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Seasoft for Waves - Win32

Seasoft for Waves^© - Win32 is program for use with the Seagauge Wave and Tide Recorder -- SBE 26plus (current production) or SBE 26 (older version) -- and the SBE 53 BPR Bottom Pressure Recorder. Seasoft for Waves is a modular program that includes:

Plan Deployment (not applicable to SBE 53) -- Calculate pressure attenuation and predict surface wave analysis parameters for proposed wave sampling scheme.
Battery and Memory Endurance -- Calculate expected battery and memory endurance for proposed sampling scheme.
SeatermW -- Communicate with instrument to program for deployment and upload data.
Convert Hex --
-- For SBE 26 and 26plus: Convert uploaded data into separate wave and tide files, with output data in engineering units.
-- For SBE 53: Convert uploaded data into separate tide and reference frequency files, with tide data in engineering units.
Merge Barometric Pressure -- Remove barometric pressure from tide data.
Process Wave Burst Data (not applicable to SBE 53) -- Calculate wave statistics.
Create Reports (not applicable to SBE 53) -- Calculate surface wave time series and/or wave burst auto-spectrum statistics for each processed wave burst.
Plot Data -- Plot data.

Online Help is available with Seasoft for Waves.

Seasoft for Waves was written for use on systems running Win 95/98/NT/2000/XP; testing using Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit) has not shown any compatibility problems. The older software that it replaced in 2003, Seasoft for Waves - DOS, is not compatible with the SBE 26plus or the SBE 53.

If you discover reproducible bugs in Seasoft for Waves, please document the steps taken to achieve them and send a report to David Goldsmith (dgoldsmith@seabird.com). We welcome any suggestions for new features and enhancements.

Seasoft for Waves - Win32

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