Vaisala DigiCORA 3.64, Technical Note

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Page 2: ...hanical including photocopying nor may its contents be communicated to a third party without prior written permission of the copyright holder The contents are subject to change without prior notice Please observe that this manual does not create any legally binding obligations for Vaisala towards the customer or end user All legally binding commitments and agreements are included exclusively in th...

Page 3: ...nt 5 CHAPTER 2 SIMULATING OLD SOUNDING DATA WITH THE NEW CALCULATIONS 7 General 7 Exporting RCTables 7 Calculating Old Sounding Data 9 Importing RC Tables 9 Creating Parameter Use2010CalculationForTU 10 CHAPTER 3 SIMULATING ARCHIVED OZONE DATA 13 Exporting Ozone OIF92 13 Simulating Archived Ozone Data 15 Exporting Parameters Subkey from Archived Sounding Data 15 Importing Ozone OIF92 and Parameter...

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Page 5: ... use and how to simulate old sounding results In this manual old sounding data means data from soundings performed prior to DigiCORA version 3 64 Contents of This Manual This manual consists of the following chapters Chapter 1 General Information provides general notes for the manual Chapter 2 Simulating Old Sounding Data with the New Calculations explains how to calculate sounding information usi...

Page 6: ...on Conventions Throughout the manual important safety considerations are highlighted as follows WARNING Warning alerts you to a serious hazard If you do not read and follow instructions very carefully at this point there is a risk of injury or even death CAUTION Caution warns you of a potential hazard If you do not read and follow instructions carefully at this point the product could be damaged o...

Page 7: ...igiCORA is a registered trademark of Vaisala Oyj Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries License Agreement All rights to any software are held by Vaisala or third parties The customer is allowed to use the software only to the extent that is provided by the applicable supply contract or Software License Agreement VAISALA ______________...

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Page 9: ...ng software version 3 64 includes improved calculation features for temperature T and humidity U For temperature calculations the changes include modification of existing solar radiation correction of the radiosonde temperature sensor For humidity calculations the changes include timelag and solar radiation correction algorithms of the radiosonde humidity sensor The changes are implemented in Digi...

Page 10: ...stem Settings and Connect DbManager opens 2 Click SYSPAR and select RCTables Right click and select Export 1011 076 Figure 1 Exporting RCTables 3 Save the subkeys under RCTables to directory DigiCORAIII 1011 077 Figure 2 Saving RCTables 8 ___________________________________________________________________ M211299EN B ...

Page 11: ... the key PTUEditing Importing RC Tables 1 Copy an old sounding you wish to simulate to the DigiCORA Archive directory 2 Open Archive Manager and select the sounding you copied 3 Click Parameters 4 Click SYSPAR Right click and select Import 1011 078 Figure 3 Importing RCTables 5 Select the RCTables file you saved earlier The RCTables subkey will appear under the SYSPAR key and it replaces the old R...

Page 12: ...__ Creating Parameter Use2010CalculationForTU 1 When you have added the new RCTables keys under SYSPAR click the PTUEditing key Right click and select Create Value 1011 079 Figure 4 Creating Value 10 __________________________________________________________________ M211299EN B ...

Page 13: ...r Use2010CalculationForTU in the Value Name text field For Type select SZ Type Yes in the Data text field 1011 080 Figure 5 Entering New Value Name 3 Click OK The parameter appears under the list of Value Names 1011 081 Figure 6 New Value Name VAISALA _______________________________________________________________________ 11 ...

Page 14: ...______________________________ 4 Open Archive Manager and select Simulate You can now use the new parameter and the improved calculations to calculate old sounding data 12 __________________________________________________________________ M211299EN B ...

Page 15: ...t the parameters and scripts in the sounding database file are version dependent If you import an old database for simulation the parameters or scripts in the current database are not replaced Exporting Ozone OIF92 Before importing subkey Ozone OIF92 from the new software you must first save the current subkey Ozone OIF92 Follow the steps below to export and save the current subkey 1 In DigiCORA u...

Page 16: ...________________________________________ 2 Click SYSPAR and select Triggering Ozone OIF92 Right click and select Export 1109 021 Figure 7 Exporting Ozone OIF92 14 __________________________________________________________________ M211299EN B ...

Page 17: ...xport the ozone sounding data from the archived sounding data and save it and then import the subkeys Ozone OIF92 and Parameters Exporting Parameters Subkey from Archived Sounding Data Follow the steps below to export and save the Parameters subkey from archived sounding data 1 In DigiCORA user interface open the Archive Manager by clicking the Archive Manager button on the left The Archive Manage...

Page 18: ...to import and click the Parameters button on the right 1109 027 Figure 9 Archive Manager 3 The DbManager opens Click SYSPAR open and select Triggering Ozone OIF92 Parameters Right click and select Export 1109 018 Figure 10 Exporting Parameters 16 __________________________________________________________________ M211299EN B ...

Page 19: ...________________________________ Simulating Archived Ozone Data 4 Save the subkey to directory DigiCORAIII 1109 019 Figure 11 Saving Parameters VAISALA _______________________________________________________________________ 17 ...

Page 20: ...g 2 Right click and select Import 1109 026 Figure 12 Importing Ozone OIF92 3 Select the Ozone OIF92 file you saved earlier in the DigiCORAIII directory The Ozone OIF92 subkey will appear under the Triggering key and it replaces the old Ozone OIF92 subkey 18 __________________________________________________________________ M211299EN B ...

Page 21: ...______ 19 4 Next select Ozone OIF92 Right click and select Import 1109 024 Figure 13 Importing Parameters 5 Select the Parameters file you saved earlier in the DigiCORAIII directory The Parameters subkey will appear under the Ozone OIF92 key and it replaces the old Parameters subkey You can now start simulating archived ozone data with the new sounding software ...

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