Airborne Data Processing and Analysis Directory Structure

By David J. Delene
  The directory structure for ADPAA data sets is described below. The description starts from the top of the directory tree and works downward. Each level is defined by a name, notes, and examples. The name is one or two words that define the name of the level. The notes section contains a short description of the level. The example section contains example directories related to the Saudi Arabia 2007/2008 Winter field project.

General Direction Structure Tree
  Project Name/
    General Time Period/
      General Data Type/
        General Instrument Type/
          Measurement Purpose/
            Particular Time/
              Particular Data Type/

NAME:
  Project Name

NOTES:
  This is the top of the directory tree. It groups projects by geographical regions.

EXAMPLES:
  SaudiArabia/
  Mali/


NAME:
  General Time Period

NOTES:
  Groups time periods together that span a single deployment or similar atmospheric conditions.  All sub-directories will follow a similar structure.

EXAMPLES:
  Mali/
  SaudiArabia/
    Spring07/
    Winter0708/
    Summer08/


NAME:
  General Data Type

NOTES:
  Groups different types of data together based on where it is obtained.

EXAMPLES:
  Mali/
  SaudiArabia/
    Spring07/
    Winter0708/
      Aircraft/
        Directory that contains all aircraft data from the winter project, located
        in the Winter0708 folder.
      Documents/
        Directory that contains documents created or related to the winter
        project.
      Forecast
        Directory that contains the forecast data for the winter project.
        Forecast data is grouped into year, month, day sub-directories.  
    Summer08/


NAME:
  General Instrument Type

NOTES:
  Groups data from different platforms/instruments together.

EXAMPLES:
  Mali/
  SaudiArabia/
    Spring07/
    Winter0708/
      Aircraft/
        KingAir_N825ST/
      Documents/
      Forecast/
    Summer08/

NAME:
  Measurement Purpose

NOTES:
  Groups data that have a similar purpose together.

EXAMPLES:
  Mali/
  SaudiArabia/
    Spring07/
    Winter0708/
      Aircraft/
        KingAir_N825ST/
          DMTCCNCTest/
            Contains all test data for the DMT and CCNC instruments.
          Documents/
            Directory for aircraft specific documentation.
          Flight/
            Directory for the aircraft flight data.
          GroundChecks/
            Directory for the data related to all calibration checks and
            ground tests.
      Documents/
      Forecast/
    Summer08/


NAME:
  Particular Time

NOTES:
  Groups flights that have a similar start times together.
  Directory name based on the start time for the data.
  If flight has more than 1 files, directory should be
  named YYYYMMDD_?, where ? is the number of the flight.
  Under this directory the names should then be similar
  to the standard directory.

EXAMPLES:
  Mali/
  SaudiArabia/
    Spring07/
    Winter0708/
      Aircraft/
        KingAir_N825ST/
          Documents/
          Flight/
            20080308_074553/
              Directory should have a name of YYYYMMDD_HHMMSS.
              The name is unique.  Additional information is given in upper
              level directory or can be put in a readme file in the directory
              itself.
          GroundChecks/
      Documents/
      Forecast/
    Summer08/


NAME:
  Particular Data Type

NOTES:
  Groups data together based on particular data type.

EXAMPLES:
  Mali/
  SaudiArabia/
    Spring07/
    Winter0708/
      Aircraft/
        KingAir_N825ST/
          Documents/
          Flight/
            20080308_074553/
              Combined/
                Directory that contains data from multiple data streams.
              Notes/
                Directory that contains flight notes and reports.
              Photos/
                Directory for digital images from the flight.
              PostProcessing/
                Directory for the post-processing data stream which is based
                on the *.sea file.
              QuickChecks/
                Directory for plots of the data.
              RealTime/
                Directory for the real-time data stream which is based on the
                M300 formula tables.
                Directory contains the *.txt *.csv *.raw file.
              Tamu/
                Directory that contains the DMA and DMT CCNC data streams.
              Video/
                Directory to store any video from the flight.
              M300_Tables/
                Contains the M300 tables used during the flight.
          GroundChecks/
      Documents/
      Forecast
    Summer08/