | 2 | degrees | decimal degrees | degrees | WGS84 | NE | “lat,long” |
| Temperature | T | temperature | 1 | degrees C | degrees Celsius | °C | |||
| Light | LL | light level | 1 | lux | lux | lux | |||