(This is an email from Katherine McCaffrey at NOAA.)

Hi all, 

Here are the [b0  b1  b2] values:
50m
nw = [0.0103  0.0225  0.0041]
se = [-0.0088 0.0107 -0.0133]
100m
nw = [-0.0042  0.0261  0.0041]
se = [-0.0258 0.0012 0.0060]
150m
nw = [-0.0043 0.0197 0.0140]
se = [-0.0169 0.0011 -0.0038]
200m
nw = [-0.0046 0.0134 -0.0074] 
se = [-0.0059 0.0045 -0.0059]
250m
nw = [0.0156  0.0133  0.0064]
se = [-0.0126  0.0027  0.0162]
300m
nw = [0.0866  0.0112  0.0183]
se = [0.0692  -0.0097  0.0019]
Thanks for running the corrections and statistics, Steve! I'll write up a little blurb to put on the blog about how the tilt correction method works. 
Cheers, 
Katie
On July 9 Katherine sent an email with revised tilts for the NW sonics and the tilts for the flux stations:
Hi Gordon, I have the planar fit coefficients for the flux stations below, as well as a corrected version of the northwest booms' tilts (I found an error in it). The southeast sonics are unchanged.
Sorry for the delay - confusion with Tom Horst, so I ended up taking out 45 degrees on either side of the boom as you'd suggested! 
50m_nw:   -0.0092    0.0216    0.0044
100m_nw:   -0.0014    0.0268    0.0040
150m_nw:   -0.0052    0.0182   -0.0139
200m_nw:   -0.0054    0.0117   -0.0072
250m_nw:    0.0106    0.0107    0.0065
300m_nw:    0.0622    0.0061    0.0130
50m_se:   -0.0088   -0.0107   -0.0133  (note the sign change on b1, this one is correct)
100m_se:   -0.0258    0.0012    0.0060
150m_se:   -0.0169    0.0011   -0.0038
200m_se:   -0.0059    0.0045   -0.0059
250m_se:   -0.0126    0.0027    0.0162
300m_se:    0.0692   -0.0097    0.0019
5m_ehs:  -0.0027   0.0288   -0.0035
5m_bao:  -0.0064   -0.0087   0.0010
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  1. Converted the above numbers to our tilt and tiltaz angles.  See https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/sonic-tilt-corrections.

    Assumed b0,b1,b2 were the coefficients from the  fit: w = b0 + b1 * u + b2 * v.    

    tilt = atan(sqrt(b1^2+b2^2)) * 180/pi

    tiltaz = atan2(-b2,-b1) * 180/pi

     

    These values are for the second set (Jul 9) of b0,b1,b2

    sonictilttiltaz
    50m nw1.26-168
    50m se0.9851
    100m nw1.55-172
    100m se0.35-101
    150m nw1.31142
    150m se0.23106
    200m nw0.79158
    200m se0.43127
    250m nw0.72-48
    250m se0.94-99
    300m nw0.82-115
    300m se0.57-11
    bao 5m0.50-7
    ehs 5m1.66173
  2. Steve Oncley AUTHOR

    These are Katie's comments on her tilt processing:

    Sonic_tilt_correction.pdf