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available for each target tracked by eBirdRad 17 . The first (highlighted) record in Figure 6-43 is
for Track ID 375, the target shown in Figure 6-42. The value “36” under the Number of Updates
column indicates this target was tracked for 36 scans of the radar - approximately 90 seconds at
2.5 seconds/scan.
Figure 6-43. TrackDataViewer display of parametric data available for targets being tracked by
eBirdRad. Track ID 375 (highlighted) corresponds to a target being tracked in Figure 6-42. The
table has been truncated on the right to fit on the page 18 .
Figure 6-44 displays the “Detailed View” of Track ID 375. In this view each record contains the
parameters measured for that target during each update (scan of the radar). Note that the records
are approximately 2.5 seconds apart – the nominal scan rate of the radar.
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This table was generated from the plots & tracks data files with a desktop utility called Track Data Viewer, but the
same data could be streamed to a local or remote database and viewed with this or a variety of other applications.
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See Section 6.1.1.2 for a listing of all the fields in the TrackDataViewer® “master” and “detail” records.
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