Description of Data evaluation software
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1. Particle number conc per cm air for 30 50nm particles 5 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 50 70nm particles 5 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 70 100nm particles 5 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 100 200nm particles 5 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 200 800nm particles 5 digits Particle number conc per cm air from transferCPC 5 digits The data format of the transferCPC file Station ID DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY tcpc is semicolon delimited DDMMYY HH MM 12 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 10 800nm particles 8 digits Particle number conc per cm air from transferCPC 8 digits Ratio of to 5 digits TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe 132. 24 P 25 Temperature of backup T RH sensor 26 rH 27 Relative humidity of backup T RH sensor 28 total CPC 29 Number concentration of a total CPC optional 30 TD 31 Status flag for Thermodenuder in Line O OFF 1 ON optional 32 Zero 33 Status flag for absolute particle filter in Line O OFF 1 ON optional TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe 3 34 Screen 35 Status flag for diffusion screening in Line O OFF 1 ON optional 36 Service 37 Status flag for Service button pushed on front panel O OFF 1 ON Example data 0 666667 Sheathair flow 5 02 t 20 63 rH 28 7 Aerosol flow 1 006 t 20 22 rH 42 3 0 750000 Sheathair flow 5 00 t 20 84 rH 28 9 Aerosol flow 0 994 t 20 50 rH 42 9 0 833333 Sheathair flow 4 98 t 21 12 rH 29 0 Aerosol flow 0 998 t 20 87 rH 42 5 0 916667 Sheathair flow 4 99 t 21 20 rH 28 8 Aerosol flow 0 997 t 20 95 rH 40 4 1 000000 Sheathair flow 5 02 t 20 97 rH 28 5 Aerosol flow 0 982 t 20 67 rH 39 9 1 083333 Sheathair flow 5 02 t 20 67 rH 28 4 Aerosol flow 0 958 t 20 30 rH 40 4 1 166667 Sheathair flow 4 99 t 20 65 rH 28 4 Aerosol flow 1 022 t 20 25 rH 41 8 1 250000 Sheathair flow 4 98 t 20 83 rH 28 5 Aerosol flow 0 979 t 20 51 rH 42 2 The program code of the TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe is compiled in LabView Version 8 5 1 In order to run the program on a Windows PC it is necessary to install first the runtime engine for LabView 8 5 1 called LVRTE8
3. and confirm with Ok After pressing OK a sub window appears Fig 5 TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe 7 H TechVal_TROPOS SMPS vi Datei Bearbeiten Ausf hren Werkzeuge Fenster Hilfe E Se a oF 2 E rticies oe cooperation with environ 2 gt mental and health policy Ultrafeinstaub Ultrajemn castice Gesundheit Zdrav Fig 3 Index card RUN r User prompt Please insert the name of the operator allowed is lt first name family name gt or lt cipher gt Operator_name Fig 4 User prompt to insert operator name or cipher TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe B CreateFilelist withLeapYear vi x Datei Bearbeiten Ausf hren Werkzeuge Fenster Hilfe O Fig 5 Sub window of TechVal_TROPOS SMPS to create a file list The sub window is designed to choose the time period of raw data that should be evaluated by the program The normal case is to evaluate a full calendar month in one step If your measurement started within a calendar month or system breakdowns occurred within the calendar month the program automatically detects the missing daily data files and marked them as no measurements in the final file Press the up down arrows of the month start and month end boxes and choose the calendar month that you want to evaluate 1 January 2 February 12 December Repeat the last step to choose the appropriate calendar year
4. and stops the program execution The program switched back to the index card Input Variables lf you want to start the program again e g after stopping the program execution or to evaluate another dataset press the grey right pointing arrow in the toolbar of the TechVal_TROPOS SMPS program and proceed with step 1 at the beginning of the manual 3 Format of the technical validated data The new generated Level 0 and 1 files are based on the scientific EBAS NASA Ames format The format description can be found on the GAW WDCA website http Awww gaw wdca org SubmitData AdvancedDataReporting Level0 DiffScanningMobilityParticleSizerlevel 0 aspx for Level 0 and http www gaw wdca org SubmitData AdvancedDataReporting Level1 DiffScanningMobilityParticleSizerlevel 1 aspx for Level 1 The format of the new generated Station ID DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY txttv and Station ID DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY n8tv files are described below TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 10 semicolon delimited Bayern Hessen Protokoll DDMMYY HH MM 12 digits Station ID EU Code 7 digits Component ID 3 digits Measured value 10 digits Flag O correct F error 1 digit Error identifier 004 010 014 900 3 digits Identifier description description of the error type s in words Example data of the new generated Station ID _ DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY txttv file with 40 size bins no conc Description of Component ID 900 Particle number conc 901
5. 33333 293 15 945 00 71 0 502 0 579 0 777 0 959 1 188 1 522 1 949 2 147 0 416667 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 416667 293 15 945 00 71 0 777 0 670 1 019 1 050 1 522 1 689 2 055 2 253 0 500000 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 500000 293 15 945 00 71 0 381 0 518 0 898 0 746 1 081 1 506 1 324 1 949 0 583333 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 583333 293 15 945 00 71 0 639 0 487 0 807 0 898 0 761 1 081 1 218 1 583 0 666667 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 666667 293 15 945 00 71 0 472 0 502 0 472 0 609 0 685 0 898 1 035 1 248 The following section describes the shape of the SMPS Files_prefix YYMMDD dia files comma delimited 1 Start time hour hour increment 2 Sheathair 3 flow 4 Sheathair flowrate in liters per minute 5 ae 6 Sheathair temperature in C 7 rH 8 Sheathair relative humidity in 9 Aerosol 10 flow 11 Aerosol flowrate in liters per minute 12 P 13 Aerosol temperature in C 14 rH 15 Aerosol relative humidity in 16 Pressure 17 Actual atmospheric pressure from internal pressure transducer in hPa 18 MAAP 19 P 20 Temperature of backup T RH sensor here for MAAP 21 rH 22 Relative humidity of backup T RH sensor here for MAAP 23 Sensor4
6. 51std exe The runtime engine can be downloaded from the National Instruments website http Awww ni com download labview run time engine 8 5 1 1019 en Double click LVRTE851std exe and follow the instructions on your computer The compatibility of the data evaluation software TechVal_TROPOS SMP S exe was tested on operating platforms Windows XP Vista 7 Before executing the software check the regional settings for numbers in your operating system and modify if necessary A Windows 7 tutorial for changing the regional settings is described below 1 Open regional and language options by click on the Start button and then click on Control Panel In the search box double click on regional and language settings 2 On the regional options tab click on customize 3 On the numbers tab ensure that the decimal symbol is set as a 4 On the numbers tab ensure that the digit grouping symbol is set as a 5 Select Apply and then confirm with OK e6 ce space character TechVal TROPOS SMPS exe 4 1 Instructions to handle the program Unzip the TechVal_TROPOS SMPS ZIP file and store the program files in a separate folder e g C SMPS Evaluation TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS Double click on the TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe The following windows application with an user prompt appears Fig 1 G TechVal_TROPOS SMPS vi meen Datei Bearbeiten Ausf hren Werkzeuge Fenster Hilfe gt a ffective length m lo
7. N dlogdp for 30 759nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 34 417nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 38 509nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 43 089nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 48 213nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 53 946nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 60 361nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 67 539nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 75 570nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 84 556nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 94 611nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 105 862nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 118 451nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 132 536nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 148 297nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 165 932nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 185 664nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 207 742nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 232 445nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 260 087nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 291 015nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 325 621nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 364 342nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 407 668nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 456 146nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 510 389nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 571 082nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 638 992nm particles TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 938 Particle number conc per cm air in dN dlogdp for 714 978nm particles 939 Particle number co
8. Particle number conc 902 Particle number conc 903 Particle number conc 904 Particle number conc 905 Particle number conc 906 Particle number conc 907 Particle number conc 908 Particle number conc 909 Particle number conc 910 Particle number conc 911 Particle number conc 912 Particle number conc 913 Particle number conc 914 Particle number conc 915 Particle number conc 916 Particle number conc 917 Particle number conc 918 Particle number conc 919 Particle number conc 920 Particle number conc 921 Particle number conc 922 Particle number conc 923 Particle number conc 924 Particle number conc 925 Particle number conc 926 Particle number conc 927 Particle number conc 928 Particle number conc 929 Particle number conc 930 Particle number conc 931 Particle number conc 932 Particle number conc 933 Particle number conc 934 Particle number conc 935 Particle number conc 936 Particle number conc 937 Particle number conc per cm air in dN dlogdp for 10nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 11 189nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 12 520nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 14 008nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 15 674nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 17 538nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 19 624nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 21 957nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 24 568nm particles per cm air in dN dlogdp for 27 490nm particles per cm air in d
9. User manual of TROPOS SMPS data evaluation software Part 1 Technical validation Current Version 1 3 8 48 Version History 1 0 0 8 1 1 0 10 1 1 1 12 a d d a ae ok PN Cii es NOW 1 2 4 19 1 2 5 22 1 2 6 26 1 2 7 30 1 2 8 31 1 3 8 37 1 3 8 38 1 3 8 40 1 3 8 48 First version of SMPS BY_HESS which runs without problems Modification of index card Input Variables o add on off switch for CPC Efficiency Correction o add on off switch for CPC Coincidence Correction Modification of index card Output Variables o add string field for Directory path of SMPS BY HESS Files Several modifications in sub programs sub vi s and error handling Expand number of digits for measured value in StationID DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY txt file from 7 to 8 and in StationID_DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY xn8 file from 6 to 8 Set measured value to 9 99E2 or 999 for breakdown times New Component IDs size resolved zero test file N2 N8 user prompt to insert name of operator New xml logfile Modification of index card Output Variables o Clear directory paths for Diffusion Screen File and Zero Test File New shape of diffusion screen and zero test files Bug in calculation of scalar efficiency factors corrected Bug for Station_ID for Ljubljana and Chernivtsi corrected New default File extension SMPS BY HESS File no conc and N2 N8 digits for Measured value enhanced from 8 to 10 New measurement sites added Pr
10. ag Suchdol and Vielsalm Distinguish between CPC3010 and CPC3772 for coincidence correction and efficiency correction New subroutine for multiple charge inversion parameters Integrate size class N8 from 200nm 500nm for Prague Suchdol only Project Logos added Bug corrected flush memory for zero test files was missing New file output for transfer CPC data if Save Diffusion Screen File pressed First release of TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS o New Output files compatible with EBAS NASA Ames format Level 0 and 1 o xml input files with site specific information for the SMPS e g EMEP codes tube lengths of the sampling lines o modified xml logfile Bug fixed for correct printing of the Julian Day Small bugs fixed Index card Abort added for a controlled stopping procedure of the program TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe 0 Preface The present manual describes in 5 easy steps the processing and technical validation of 4SSMPS Files_prefix YMMDD raw and SMPS Files_prefix Y YMMDD dia files and its conversion into Bayern Hessen file format typically used in air quality measurement networks and the scientific EBAS NASA Ames format Data were stored as particle number concentration with 40 size bins abbrv no conc and as integrated number concentration for seven size ranges abbrv N2 N8 in Bayern Hessen file format The processing program called TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS exe is compatible with the
11. articles 804 Particle number conc per cm air for 50 70nm particles 805 Particle number conc per cm air for 70 100nm particles 806 Particle number conc per cm air for 100 200nm particles 807 Particle number conc per cm air for 200 800nm particles i For Prague Suchdol 807 is the integrated number concentration from 200 500nm 300612 23 45 DESN001 801 94 F 004 RH 300612 23 45 DESNO001 802 93 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 803 278 F 004 RH 300612 23 45 DESN001 804 250 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 805 230 F 004 RH 300612 23 45 DESN001 806 413 F 004 RH 300612 23 45 DESN001 807 188 F 004 RH TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 12 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 801 122 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 802 94 0 300612 23 50 DESN001 803 232 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 804 191 0 300612 23 50 DESN001 805 170 0 300612 23 50 DESNO001 806 295 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 807 160 0 The data format of the diffusion screen file Station ID DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY scrn is semicolon delimited DDMMYY HH MM 12 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 10 800nm particles 8 digits Particle number conc per cm air from transferCPC 8 digits Ratio of to 5 digits The data format of the diffusion screen file Station ID DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY zero is semicolon delimited DDMMYY HH MM 12 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 10 20nm particles 5 digits Particle number conc per cm air for 20 30nm particles 5 digits
12. er minute o Confidence range of the temperature of the aerosol and sheath air flow is 10 30 C o Confidence range of the relative humidity of the aerosol and sheath air flow is 0 40 RH Check the default settings in the choice box Settings for measured value identification 2 Times of service maintenance diffusion screen measurements and zero air measurements were flagged if the individual checkmark is activated If the automated function control unit optional is installed decide if you want to store the data from the diffusion screen measurements in a separate file light green button for saving dark green button for not saving t If the file should be saved be sure that flagging of diffusion screen measurements is active Ifthe total particle filter optional is installed decide if you want to store the data from the zero air measurements in a separate file light green button for saving dark green button for not saving If the file should be saved be sure that flagging of zero is active 2 RUN the program Torun the program switch from index card Output Variables to the index card RUN red arrow Fig 3 Do aLeft click on the button 5 Click to run the color and the title of the button changes from grey to green and from 5 Click to run to started Auser prompt Fig 4 appears Insert the operator name or a cipher of your name e g mm for max musterman
13. in the year start and year end boxes gt Be sure that year start and year end are equal Day start 1 and day end 31 should not be modified although the calendar month has less than 31 days Press the Insert numbers button The program searches now for all daily raw data of the selected calendar month and illustrates them in the Preview of detected files box Fig 6 gt If no files are displayed in the Preview of detected files box check the path string of the Directory only for verification box in order you have inserted the right folder of the raw data in the site specific xmI file TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 9 E CreateFilelist withLeapYear vi Datei Bearbeiten Ausf hren Werkzeuge Fenster Hilfe 16 SMPS_Anna_20140101 SMPS_Anna_20140106 SMPS_Anna_20140108 SMPS_Anna_20140110 Fig 6 Sub window of TechVal_ TROPOS SMPS to create a file list Press Verify The sub window disappears The program starts to analyze the data visualized by a sand glass The program is finished when the right pointing arrow in the toolbar changes from black to grey color and the program switched back to the index card Input Variables gt If you want to abort the program execution switch to the index card Abort and press the button Abort program execution The program immediately terminates all running processes
14. measurement raw data from the data acquisition software of the SMPS Scan exe Version 4 6 7 and later Executable compiled in LabView 2011 The following section describes the shape of the SMPS Files_prefix YYMMDD raw files space delimited a Odd rows 1 Start time hour hour increment 2 Average operating temperature in Kelvin 3 Average atmospheric pressure in hPa 4 Number of the following columns 5 empty 6 76 Particle Diameter in 1 10 m a Even rows 1 Start time hour hour increment 2 Average operating temperature in Kelvin 3 Average atmospheric pressure in hPa 4 Number of the following columns 5 empty 6 76 Raw concentration in 1 cm Example data 0 000000 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 000000 293 15 945 00 71 1 020 1 248 1 918 1 751 2 284 3 045 3 225 3 731 0 083333 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 083333 293 15 945 00 71 1 005 1 355 1 522 1 796 2 574 2 710 3 182 3 471 0 166667 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 166667 293 15 945 00 71 0 868 1 096 1 385 1 689 2 085 2 451 3 090 3 151 0 250000 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 0 250000 293 15 945 00 71 0 594 0 776 1 187 1 035 1 629 1 796 2 055 2 359 0 333333 293 15 945 00 71 8 997 9 252 9 786 10 351 10 949 11 582 12 252 12 962 TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 0 3
15. nc per cm air in dN dlogdp for 800nm particles 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 929 7 09E 2 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 930 5 75E 2 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 931 3 31E 2 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 932 2 10E 2 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 933 8 65E 1 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 934 4 72E 1 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 935 2 30E 1 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 936 1 46E 1 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 937 8 46E 0 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 938 8 00E 0 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 45 DESN001 939 4 83E 0 F 004 RH 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 900 4 89E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 901 5 11E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 902 4 51E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 903 3 66E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 904 3 11E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 905 3 47E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 906 4 05E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESN001 907 4 52E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 908 5 17E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 909 6 25E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 910 6 98E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 911 9 19E 2 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 912 1 00E 3 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 913 1 25E 3 0 30061 2 23 50 DESNO001 914 1 31E 3 0 Example data of the new generated Station ID _ DDMMYYYY DDMMYYYY n8tv file for the integrated particle number concentration for seven size ranges N2 N8 Description of Component ID 801 Particle number conc per cm air for 10 20nm particles 802 Particle number conc per cm air for 20 30nm particles 803 Particle number conc per cm air for 30 50nm p
16. rd Output Variables TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 6 Copy the storage path of the BY HESS File and the EBAS NASA Ames Level 0 and 1 files in the Directory path of SMPS BY HESS Files no conc Level 0 1 box Be sure that there s no backslash at the end of the path string It is also possible to click on the folder sign right of the box and choose the storage folder via the open file dialog box Check or modify if necessary the file extension txttv is the default file extension for the SMPS BY HESS File no conc The file extension supplement tv points out that these are technical validated data Repeat the last two steps for the Directory path of SMPS BY HESS Files total number N2 N8 box n8tv is the default file extension for the SMPS BY HESS File N2 N8 The file extension supplement tv points out these are technical validated data Check the default settings in the choice box Settings for measured value identification The listed diagnostic parameters were used for automatic flagging of measurement data outside the given confidence range To fulfill the requirements given in the ACTRIS recommendations Standard Operating Procedure by Wiedensonler et al 2012 the confidence ranges are o Confidence range of the aerosol air flow is 0 95 1 05 5 from the set point value of 1 liter per minute o Confidence range of the sheath air flow is 4 9 5 1 2 from the set point value of 5 liter p
17. te specific xml file will be handed over to the index card Input Variables gt Boxes with a white background can be modified whereas the content of boxes with a grey background is fixed TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe 5 The current file extensions for the diagnostic and raw data are dia and raw Modify the name of the file extension in the boxes File Extension for raw data and File Extension for diagnostic data if necessary Do not forget to put a in front The checkmarks for CPC Efficiency Correction and CPC Coincidence Correction of the CPC type named in the start_ Station xml file are active ACTRIS recommendation If you want to correct the final particle number concentration by a scalar correction factor activate the checkmark Scalar Correction Factors from quality check and insert the data pairs of mobility diameter and ratio s in the table The inserted particle diameter should not necessarily match the particle diameter of the measured particle number size distribution Be sure that at least the smallest and the largest particle diameter of the measured particle number size distribution is inserted in the table otherwise the interpolation function could not work properly Switch the index card to Output Variables red arrow Fig 2 TechVal_TROPOS SMPS vi Ernim Datei Bearbeiten Ausf hren Werkzeuge Fater Hilfe Fig 2 Index ca
18. w l min Use average temp pressure A inlet gt splitter Lat 6 667 J ective length m ow l min min E Pfad zu XML Datei wahlen Suchen in J xmi c Be e Name n nderungsdatum Typ G e C start_Annaberg Buchholzxml 03 06 2014 11 30 XML Datei start_Chernivtsi xml 01 03 2014 23 53 XML Datei m start_Dresden Nord xml 01 03 2014 23 52 XML Datei Desktop start_Dresden Winckelmannstr xml 01 03 2014 23 52 XML Datei start_Ljubljana xml 01 03 2014 23 52 XML Datei E i start_Prague Suchdol xml 01 03 2014 23 51 XML Datei Bibliotheken Computer Netzwerk i splitter gt SMPS L TE ective length rn a standard SMPS 4 m ffective length m l mil start_Usti mesto xml 03 06 2014 11 30 XML Datei J start_Vielsalmaml 01 03 2014 23 50 XML Datei lt m r Dateiname 7 OK Dateityp Benutzerdefinierttes Muster xml z Abbrechen A Fig 1 Starting window of TechVal_TROPOS SMPS exe Search for the start_ Station xml in the xml folder of the program files lf your measurement site is not included in the list copy and paste an existing xmI file and rename it by considering the station name Edit the created xml file e g with the Editor or TextPad with site specific information from your station Save the created xml file and start the program again By pressing the OK button of the user prompt the information of the si
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