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Step Frequency Ground Penetrating Radar Characterization and Federal Evaluation Tests

Appendix D: Data Import Procedures

The following section shows example data import procedures for SF GPR emissions characterization data.

ASCII data files are all named using the convention "TRACE###" where "###" is a three-digit number indicating the test number associated with the file. Antenna gain curves and cable loss factors are provided with the data files.

Microsoft Excel® Procedure

1. Go to the Data menu.

2. Import External Data.

3. Import Data.

4. Select Tab Delimited Data.

5. Press "Next."

6. Press "Finish."

MatLab Procedure

		%---reading header info---------
		fileID=fopen('G:\FAATestReportWork\FAANTIAtest2009\Trace381.csv','r');
		
		for i = 1 : 15
				header{i}=fgetl(fileID);
		end
		[junk,temp0]=strtok(header{11},',');
		Npoints=str2num(temp0);
		fclose(fileID);
		
		DataOffset=16;
		
		%---Example Data File-----------
		fileID=fopen('G:\FAATestReportWork\FAANTIAtest2009\Trace418.csv','r');
		
		for i = 1: Npoints+DataOffset-1
				traceA{i}=fgetl(fileID);
		end
		
		fclose(fileID);
		
		for m= DataOffset : Npoints+DataOffset-1
				[junk,temp1]=strtok(traceA{m},',');
				freq(m)=str2num(junk); %13
				RXpwr(m)=str2num(temp1(1:end));
		end
		
		freqBiconic=freq(DataOffset:end);
		RXpwrBiconic=RXpwr(DataOffset:end);

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