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1. Charts Maintenance Station Name or Shift Click for multiple selections You access the context menu by right clicking anywhere on the dich Cry STN_WBAN Station Name f mum station list If you select a station s that are not in Country inaly i c nid ces the database i e not highlighted yellow irrelevant All nd Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs p 32 7x menu items are disabled Export Daily Data Repair i All in Database The following section covers only the essential Import NOAA only Cake Minihy Auge or Chad ad menu items Menu items in brackets are for special pai Add Solar Data uses like diagnostics and are covered in the Delete Longitude 121 467 PE Reference Manual e Analyse Clicking Analyse will analyse the Hothaps database as well as the raw NOAA data for the selected station s producing two separate result sets shown in the output panel on the right Each result set shows the number of years with any data in them the number of records found in each year and the corresponding percentage of data density for those years for example This SHANGHAI example shows that there are 20 Em ns Analysing NOAA for SHANGHAI 583620 99999 years containing any data were found in the NOAA 2 year amp 7133 records 97 ee ee 1991 55 1992 100 1993 100 1994 100 1995 100 1996 100 set between the years displayed in Start Year and 135701005 1998 1005
2. import it into the database Manage Daily Data Chart SD Charts Maintenance Station Name AS Maintenance used for repair and other functions not covered Charts SD show Statistics box plot Charts plot data readings trends and here See Reference manual ius analysis for details heat indexes Manage Daily Data Tab to Hoth sps Soft Please wait until all startup tasks have been completed Station Name shanghi 3tationName Initialising form and variables CH 52352 9 SHANGHA 66 3 Assuming local MySQL Service running Country Form and variables initialised 17 010ms E 27670 9990 SHANGHAL HONGGIAO 99 7 E m Checking NOAA Index SHANGHANG noaaindex exist 83ms 0 NOAA entries indexed 3 515ms All startup tasks successfully completed 3 stations found amp 13ms So Dist Radius Find Mearby Change Data Path Documents Hothaps Stick Full version ClimasteData gsod C Online Start Year 1980 2 End Year 2013 e To find a station by name type any part of a station string into the text box and click the Find Station button or press ENTER The table will show the available stations with that name or part thereof as above shangh and the station count is displayed in the output panel The table shows the country code e g CH station number name and level of data completeness Stations are already in your database are highlighted with a yello
3. 1989 1005 2000 1005 2001 100 2002 100 2003 100 2004 100 2005 100 2006 100 2007 99 2008 100 End Year boxes at the bottom of the window 2009 100 2010 100 2 464ms Relative to 20 complete years 20 x 365 7 300 Analysing DB for SHANGHAI 583620 939999 O year s O records 05 records the 7133 records found represent 97 data 6 392ms completeness in those years This is followed by a breakdown of the years containing data showing the data density for each year in brackets The second set of results Analysing DB for SHANGHAI shows that there are no records in the Hothaps database This means the station has not yet been imported Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 7 of 17 e Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs This is a common function as it makes the weather station data available for use in this program Use this when you want to work with this station and the analysis above shows either no records in DB or the NOAA analysis shows more years than the DB analysis The latter normally means that new NOAA data has been made available but has not yet been imported into the database e Export Raw Daily Data Creates one comma delimited text file containing daily records for each station selected between the years displayed in Start Year and End Year boxes at the bottom of the window Note that this option is only available if the Hothaps database contain
4. 25 121 25 amp xX year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 1989 5 1990 5 1991 5 1992 5 3 Y C 19 0583 19 6417 19 9583 19 9833 19 3917 19 4667 19 6417 20 0083 20 05 19 7333 20 85 19 4167 19 6833 10 11 Temp Max C Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec SE 0 08104 C 12 X year 1980 5 2011 5 13 Y C 19 65614 21 41929 14 15 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Linear Trend 0 13036 C dec SE 0 08572 C 16 X year 1980 5 2009 5 17 Y C 19 60152 19 97957 Since the chart included 4 graphs you get 4 sets of data rows Note that linear trends only consist of 2 data points Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 15 of 17 Charts SD Tab This feature allows you to visualise the median average and the distribution of the underlying data You can choose multiple station s value s to display e g temperatures heat indexes and select or create time periods for which to carry out the analysis co Hothaps Soft 1 0 4 3 Manage Daily Data Chart SD Charts Maintenance Welcome to Hothaps Soft Please wait until all startup tasks have been completed Chart Distributions Ciry STN WBAN Station Name ay Initialising form and variables SANGLEY POINT Fom and variables initialised 15 145ms EET Checking NOAA Index SAO PAULO AEROPORT noaaindex exist 425ms SHANGHAI Reindexing NOAA files 0 NOAA entries indexed 2 616ms All startup tasks completed 114 stations ready for ch
5. C dec SE 0 09749 C SE 0 11399 C CRU Temp Mean C 40 75 28 75 Linear Trend 0 55645 C dec SE 0 11059 C Graphs trends threshold analveae and niialitv eantral ISTANBUL ATATURK Annual Temp Min C X year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 198 Y C 9 87274 10 2685 10 1116 10 361 10 6125 10 1102 10 5837 9 94794 10 5139 10 67 Temp Max C X year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 198 Y PC 17 8152 18 1507 17 6518 17 7443 18 0403 17 726 18 1989 17 4863 18 1033 18 37 Numerical data for further analysis v 1 Country Station Type USAF WBAN Long Lat From To Temp Max a b SE com 2 TU ISTANBUL ATATURK Annual 170600 99999 268617 40 967 19680 2011 0 060506616 17 56399752 0 0113988 100 ID JAKARTA OBSERVATORY Annual 967450 99999 106 633 6 163 1980 2011 0 022605153 31 63469629 0 008038697 21 PK KARACHI AIRPORT Annual 417800 99999 67 133 24 9 1980 2011 0 037317995 31 65599528 0 00827303 78 5 CS LIBERIA Annual 787740 99999 85 533 10 6 1980 2011 0 016139939 33 42219429 0 009428672 37 Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 3 of 17 Common Workflow Scenarios A Plot data you commonly use i e data already in the database 1 Start software go to Chart or Chart SD Tab select station s and options then produce a graph page 9 Customise graph page 12 Export graph for printing
6. or publishing page 15 Alternatively right click on station s and export data for further processing in a spreadsheet database or other software pages 8 and 11 B Research arbitrary new stations 1 2 7 Start software select the Manage Daily Data Tab page 6 Try finding suitable stations by typing the name of city you are thinking of Try different spellings try part of the name NOAA station names are not consistent nor are the always in English Some stations are named after the name of an airport There are several stations across the globe that share the same name Use country filtering if in doubt NOAA and therefore Hothaps Soft uses FIPS country codes http en wikipedia org wiki FIPS country code If still unsure look at the latitude longitude readings Use a map to verify Try typing in the desired coordinates Use the Find Nearby feature page 7 When you have found a number of plausible stations perform an analysis on the station data page 7 If one or more stations of interest have sufficient data for your purposes only years with more than 90 data completeness will be suitable for plotting and further processing import them into the Hothaps database page 8 Continue with workflow scenario A C New NOAA weather station data has become available typically at the beginning of a new year 1 4 If you are working in Offline mode see page 5 go to ftp ftp ncdc noaa gov pub da
7. while am dew point and wind speeds are occasionally not You will e have to plot the graphs to find out which values are 205 available 2011 Cn c cn cn o c co c c o9 c 09 C CO 0 c3 n 6 c m E 0E 0E 0E E 0E E JD 0 L Cn c cn cn o c co c c o0 Ne 5 CO C0 C en o 0 CI 0E 0 0E 0E 0E 0E JE 0E P cn d cad ug dac Mo oo j j 6D 3c 03 0 C21 j me me me mel me me md 6o en d cad ac dg dac oiu gra j j D 3g 7 ed ed ed me E me Me ed i cn d cn d c c3 gc 03 03 03 03 j j c c cn c3 6 sj sj j I me me 0 me A md en cn d c d c d dcc AOA c c3 c c3 6 03 j j j j me E md md ml en cn c c c 03 c3 60 c c 00 6 09 03 j 60 c9 69 69 j m 0E 0E 0E 0E 0E 0E 0E 0 0E 4 cn c c cn 0 c 60 c c 00 6 00 oo c9 eo 69 69 0 0E 0 04 0 0E 0 E 0E 6o cn c c cn 0 c 60 c c 00 66 00 ch j 60 c c9 65 69 69 04 0 0E 0 04 0 E 0E Ce Cn cn cn cn c c cn cn c o0 c 09 C CO oo c en sj S n 0 0 0 0 0E 0 0E 0E L Cn c cn c o cn co cn cn c cn 09 c j CO C C en co n o m o m 0E 0E 0E 0E 0 0E 0E Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 10 of 17 Export Functions The functions described below calculate values from the Hothaps database and store the results in the clipboard in a format tab delimited plaintext ready for pasting into a document The resu
8. 76 C dec X Linear Trend 0 66469 C dec SE 0 08104 C SE 0 08130 C e CRU Reference This option adds CRU reference data to the current graph CRU Crown Research Unit specifically CRU 3 which is used here provides a validated set of selected values currently Tmin Tmean Tmax dew point WBGT and UTCI are supported by Hothaps Soft for all of the earth s land based locations in a 0 5 degree global grid When you enable this option a dotted graph of the nearest CRU grid square will be shown alongside the original NOAA GSOD plot a SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Je Graph Trend Lines Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Year Temp Max C 99 7 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Temp Mean C 99 7 CRU Temp Mean C 31 25 121 25 Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 14 of 17 ad SHANGHAI HONGOIAO Annual Temp Max C ee Trend Lines Menu Y n turn on off any of th ou can turn on off any of the usoese SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C Linear Logarithmic Polynomial and Last Decade linear trend nm Pal LA lines by ticking the correspond Polynomial 4 ing menu item For linear trends M APA E shown in the legend If CRU O 20 reference graphs are turned on trend lines are shown for these as well CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Temp Max C CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec L
9. 80 2011 0 066469259 15 78600453 0 008130424 100 00 e Export Regression Thresholds The program will prompt for a threshold value It will calculate and produce the slope a offset intersect b and standard error SE for the selected station s values and time modes relative to the number of days above the specified threshold The output is comparable to that shown for average regression above The slope and errors are given in days year the intercept is in days e Export Slope Residuals This sums the differences between the data values of the last 10 8 6 and 4 years and the trend line slope of the series e Export Avg Residuals This sums the differences between the data values of the last 10 8 6 and 4 years and the series average Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 11 of 17 Graph Outputs The chart feature of the software produces X Y line charts in separate resizable windows You can customise many properties of the chart The x axis time is governed by the Start and End Years entered at the bottom of the main window The yearly divisions mark the beginning of a year the annual data points are plotted in the middle of the year E g a data point for the year 2000 appears somewhat to the right of the 2000 division Note If any month or year contains fewer readings than the threshold currently 9096 of the year or month that data point will not be plotted If a graph appears completely blank h
10. A ISTANBUL ATATURK 2000 2005 us 722585 93901 DALLAS HENSLEY FIELD NAS us 722580 13960 DALLAS LOVE FIELD find us 722581 13960 DALLAS LOVE FIELD us 722583 13960 DALLAS LOVE FLD us 722598 03970 DALLAS ADDISON ARPT us 722598 99999 DALLAS ADDISON ARPT us 722599 03971 DALLAS REDBIRD ARPT us 722599 99999 DALLAS REDBIRD ARPT us 722590 03927 DALLAS FORT WORTH F List of weather stations Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec E Temp Max C Temp Mean C Analysing NOAA for DALLAS FORT WORTH F 722590 03927 m 32 year s 11687 records 100 Statistics 1980 100 1981 100 1982 100 1983 100 1984 100 1985 100 1986 100 1987 100 1988 100 1989 100 1990 100 1991 100 1992 100 1993 100 1994 100 1995 100 1996 100 1997 100 1998 100 1999 100 2000 100 2001 100 2002 100 2003 100 2004 100 2005 100 2006 100 2007 100 2008 100 2009 100 2010 100 2011 100 8 022ms ISTANBUL ATATURK Annual Breakdown of data 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Year Temp Max C 100 0 CRU Temp Max C 40 75 28 75 CRU Temp Max C 40 75 28 75 Linear Trend 0 60948 C dec Temp Mean C 100 0 SE 0 13216 C CRU Temp Mean C 40 75 28 75 Temp Mean C Temp Max C Linear Trend 0 70687 C dec Linear Trend 0 60507
11. ClimateSoft Ltd 14 August 2014 Climate Data and Heat Exposure Software Hotha ps Soft v 1 0 5 0 User Manual Background What this software can do and output examples An overview of the entry point and different pathways A Plot data you commonly use i e data already in the database B Research arbitrary new stations C New NOAA weather station data has become available typically at the beginning of a new year Getting Started Online vs Offline Mode Start Up Manage Daily Data Tab Context Menu Charts Tab Context Menu Graph Outputs Graph Menu Trend Lines Menu Export Menu Charts SD Tab Graph Menu Export Menu Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 KB BB un Un 10 12 12 15 15 16 17 17 Page 1 of 17 Background Identifying current and estimating future heat exposures researchers can access weather station data from several sources Many are available free of charge on the Internet The data comes in various formats depending on the collecting agency and always involves a large number of steps converting raw data into meaningful values before they are ready for evaluation research and publishing One of the most comprehensive collections of global weather data is being held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA and daily readings are freely available under http www7 ncdc noaa gov CDO dataproduct This software application uses the Surface data Global Summa
12. Produces a chart of averaged selected readings and or heat indexes applied to the selected time modes and selected stations between the years displayed in Start Year and End Year boxes at the bottom S SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 7 Beg Graph TrendLines Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 1 1 AL A Kk A ALL T of NM LL Ap AM Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 9 of 17 e Chart Thresholds Produces a chart of the number of days where the selected actual daily readings and or heat indexes exceed a threshold applied to the selected time modes and selected stations between Start and End Year You will be prompted to enter a threshold value in a dialog box after clicking this button 23755033999 RIO DE JANEIRO AER Thresholds Gey SAN FRANCISCO INTL LE d H SAO PAULO AEROPORT Temp Max I T Ben E SHANGHAI HONGOIAO Dew Point Binal i SHENZHEN ha SHEREMETYEVO WBGT avg m sussuwusss SINGAPORE CHANGI Al WBG Timid SOERSTOKKEN Time modes will produce the following charts e Annual One averaged value per year for each reading and or heat index i e one data point per year e Jan Feb Mar The averaged Jan or Feb or Mar value for each year i e one data point per year e Monthly Each month s average i e one data points per month CH 563640 929999 SHANGHAI Context Menu E Click a single or any combination usin
13. arting 230ms 32 CRU records selected 208ms 32 CRU records selected 20ms Averages plotted for 1 station s 2 725ms 114 stations ready for SD charting Oms KYO INTERNATIONAL Start Year 1980 2 End Year m fe In order to Add or Delete a time period click the corresponding button You can edit a time period by double clicking on it You edit the time Start year End year i period year range in this window After making your choices click the Chart Distributions button to produce a graphic like this a SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 2006 2010 Graph SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 2006 2010 ME Temp Min C Temp Max C Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 16 of 17 The chart above shows box plots for the two chosen temperatures The median is displayed as a dotted line the box showing the upper and lower quartile and the whiskers the 10 and 90 percentile Graph Menu 42 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 2006 2010 E The Graph menu features Heading Legend Colour Mode Export and Fixed Y Axis settings described on page 12ff In iina SHANGHA Legend SHAN addition you can customise the percentiles and also turn on ii Colour Mode features like Median Average mean and Outliers The Fixed Y Axis 10 50 chart below shows mean median plus outliers for Tmax for Percentiles two different time periods Show Median Show Average Show Outliers a SHANGHAL HONGQIAO Temp M
14. ax C Graph ENN 1931 1985 MO 2006 2010 Export Menu The Export menu allows saving the chart as bitmap files in JPG or PNG format For details on exporting charts see the notes on page 15 Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 17 of 17
15. eading only no data is available for the selected combination of values time modes and station s Go to the Analysis option see page 8 to find out why Graph Menu a SHANGHAI HONGOIAO Annual Graph Trend Lines Export Lines Markers Fixed Y Axis 26 30 Colour Mode CRU Reference Lines Markers Heading These are on off options and quite self explanatory Note that turning Markers on may show data points in patchy data series that are not visible in Lines only mode Lines will only show if they connect at least 2 existing consecutive data points years Legend You can turn legends on or off If they are on you can Customise Legend with regards to the position and font size Fixed Y Axis NN MM If this option is turned off the program will Customise Axes derive a suitable range for the Y axis from the plotting data If you want Interval lt a Gridlines to fix the Y axis e g to produce a number of graphs with the same scaling turn this option on You can set the Y axis s maximum and minimum values and customise both axes interval and font size in the window shown Y Axis Maximum 20 0 f Gridlines Minimum 10 0 Note The X axis s maximum and minimum are determined by the Start NEM newval 10 0 automatic and End Year values entered on the program s main window You can customise the axes intervals font sizes and gridlines while Fixed Y Axis is turned off Hothaps Soft
16. f records deleted is reported in the log panel In this tab the setting of Start and End Years only affects the export raw daily data function described above Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 8 of 17 Charts Tab The chart feature produces X Y line charts in separate resizable windows You can customise many properties of the chart as outlined on page 12 It allows you to either produce charts based on annual or monthly averages or chart the number of days per year a station exceeds a specified threshold ul Hothaps 5oft 1 0 4 3 Manage Daily Data Chat SD Charts Maintenance Welcome to Hothaps Sott Please wait until all startup tasks have been completed Cty STN_WBAN StationName dritialising fom and variables Chart Thresholds RP 364220 393393 SANGLEY POINT Fom and variables initialised 16 145ms 237000 939999 SAQ PAULO AEROPORT Che d ng NOAA Index SHANGHAI noasindex exist 425ms Temp Mean CH 58367099999 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Reindexing NOAA files LL MENENN Roco ES SHENGSI i pee 594930 99999 SHENZHEN All startup tasks completed 114 stations ready for charting 23 ms 27515599899 SHEREMETYEVO SINGAPORE CHANGI Al SOERSTOKKEN 54623090509 I TOULOUSE BLAGNAC Start Year 1980 4 End Year 2 Select any combination using Shift or Ctrl click of stations values or time modes then click one of the buttons to create charts e Chart Averages
17. g Ctrl or Shift click of ORT ann cL Analyse Basic CH values time modes or stations then access the context menu by CH Analyse Detailed right clicking anywhere in station list is as shown The values in RS Se Ioni Export Average monthly the Start and End Year boxes at the bottom of the screen apply to SN D Export Regression Averages all options of the context menu us Export Regression Thresholds Export Slope Residuals e Analyse Basic Will show in the output panel how much AS CH Export Avg Residuals data is available for charting Complete years partial IR 407540 99999 TEHRAN MEHRABAD years giving percentage of completeness and number of l CH 54527095959 TIANJIN years with no data e Analyse Detailed screenshot shows a matrix of how SHANGHAI HONGGIAO Month Yr many values Tmax Tmin dew point etc are suitable for es charting Suitable are values for which there are more 1383 than 90 readings The number shown is the count of 1985 suitable values there are a total of 7 possible values Tmin 13 1983 Tmax Tmean DewPoint Rain WindSpeed and 1990 WindSpeedMax n 1994 1995 1386 Therefore a 7 means all 7 values have sufficient data for 1987 this month year 0 means no value has a complete set of 75 i 2001 readings Any number in between means that some values 2 2003 are missing E g temperatures are often recorded
18. hot above Start Up The program carries out a number of routine activities and checks at start up the detail of which varies slightly depending on whether you re running the software Online or Offline see above These include validating the status of the Hothaps database and whether the NOAA GSOD index more information about NOAA data below is up to date This should take only a few moments if your database is up to date In this case the text in the output panel will look similar to the screenshot above If running in Offline mode and you have moved the location of the program or the NOAA data files you will get an error message that no NOAA files could be found or that it Could not find part of the path In case of any error message relating to NOAA indexing try changing the data path button in the Manage Daily Tab page 6 Any other error messages here usually indicate that the connection to the Hothaps database has not been established There are potentially numerous reasons for those errors and if the problems persist you should contact the developer for advice by providing a screenshot or copy of error message s and a brief explanation of the circumstances e g which operation system was used whether it used to work at some earlier stage etc Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 5 of 17 After start up the software offers 4 tabs Manage Daily Data default display where you analyse the available NOAA data and
19. inear Trend 0 13036 C dec SE 0 08104 C SE 0 08572 C Export Menu You can export charts as bitmap files in JPG or PNG format While JPG is popular the PNG format uses lossless graphic file compression and is the preferred format for line graphs The program will prompt for the location of the files and remembers your preference The file name is taken from the chart s heading Note The resolution of exported graphic equals the current display size So if you resize the window the resulting graphic file will also vary If you need to export a uniform set of graphs for publication either stick to the default size of each chart window i e do not resize windows or maximise each chart window before exporting You can also export the chart s underlying Numeric data If you chose this option you will be prompted to select the target folder The comma delimited text file contains all data points currently displayed The file name is derived from the chart title For the example chart above SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Tmax with CRU and trend lines turned on you would get the following output when opened in Excel A B C D E F G H K L MI N 1 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 2 3 Temp Max C 4 X year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 1989 5 1990 5 1991 5 1992 5 5 Y C 19 3121 19 8466 19 924 19 9067 19 5159 19 6595 19 7315 20 1884 20 3201 20 2551 21 1096 19 8753 20 1627 6 7 CRU Temp Max C 31
20. lts have a header row all calculations contain the following common columns Country Station Type USAF WBAN Long Lat From To CH SHANG Jul 583670 99999 121 433 31 167 1980 2011 The columns are largely self explanatory A completeness column compl is added at the end of each calculated value to indicate the data density of the underlying data for Average and Regression exports e Export Average daily or monthly This function calculates the average and for the selected values and outputs this along with the standard deviation SD rate of completeness stations and time modes Depending on the menu choice the averages are calculated either from raw daily data or from monthly or annual averages see the Reference Manual for details 15 USAF WBAM Long Lat From Ta Avg Temp Mean SD compl CH SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual 583670 93939 121 433 31 167 1960 2011 16 81627804 0 750541333 100 00 e Export Regression Averages Calculates the slope a offset intersect b and standard error of the slope SE for the selected station s and values based on annual or monthly averages depending on the time mode selected Slope and standard error are given in unit year Unit here is the obvious unit i e C in most cases mm day and HIS for rainfall and wind speed respectively JT Count Station Type USAF WBAN Long Lat From To Temp Mean a b SE compl BUCH SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual 583670 99999 121 4353 31 167 19
21. nd variables initialised 13 040ms Checking NOAA Index Find Station inoaaindex exist 54ms Rearing Ty RS a s eemper deu a eh Esa ONOAMEntries indexed 2 527ms Ip tasks successfully completed Latitude Longitude E Ni 0 25 Edo v Sq Dist O Radius I The output panel shows a log of commands results and the time it has taken to execute the command Find Nearby You can copy and paste data from the log area Change Data Fath Documents Hothaps Stick Full version ClimateData gsod E Onine Statt Year 1980 4 End Year 20132 i This is the running mode Online or Offline Online vs Offline Mode Hothaps Soft can be run Online or Offline depending on your requirements Both modes are functionally identical however the Offline mode doesn t require an Internet connection but around 4 GB of data stored locally The Online mode depends on an Internet connection with much less local data In Online mode Hothaps Soft is likely to perform some tasks a little slower than in Offline mode If you have been supplied with a USB stick version it is likely to have all the required data on the storage device in this case you want to run the program in Offline mode If you downloaded Hothaps Soft from the Internet you need to run it in Online mode as the download does not include all the required data A checkbox on the main form shows the current mode see screens
22. ry Of the Day GSOD data set GSOD contains humidity data which is essential for estimation of human heat exposures For validation and comparison grid cell data provided by the Climate Research Unit CRU 3 is also used This manual walks you through the basic functionality of the software It provides information on the menu items and choices as well as ways to customise the output There are many permutations and combinations of commands and uses of this application not all of which can be shown here Also features and specifications are subject to change as a matter of improving the software What this software can do and output examples e Analyse the availability and data density of readily available routine weather station data e Produce customisable graphs trends and statistical analysis of raw weather data as well as calculated heat exposure indexes e Provide a comparison of weather station data NOAA GSOD with CRU 3 grid cell data e Extract any part of the data in numerical form for further analysis 1 A Some screenshots used in this manual may show an earlier version number in the heading In these cases there are no significant differences in the functionality compared to the current version Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 2 of 17 An overview of the entry point and different pathways Hothaps Soft Hothaps Database NOAA GSOD Data Set Country STN WBAN Station Name
23. s this station i e has yellow highlighting SHANGHA After selecting this menu item the user is prompted for the l Select the readings SHANGHAI T to be exported desired values M SHANGHAI You can select a single variable or any number of values by using Ctrl Click or Shift Click Next the user is prompted to select the location folder for the generated file s The filenames contain the station years and the selected values followed by the csv extension e g SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 1980 2013 Temp Max WBGT max UTCI max csv When imported into an Excel spreadsheet this will produce suitable column headers as shown here i Rae ae ie ee pup eaa SER SHANGHAIHONGOIAO 5536 70 99999 ic Temp Max WBGT max UTClimax 1 01 1380 13 11 66 13 4885 2 01 1380 9 T F0T911 3 36501 3 01 1980 5 865844 7 3334 4 01 1380 2 T8156 4 64476 5 01 1380 5 00977 3 2267 5 01 1380 5 052 f 5T 145 dT T nl We d nA e Repair This option will delete and then re import this station s data completely see Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs above use it if in doubt over a station s data integrity caused by circumstances like the software or the PC has been closed or has crashed during importing or indexing This option is only available for stations in the user s database highlighted in yellow e Delete Deletes all daily data records and all monthly chart averages for the selected station s from the Hothaps database The number o
24. ta gsod and locate the latest complete year folder i e in 2015 you would be clicking on the 2014 folder Locate and download the gsod_YYYY tar file at the bottom of the list YYYY being the year in question If you are sure that your NOAA data set doesn t contain this file already save copy the file to the gsod folder that Hothaps is expecting In Online mode this process is automatic but may take more time Start or re start Hothaps Soft select the Manage Daily Data Tab see page 6 At startup in Offline mode Hothaps Soft will re index the NOAA files In Online mode it will take a shortcut version of this process It will take several minutes if it finds new year s to index In this case it will ask you whether to update your database as well giving you an estimate of the time this will take Confirm by clicking Yes Do not shut down the program or your computer during this process Proceed with scenario A or B Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 4 of 17 Getting Started To open the software double click on Start Hothaps Soft shortcut on your memory stick or file system The display has 2 parts The lists buttons and clickable areas to the left and a grey output panel to the right Hothaps Soft 1 0 5 0 JS l Welcome to Hothaps Soft Please wait until all startup tasks have been Paden suiecan ins maid Campet Initialising form and variables Assuming local MySQL Service running Farm a
25. w background e ifthe results list is too large you can narrow your search by selecting a Country Clicking Find Station or pressing ENTER with nothing in the Station Name box shows all stations in the selected country This may take a moment or two e Clicking the All in Database button will show all stations for which data exists in the Hothaps database Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 6 of 17 The station table can be sorted by clicking on any of the 4 headings and reversed by clicking on the heading again Once a station is selected highlighted its Latitude amp Longitude is displayed in the text boxes You can override the longitude latitude by typing in a geographical location for use with the following function e Find Nearby This is where all stations in the vicinity are listed using the specified distance from the displayed longitude latitude 1 Enter a number to specify the distance to look for nearby stations Choose the unit km miles or degrees 2 The search area may be a circle or a square around the currently displayed longitude latitude Example If 1 is entered in the number field and deg as the unit and Sq Dist is selected the search area includes a field 1 degree north east south and west of the displayed longitude latitude effectively a 2 degree grid square Context Menu fs Hothaps Soft 1 0 4 3 Select one or more stations in the list use Ctrl Shift Manage Daily Data Chart SD
26. ware 1 0 5 0 User Manual 02014 Page 12 of 17 e Colour Mode Turn this option off if you need to publish graphs in black amp white a SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Graph TrendLines Export Temp Max C 99 7 Temp Mean C 99 7 Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C SE 0 08104 C Temp Mean C Linear Trend 0 66469 C dec SE 0 08130 C ides Note With colour mode on or off i e even in black amp white mode you can use the Set Colours submenu to customise the colours for each data series Temp Max C Colour sample CRU Temp Max C 31 257 121 257 Double arg Col Temp Mean C aeo e Us VOTOT CRU Temp Mean C 31 257 121 25 change Temp Max C Linear Trend 0 56676 Cy dec 5 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Linear Tre Temp Mean C Linear Trend 0 66465 Cydec CRU Temp Mean C 31 257 121 25 Linear T Basic colors EI nl E mumm BHENHENH NH Custom colors oe DINGEN L5 pp i M Define Custom Colors gt gt Hothaps Software 1 0 5 0 User Manual 2014 Page 13 of 17 A customised graph using black amp white as well as coloured elements would look like this a SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual JE Graph Trend Lines Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 99 7 Temp Mean C 99 7 Temp Max C Temp Mean C Linear Trend 0 568

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