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3. Enables the operator to print the current screen view Community DustWatch Information Interface 13 User Manual Version1 0 3 2 2 X Axis Tool Bar Right click within the X axis red square in Figure 7 to display tool bar 2 Pm omm mom mom Zoom In Zoom Out Previous Interval a Next Interval Go To EA Jala AAAA PE Go To Latest Revert To Defaults TOTE ELE Show Grid l rete Show Now Grtews Continuous DestWatch Stes 16 Trends Mantenaace4 Copy To Clipboard Print Figure 7 Red box indicates where to click the mouse to initiate tool bar 2 There are 5 additional options in the X axis tool bar not present in the plot area tool bar The most important tool in this tool bar is the lt Go To gt tool as it provides an efficient means to navigate temporally through the dataset Clicking this option will produce a new pop up menu Figure 8 Go lo Time Relative Time Offset H 1M E Interval Me y cne Figure 8 Go To Time tool A range of time scale options hours to years are then available in the drop down list A brief description of these functions and the other options provided in the X axis tool bar are presented in Table 2 Community DustWatch Information Interface 14 User Manual Version1 0 Table 2 The options available in the X Axis tool bar and their functions Tool Bar Function Option Go to time Previous hour Displays the trend for
4. Increasing clean air temperature dependency cccceeeeees 388 Figure 35 Increasing clean air temperature dependency cccceeeeees 388 Community DustWatch Information Interface 3 User Manual Version1 0 1 Introduction Welcome to Community DustWatch information interface CoDii CoDii is the software interface of the Community DustWatch project This is volume 1 of the CoDii manual and describes operation and technical details It contains a troubleshooting guide to identify instrument faults It is written for e users of the DustWatch data e managers of the instruments e administrators of the entire network It is intended for the general use of CoDii Volume 2 contains the technical details required to administer the software and undertake data Quality Assurance QA Volume 1 Volume 1 contains 5 chapters Section 1 gives an overview of the DustWatch program the CoDii software package and the kind of data stored within Section 2 deals with software requirements access rights and available functions Section 3 looks at the different screens and pages providing an overview of the functionality Section 4 looks in detail at how to explore dust and weather data Section 5 is concerned with the maintenance of DustWatch Nodes We hope this manual and CoDii and DustWatch in general will assist in a better understanding of dust in regional areas Community DustWatch Information Interface 4 U
5. ccc ccc cece cece eee e eee eseeeeeeenaeeeenenaaes 17 Figure 11 Three trend groupings are presented in the Site Data 18 Figure 12 Site Communication screen standby cccccsecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaes 19 FOUS To RESURS LASE POM i siecastses anshatstesadatchanciarsnsadacsansesidandandaansasadiseaiendided 20 Figure 14 Recent Min Max ValU S cccceccseecsseceeeceeeseeeeeesaeeceeeeeeseeeaes 20 Figure 15 Site INFONMATON 22025 cee v2ccscecsecdavccetdigniseslacedeedsaceszescaceiseecaceisendeceiee 21 Figure 16 Detailed Site Information cccccccccsecceeeceeeceeeceeseeeseeseeeseeeaes 22 POUS 172 INSTFUMONE Detalierea a a 22 Figure 18 A The Monthly Dust Map button on the home page leads to B the spatial representation of dust activity across the network in the most rece TUN OU UN iaa acs a ETN a i decal AAE 23 Figure 19 Monthly Dust Maps legend classification ccccceecceeeceeeeeeeees 24 Figure 20 Using the forward of backward arrows to navigate dust maps 24 Figure 21 Using a drop down calendar to navigate through monthly dust INAS sseuscsvactinscwsedvaceedceungclsrewoeata ce Usastaea tana auc Uae hua mbergeaeaveuauar teat aoswote tartan ele 20 Figure 22 Last 24 hours maximum aeorosol ValUCS 0 ccee cece ee eens 26 Figure 23 Graphing options within the Exceedence Trend 000 28 Figure 24 Exceedence Trends examples A Hours per we
6. offset by 0 01 dependency Instrument re zeroed Type res Pun Int aeeie EnaA pe Raney Heba 7 Dhan Ar Aole PER Pert bet iiid d Ea Hae Figure 33 Clean air reference and minute aerosol record for 12 months Community DustWatch Information Interface 37 User Manual Version1 0 Figure 34 below shows an example of a slowly increasing temperature dependency of a DustTrak If this trend continues the instrument will have to be sent back to the manufacturer for maintenance and calibration DE Jt Buris w g e ae bar ay Auta y Y ay 01 eto 00 00 Seo 8 16 00 11 00 0 13 G00 Par cos Trace Type Euler Mirus Dest a Ceen Ar hahaere ZERO Rer Hak Figure 34 Increasing clean air temperature dependency Figure 355 below shows an example of normal temperature dependency followed by a faulty instrument and subsequent re zeroing The lack of diurnal temperature variation is a clear indication of high moisture content or cloud cover It is reasonable to assume that it rained and the fault is due to water entering the instrument via an overflowing water trap Humidity and battery voltage trends can also be used to confirm cloud cover or rainfall te 1G Darka T I INIA IL NESANS ANINA O A ea J NN W VW AN M AAN i of La D to Lo lz bh 14 15 16 if i 13 rat el ras pa Fa z5 Fai Er ai ra OL oe oo H i a of La Fib oz Mar cue Trace Type Puder CAR Jur Hahainca LACH Poem bret eo
7. to produce trends of chosen fields and track changes through time Depending on access levels it also allows users to control and maintain the DustWatch Sites Features include e Remotely connect to each DustWatch site Access site details Access maintenance information Retrieve and store BoM data Retrieve and store dust data Process data from 15 minute or 1 minute into hourly data Graph available data Download the data of the onscreen graph directly to a spreadsheet Perform quick routine QA checks via pre designed graph functions Community DustWatch Information Interface 7 User Manual Version1 0 1 4 What kind of data are in CoDii Data in CoDii can be divided into 4 groups e Aerosol data collected at the DWNs with a DustTrak instrument a 1 min averaged aerosol values measured every 15 min if levels are below threshold 25yg m b 1 min aerosol values measured every minute if levels are above threshold 25ug m e Instrument maintenance data enabling quick problem diagnosis Enclosure temperature Clean air reference measurement Battery voltage Instrument errors Maintenance date and time Instrument serial number Instrument calibration date aroa e Site information location latitude longitude contact details etc e Meteorological data collected at the nearest BoM site a Temperature and rainfall b Wind speed wind gust and direction c Relative humidity d Atmospheric pressure 1 5 How often are t
8. WindDirection x1 Figure 28 Hourly trend of QA dust signal red wind speed green and wind direction pink Community DustWatch Information Interface 32 User Manual Version1 0 4 3 2 Minute trends The minute trends are the highest temporal resolution of the data and represent the raw output from the DustTrak instrument There are 2 functional groups of graphing options within the minute trends Figure 29 1 Event Trends these are used to explore dust events in detail discussed in detail below 2 Maintenance Trends these are used to check the data quality of the site discussed in section 5 LEA MOIE This I Minute Trends It includes dust fog and smoke Event Trends Maintenance Trends Minute Aerosol Minute Aerosol Clean Air Reference ZERO Hourly Aerosol incl Fog Smoke Clean Air Reference ZERO Enclosure Temperature TEMP ne Aa Minute Aerosol ni Hour pital incl a Smoke erell end iiini engien lain Pers Paki reset Y 2 Enclosure Temperature TEMP Hourly Dust Fog Smoke removed Battery Voltage VOLTS Battery Voltage VOLTS Minute Aerosol Minute Aerosol lean Air Ref ERO Clean Air Reference ZERO a aie Bh Enclosure Temperature TEMP Ambient Temperature DustWatch Sites 10 Trends Maintenance Figure 29 Minute Trends screenshot Community DustWatch Information Interface User Manual Version1 0 33 4 3 2 1 Raw aerosol data comparing minute to hourly averag
9. identify dust event occurrence duration and characteristics Figure 26 It is also used to identify where fog and smoke have been removed from the record where the blue and red lines differ OW 11 Beronge 20 At aa i i 2 3 4 is 16 17 19 0 zi 2 2 2 0 18 a Type _ All AEROSOLS incl Fog Smoke Raw Histon DUST Fog Smoke removed Raw Historic DustWatch Sites 11 Trends Hourly1 Figure 26 Hourly trend of aerosol data blue and QA dust signal red 4 3 1 2 Hourly QA dust and wind speed This trend provides the QA dust signal at the hourly scale coupled with wind speed data helping to identify if dust was associated with strong winds gusty conditions or low wind haze conditions Figure 27 fm Dust Watch Sites 26 Trends Hourly3 Iof x DW 26 Moolawatana wow3 o c n o apd lal ti 03 04 05 07 08 09 18 19 20 21 23 24 26 are 28 29 30 0i 02 Sep 2013 Oct 2013 Trace Type Ruler Yalue Sources DUST Fog Smoke removed Raw Historic Dust Yalidation Adjusted x1000 0 0 0 Wind Speed BoM Raw Historic Dust Watch BoM Stations MOOMB4 AIRPORT WindSpeed x1 0 Figure 27 Hourly trend of QA dust signal red and wind speed blue Community DustWatch Information Interface 31 User Manual Version1 0 4 3 1 3 Hourly QA dust wind speed and direction This trend provides the QA dust signal at the hourly scale coupled with wind speed and wind direction data The wind direction data can b
10. previous hour Today Displays the trend for today For some trends data will not be available unless the station is polled before graphing _ si This week _ Displays the trendforthisweek __ st Lastweek Displays the trend for lastweek ___ This month Displays the trend for this month gt Lastmonth Displays the trend for last month This year__ Displays the trendforthisyear _ if Lastyear___ Displays the trendforlastyear _ __ Relative time _ Independently select Offset and Interval Specific time __ Select a specific date from a drop down calendar Go to latest Moves the current trend to the latest records Revert to Revert the trend to the pre set default values defaults SA Activates a vertical line indicating the current time Show grid Activates gridlines X and Y on current trend Community DustWatch Information Interface 15 User Manual Version1 0 3 2 3 Y Axis Tool Bar Right click within the Y axis red square in Figure 9 will display tool bar 3 W DustWatch Sites 26 Trends Maintenance2 l i Diw 21 D pe T l 5 l j t a 50 i l l 60 O l i q i l mm 40 i al i Scaling l i Revert To Defaults i 20 i I Full Scale 5 i foam In i zoom ue 20 i i _ Show Grid ol I l leo i i liso l I I Loo L 9 00 00 20 00 00 1 00 00 27 00 00 23 00 00 24 00 00 25 00 00 Sep 2013 Trace Type Ruler Value Sourcers Minute Dust Faw Historic JF6L Hi
11. a presented in the Hourly and Exceedence trends used internal and external checks to ensure the data are correct However there are a number of indicators presented as graphs that can be used by the site instrument operator to flag an instrument problem that may need attention Most of the instrument checks can be undertaken remotely using CoDii The two common fault types with any instrument are an instantaneous fault such as an internal breakage or instrument drift 5 1 Instantaneous faults To try and reduce instantaneous faults all DustWatch instruments have an annual offsite service in which internal mechanical parts are checked seals replaced and calibrations performed Instruments are therefore rotated throughout the entire network and workshop to ensure continuation of data collection at all sites The Site Details Page contains critical information regarding instrument maintenance date calibration date and current instrument serial number The DustTraks have a number of internal checks that if not met will trigger an error message Table 5 This message is recorded in CoDii and displayed on the Site Details page Missing communication with the instrument is recorded as 999 and generally indicates a power failure Table 5 DustTrak error codes power failure required required required cleaning replacement Pd owerup on Remove ostud power up required Community DustWatch Information Interface 36 User Manua
12. aad Was Office of nvironme NSW amp Heritage C D T Community DustWatch information interface Software User Manual Volume 1 Stephan Heidenreich OEH Ashleigh Smith Griffith University Craig Strong Griffith University Published by Office of Environment and Heritage NSW 59 61 Goulburn Street PO Box A290 Sydney South NSW 1232 Ph 02 9995 5000 switchboard Ph 131 555 environment information and publications requests Ph 1300 361 967 national parks information and publications requests Fax 02 9995 5999 TTY 02 9211 4723 Email info environment nsw gov au Website www environment nsw gov au OEH 2013 0809 ISBN 978 1 74359 333 2 November 2013 Copyright State of NSW and the Office of Environment and Heritage 2013 The Office of Environment and Heritage NSW and the State of NSW are pleased to allow this material to be reproduced in whole or in part provided the meaning is unchanged and its source publisher and authorship are acknowledged Community DustWatch Information Interface 1 User Manual Version1 0 Table of Contents 1 HPO CUIC TON a E EE A 4 Tel Whatis IDUSIVV LCI strc atenoncnodendneadensersederdecsicecdacsiteceeradenaniadansacnanen 5 t2 Wia CODI oenn E E E 6 1 3 What can do with GODIN iiissvonivinseiasemnisereneriernatiernartiiaiewmnnns 7 1 4 What kind of data are in CODII 0 0 ccc eee cccseceeeeeeeeeneeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 8 1 5 How often are the data updated in CoDIi
13. antly for maintenance purposes Figure 17 Instrument Details Instrument number Serial number of the currently installed DustTrak instrument This number is used to trace factory calibration values Last Replaced Each DustTrak instrument has an annual offsite service This date indicates when DustTraks were last swapped Last Maintained Date when the site was last maintained calibrated etc Community DustWatch Information Interface 22 User Manual Version1 0 4 How to explore the dust and weather data The vast amount of data stored on CoDii allows the user to explore dust activity through both space spatial patterns and time temporal patterns section 4 will describe e how to explore spatial trends of dust and weather data e how to explore temporal trends of dust and weather data 4 1 Exploring spatial patterns Spatial patterns of the dust data are best explored through accessing the Monthly Dust Map via the lt Go To gt button on the homepage Figure 18a Clicking this will present the spatial pattern of dust activity across the entire network for the most recent month Figure 18b lt Janz gt Monthly Hours of Dust lt dOhouws 1 3hours 4 6hours Office of Environment uftWateck Swear amp Heritage gt Dust Watch DustWatch Overview Dust Figure 18 A The Monthly Dust Map button on the home page leads to B the spatial representation of dust activity across the
14. d data have been summarised by the number of hours each parameter exceeds a threshold over a range of time intervals For dust there are 4 exceedence levels Table 4 The 4 thresholds relate to weather conditions associated with dust induced visibility reduction and defined by the BoM Table 4 Outline of Exceedence levels Dust concentration Visibility Weather Condition g m km gt 25 to lt 50 5 to 10 km Moderate Dust Haze gt 50 to lt 240 1 to 5 km Severe Dust Haze gt 240 to lt 1160 200m to 1 km Moderate Dust Storm gt 1160 less than 200m Severe Dust Storm Community DustWatch Information Interface 27 User Manual Version1 0 The dust exceedence trends are plotted at 4 time intervals year month week and day A quick way to understand the dust activity at a site is to view the dust exceedences at the yearly scale This will identify which years were the most dust active Scaling down to monthly analysis will identify the seasonality of dust activity and weekly will help identify times when either climate or management have had an impact Hourly exceedence values help to understand the dynamics of the dust event and relate strongly with the hourly and minute data The wind speed thresholds have been set at 30 kmh and 50 kmh and are presented at daily increments Wind speed exceedences are used to compare the windiness between time intervals e g last May was windier than this May Exceedences are expressed as hours per ti
15. d to the intensity of the dust event Exceedence of these dust thresholds can be viewed over 4 time periods day week month and year Wind speed thresholds are set at 30 kmh and 50 kmh and are presented in daily increments Each group of trends has a number of pre set graphing styles and these will be explored further in Section 4 Community DustWatch Information Interface 18 User Manual Version1 0 3 3 2 Site Communication This part of the Site Details page enables the remote connection to the site identifies if daily polling is enabled for this site and overviews the modem status e Force Poll This button will trigger a connection attempt or Poll to the site e Automatic Polling This field indicates if the site is part of the daily polling process e Modem State Indicates the modem availability O Idle means available for connection 2 DialOut Active means the modem is busy e Modem Status In standby mode the status is PSTN Available If the connection has been established successfully the status changes to Healthy PSTN PSTN Available Outgoing Only Multidrop Failed Figure 12 Site Communication screen standby Community DustWatch Information Interface 19 User Manual Version1 0 3 3 3 Results Last Poll This page shows the date and time of the last poll and some key parameters measured at the site at that time e Last Poll occurred Date and time of last poll in AEST For
16. e detailed site specific information regarding each DustWatch site Section 4 1 will explore how CoDii can be used to answer big questions and sections 4 2 and 4 3 will look at the detailed mechanics of operation within CoDii to maximise your searches 3 1 Navigation within CoDii The CoDii home page Figure 3 is the launch pad to all options within CoDii e Navigating to other maps via the Go To button in the top right corner Options are a Communication status map b Monthly dust map c Maximum minute aerosol map 24 hour d Configuration and control e Creating searches of dust activity at site scale via clicking on any of the active blue site dots e Exiting the program via the log off button top left corner e Pressing the home button from any screen will return to this page Se Favortes Se E Sieps Cun O comvebg Hce preter trer O ower FepdResponss LURT 5 OP lon Sj weeher ENE Repos Darne akys Chet anche 36 ssd_nse on metofs IL coc Site Communications Status Comms OK Comms failure of NSW ray he ee Click on individual sites for more details Dust Watch All rights reserved Current User SHaldanraleh Figure 4 Active DWNs available for analysis Community DustWatch Information Interface 11 User Manual Version1 0 3 2 Using tool bars to navigate within trends There are 3 primary navigation tool bars which are accessible to the all user groups when viewin
17. e used as a guide to the type of dust producing weather system commonly cold fronts characterised by winds with a northerly orientation changing through the west to eventually southerly winds Strong winds can be associated with the northerlies westerlies or southerlies Figure 28 provides an example of this between 26 February and 1 March 2013 winds oscillated between NNE 5 to NW 315 during the 26 and 27 February moving quickly through the west during the evening of 27 February and blowing from the south 170 much of 28 February and 1 March Relating the responsible weather systems for dust activity and wind strength will aid the understanding of soil erodibility conditions at each location Figure 28 presents an example dust red is plotted against wind direction pink and wind speed green l i p A Aha Mi 9 AN hi Ds tap oe urs gee ms Te iif nt ae ils alg ey ls tip te a al eS EG Fes a RY faa a e i 02 Sep 2013 Trace Type Ruler Yalue Source s DUST Fog Smoke removed Raw Historic Dust Validation Adjusted x1000 0 0 0 bust Watch Sites 26 Trends Hourly5 DW 26 Moolawatana co o w3 ac J oO th uo o Mees a th oe N D o 150 _ _ oO Wal iil Underrange BoM Site WindSpeed Raw Historic DustWatch BoM Stations MOOMBA AIRPORT WindSpeed x1 0 BoM Site WindDirection Raw Historic DustWatch BoM Stations MOOMBA AIRPORT
18. ek that the concentration of dust exceeded 25yg m B Hours per week that exceed the dust concentrations of 25 50 240 1160 ug m C Hours per day that the concentration of dust exceeded 25ug m AND number of hours of wind PKG SCO il ly a atcaus sactae ea nectbsesameacumsenaiae weno ancien tees ease etan tae ice area maaan mien 29 Figure 25 HOUNY Trend OptlONS sesvsseicvoterodevordvedevsrtvecavodeuntavetenctovesduekeusmensieues 30 Figure 26 Hourly trend of aerosol data blue and QA dust signal red 31 Figure 27 Hourly trend of QA dust signal red and wind speed blue 31 Figure 28 Hourly trend of QA dust signal red wind speed green and wind directo PINK rerien E E E T taba E 32 Figure 29 Minute Trends screenshot cccccceccecceeeceeceeeceeceesaeeseeseeeeeees 33 Figure 30 The close relationship between the minute aerosol reading blue compared to hourly averaged aerosol red suggests distant dust sources or non dust aerosols worthy of QA investigation ccccccceecceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 344 Figure 31 The poor relationship between the minute aerosol reading blue compared to hourly averaged aerosol red indicates a sharp aerosol pulse not dissimilar to local dust source close to the instrument would produce 344 Figure 32 Trend showing dust and smoke related Spikes cc eeeeee 355 Figure 33 Clean air reference and minute aerosol record for 12 month 377 Figure 34
19. emperature rainfall and humidity are downloaded from BoM at 09 00 This information is used for QA of dust data and to understand event dynamics BoM meteorology data are available from January 2000 onwards Both DustWatch and BoM data are processed into time averaged hourly records at 10 00 and are available to the user around 10 30 Figure 2 shows the typical layout of a DWN with the solar powered instrument located in the centre of the image This DWN is co located at a BoM site at Temora airport Community DustWatch Information Interface 6 User Manual Version1 0 Typical DWN co located within BoM enclosure at Temora airport Please note that DustWatch does not report on air quality and health related issues This is performed by specialist air quality groups in each state For example the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage OEH produces an air quality index for the state http www environment nsw gov au AQMS aqi htm Further information about wind erosion in Australia is available on the OEH wind erosion page www environment nsw gov au dustwatch index or on the National DustWatch website www dustwatch edu au 1 3 What can I do with CoDii CoDii combines data from all DWNs and corresponding BoM stations processes the information into usable formats and time intervals and allows access to results via the website interface https codiil environment nsw gov au The software allows users to view dust and climate data
20. enreich environment nsw gov au Figure 15 Site Information Detailed Site Info This button will direct CoDii members with appropriate permission to more site specific information section 3 3 6 Short Name Three letter abbreviation of the site name used in file naming conventions at data export Time Zone Time zone the site is operated under used for daily and monthly calculations Established Date when site started operating State Australian State the site operates in NRM Group Grouping of NRM regions for regional data analysis reserved for future use NRM Region NRM region the station operates in Primary BoM Closest BoM site used for graphing and analysis NRM Contact Management contact for DustWatch Site including address email etc Community DustWatch Information Interface 21 User Manual Version1 0 3 3 6 Detailed Site Information The detailed site information is predominantly used for maintenance and is therefore viewable to CoDii members within the relevant NRM region Gunnedah 5 26 40 2342 29 661 784 0419 634 554 2 6742 312 TRIG E g i wes IS z e Hg COW Soler Panel 36 Ah battery d 6272 IND 0427 076 748 r 1 428 RAM are 51B JE iee i DustWatch Sites 10 Site Detail 2 Figure 16 Detailed Site Information 3 3 7 DustTrak Instrument details This section shows details about the DustTrak instrument installed at the site These details are used predomin
21. es This trend type compares the unmodified minute data measured by the DustWatch monitor against the hourly averages of the same data This trend indicates the event dynamics including the source and nature of the aerosol For example if an hourly value is composed of smooth records following more or less the minute readings Figure 30 then the source is most likely some distance from the instrument These trends may also indicate smoke particularly if accompanied with low wind conditions hi A nL na d aiiai ae Fiad Mne Dut 5 pw Pest cone asiy Cant inch sing Pog iene Sen tox Figure 30 The close relationship between the minute aerosol reading blue compared with hourly averaged aerosol red suggests distant dust sources or non dust aerosols worthy of QA investigation In contrast the trend in Figure 3131 shows some very sharp and short spikes of significant value which have almost no bearing on the hourly values This indicates that the source is very close to the instrument particularly if the values follow spikes in wind speed Fer rey El t T j m Sta Underrangje nceene set Seen ee an ee oe ee ee od 04 00 00 0 Lers G re pee Doe Dees ee Be 6 9 1030 b09 20 30 Zio 2 2 0220 one 13 Mer 2013 14 Mar 2019 Trace Type Mirte Dust Paw Historie Hoty Dust including Fog Smote Ram Histori Figure 31 The poor relationship between the minute aerosol reading blue compared with h
22. g any graph type They are Tool bar 1 the plot area tool bar enables changes to the plot layout and contains the zooming panning and ruler functions Tool bar 2 the X axis tool bar is predominantly designed to navigate along the X axis time Tool bar 3 the Y axis tool bar allows scaling of the value axis These toolbars are discussed in more detail below Tool Bar 1 Tool Bar 2 Tool bar 3 s m In 200m Que Previous Interval Next Interval w Show Title w Show s Axis m In w Show Y Axis w Show Key 00m Out w Show Alarrn Lirnits Previous Interval w Show Markers Next Interval Show Annotations Scaling 0 76 Ruler 0 To Latest zoom Box Pan Revert To Defaults d zoom In Annotations z BiA tai Foon Out Show Mo Show Grid Copy To Clipboard Print Loankinuaus Copy To Clipboard Print Copy To Clipboard Print Lit Figure 5 Tool Bars 1 2 and 3 Community DustWatch Information Interface 12 User Manual Version1 0 3 2 1 Plot area Tool Bar Right click within the plot area red box in Figure 6 to display tool bar 1 Zoom In Zoom Out Previous Interval Next Interval v Show Title wv Show X Axis v Show Y Axis v Show Key v Show Alarm Limits v Show Markers v Show Annotations Ruler Zoom Box Pan Annotations DustWatch Sites H6 Trends EaceedenceS M i Copy To Clipboard Na Print Figure 6 How to initiate tool bar 1 The options presented in the plo
23. he data updated in CoDii e One minute aerosol data are retrieved from each site daily via a remote dial up the automatic station polling function This commences at 06 00 the central server computer downloads each station sequentially and currently concludes just after 07 00 The minute data are available immediately after each station has been polled Polling can also be triggered manually at any time for any station see section 3 3 2 e BoM data is retrieved from the BoM FTP web service at 09 00 daily and available after processing into CoDii shortly after approximately 09 20 e Hourly and exceedence data the 1 minute aerosol measurement the wind speed and wind direction data are automatically processed into hourly averages and daily weekly and monthly exceedences of dust and wind This is processed from the minute data at 10 00 daily and available approximately 10 30 times are given in Australian Eastern Standard Time e Site information data as required 1 6 When are the data available to me Minute data are available instantly after polling the station see section 1 5 All other data are available after processing at 10 30 for the previous day Community DustWatch Information Interface 8 User Manual Version1 0 2 Accessing data in CoDii 2 1 End user Software Requirements The software CoDii is based on is ClearSCADA v10 from Schneider Electric http www schneider electric com The end user connects t
24. hern Australia within WA SA Vic and NSW Figure 1 Each DustWatch Site monitors wind erosion airborne dust to indicate landscape condition Ideally the DWNs are placed within corresponding Bureau of Meteorology BoM site enclosures to ensure access to high quality local meteorological data In some instances this is not possible either because of the lack of a BoM site or the high value of monitoring the dust at a particular site The distance between the DWNs and the BoM site has an impact on the accuracy of site specific data analysis and should be taken into consideration when working with sites that are more than 50 km from the nearest BoM site red sites in Figure 1 0 50100 200 300 400 500 Kilometers eee Figure 1 Distance of DWNs to corresponding BoM sites 1 2 What is CoDii CoDii is a purpose build software package that collects collates and processes the vast amount of dust and meteorological data collected through DustWatch CoDii collects dust data from DWNs every morning at 07 00 times in this document are in Australian Eastern Standard Time Aerosol concentration ug m of particles less than 10 um diameter is recorded every 15 minutes using a TSI DustTrak http www tsi com The frequency of dust records increases to every minute when concentrations are above significant levels 25 ug m Data for some sites have been collected since July 2005 Corresponding weather data wind speed and direction t
25. l Version1 0 5 2 Instrument drift Every instrument will drift from its calibration over time and with use This will make the absolute reading of the instrument less and less accurate The DustTraks deployed across the DustWatch network have a stated maximum drift of 0 001 mg m per day Instruments also respond to temperature the stated temperature coefficient for the DustTrak is 0 001 mg m per degree Celsius As an example a DustTrak deployed for 3 months 90 days from mid summer 40 C to autumn 0 C could have a drift of 130 mg m and be within the manufacturer s specification To improve this accuracy a clean air filter and solenoid valve has been installed at every site and a clean air reference record taken before every routine reading When plotted over time this trend will give the user a very clear picture of the accuracy of the instrument This value is also subtracted from the minute reading to counterbalance the drift The instrument can be re zeroed on site by a simple routine There are simple graphing options that enable quick instrument fault identification in most cases for parameters 1 to 5 Parameters 6 to 9 are displayed on the Site Details page see section 3 3 The trend below shows a 12 month record of clean air reference readings and minute aerosol readings with some corresponding comments Increasing drift and temperature dependency Increasing drift New instrument and temperature
26. mat is dd MM yyyy HH mm with leading zeros and 24 hour time format e TEMP Internal instrument temperature inside the grey enclosure in degrees Celsius e VOLT Battery voltage in millivolt e ZERO Last clean air reference in mg m Value is a minute average e DUST Last aerosol record in mg m Value is a minute average Results Last Poll Last Poll occured 01 03 2013 06 05 TEMP 17 oC VOLT 12710 mv ZERO 0 000 mg m DUST 0 009 mg m Figure 13 Results Last Poll 3 3 4 Recent min max values This section shows recent values for aerosol dust in mg m and clean air references in mg m It gives a quick overview of what has occurred at the site in recent days Please note that all values are 1 minute averages Recent Min Max values Dust max last 24 hrs Dust max last 7 days Zero min last 7 days Zero max last 7 days Figure 14 Recent Min Max values Community DustWatch Information Interface 20 User Manual Version1 0 3 3 5 Site Information This part of the page contains general site information that includes for example relevant NRM contact information and the site establishment date More detailed site information accessible only to CoDii members from within that region can be accessed via the Detailed Site Info button CCTM Namo Namo GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS tephan Heidenreich PO Box 20 9127 Kamilaroi Hwy Gunnedah NSW 02 6740 2342 0429 661 7 84 02 6742 3129 stephan heid
27. me Exceedence Trends interval Days Weeks Months or Years Dust only Dust and Wind Moderate Haze gt 25 ugima Moderate Haze 25 ug Moderate Haze gt 25 ug Moderate Hare 25 ug m3 Severe Haze gt 50 ug Fresh Winds gt Ohno hi Severe Haze gt 50 ug sme Moderate Dust Storm gt 240 ug ma Moderate Dust Storm gt 240 WL TE Severe Dust Storm gt 1162 ug mi3 Severe Dust Storm gt 1162 ug mm3 Fresh Winds gt 30krri t Strong Winds gt SDR hi DAY DAY DAY DAY wore om a aa DustWatch Sites 10 Trends Exceedence Figure 23 Graphing options within the Exceedence Trends Community DustWatch Information Interface 28 User Manual Version1 0 EMA Det Barka Ol La iS zA be rs i7 Fas Gi i 15 i Ta Sep 2004 Cet 2005 Hoy 2008 Chee 2008 a A a Weekly Mrs exxceadmng 25 ug By Piles ina z DustWatch Sites 16 Trends Exceedence DEU lS Boski Lii ajira r oe i Or 10 1 16 i EATA 1200 LE eee 13 00 ee D eWeekly Hre exceeding 25u Raw Hestoric Weeki Hre exceeding SO uy Pu Hbork Weebly Hr rieti 290 uy Rue Horie Weeki Hes exceeding 1 160iumy Raw Historic DustWatch Sites 16 Trends Exceedencet DW l Bourke o bee 2a Dio 20 G00 i te FS Ooo Dy GDU es ee A a Diy Mrs durt 3 2S ug Pave Meson z a Cay H a gt T Egi Horie DustWatch Sites 10 Trends Exceedences mrri Purra Figure 24 Exceedence Trends examples A Hours per
28. nd weather data ccccceccecseceeceeeeeseeeeeees 23 4 1 Exploring spatial patterns ccc ceccecseeeeeeeeseeseeseeeeeseeeeeseesaees 23 4 2 Exploring aerosol values for the past 24 NOUIS cccceccceeeeeeeees 26 4 3 Exploring temporal trends cccccceccecceeceeceeteeteeceeeeeseeeaeeeseeeeeaes 26 ASt MOUNY TENAS arrese RAER E EAEE EIEEE 30 4 3 2 Minute trend 0 0 0 0 cccccceeceeeeececeeseeseeeeeeeeeseesaeeeeeeeeesaeeneeeeees 33 5 Using CoDii to identify instrument faults ccc cecceeceeeeeeeeseeeeeees 36 91 instantaneous TAUNGS vrciacrancncnsnceundarer deniers ducdresderdacs estemadendaedansanan 36 SL UMNE e e ne eee eee 37 e OS y e E E EE E E 40 Community DustWatch Information Interface 2 User Manual Version1 0 Table of Figures Figure 1 Distance of DustWatch Nodes to corresponding BoM site 6 Fig re 2 COD logon Sree Mersino terie ie ne EEEE E 9 Figure 3 CODILNOMEDAJO masseer a e r 10 Figure 4 Active DustWatch Nodes available for analysis c cccceeee 11 Figure S TOOMBars L 2 ANG 3 eera a eA 12 Figure 6 How to initiate tool Dar Tesic o 13 Figure 7 Red box indicates where to click the mouse to initiate tool bar 2 14 Figure 8 GO To TIME TOM ievsscvorendrevnreworcvarewscnvecaeauorevasetarevarersiebieereeciee less 14 Figure 9 Red box indicates where to click the mouse to initiate tool bar 3 16 Figure 10 Site Detail SCree N
29. network the sites accessible to you under your access privileges and the current communication status of each site Figure 3 Site Communications Status Comms OK Comms failure Office of raphe ee Click on individual sites for more details DustWatch Wis NSW All rights reserved Current User SHaldanraleh gt 100 Figure 3 CoDii homepage 2 4 What access do I have CoDii is structured into 3 tiers of access for each DustWatch site Tier 1 Restricted read only access of all sites for all CoDii members Tier 2 Write access to some of the data for sites managed by CoDii member Tier 3 Full access administrator only Tier1 Gives read only access read and download for all the data for all DustWatch sites along with restricted read access to site specific details such as contact names and telephone numbers Tier2 CoDii members can write and alter data relevant to the sites they manage They can also read detailed site specific information Tier Members of this user group have full access to all CoDii functions including configuration access Only administrative personal have this level of access with some functions not available via the internet interface WebX Community DustWatch Information Interface 10 User Manual Version1 0 3 Using CoDii section 3 will describe e how to navigate throughout CoDii e using the various tool bar features common throughout the software e how to access th
30. network in the most recent month The monthly hours of dust data are grouped and colour coded using the classification shown in Figure 19 Community DustWatch Information Interface 23 User Manual Version1 0 Monthly Hours of Dust 0 hours 1 3 hours 4 6 hours 7 10 hours 11 20 hours gt 20 hours No data available o eoce so Figure 19 Monthly Dust Maps legend classification This enables the user to view and compare the number of hours when the dust concentration was greater than 25ug m3 at all of the active DustWatch sites Data for some sites are available back to July 2005 The monthly maps can be viewed using the forward and backward arrow keys to navigate through the available months Monthly Hours of Dust 0 hours 1 3 hours 4 6 hours Ws Office of 7 10 hours NSV Environment 11 20 hours GOVT RN s gt 20 hours amp Heritage No data available DustWatch Overview Dust Figure 20 Using the forward or backward arrows to navigate dust maps Community DustWatch Information Interface 24 User Manual Version1 0 A right mouse click while hovering over the date will present a drop down calendar Figure 21 This allows for quick navigation to months negating the need for the database to generate individual monthly maps as the user move either back or forward through time Hih Cinema Laky p her Hemal 1 ede Mateplecs p Aindra bieda po Viri S uno gt kisnihiy Hours of Dust J E
31. nvironment VEA bora y T NSW Heritage 20 hows Part Watch Dust Watch Overvkew Durst Figure 21 Using a drop down calendar to navigate through monthly dust maps Community DustWatch Information Interface 25 User Manual Version1 0 4 2 Exploring aerosol values for the past 24 hours This map allows the user to look at the maximum minute aerosol values for the 24 hours preceding the last poll of the station s It is intended to give a quick overview of what happened and where during dusty times Please use with care and do not publish the data WARNING these maps show maximum minute records in g m that are NOT QA rated they contain FOG and SMOKE related values WARNING _GoTo this map shows maximum minute aerosol concentrations for the last 24h including fog and smoke related values Qo BIR h 4 3 Qo MOR Ra BKE WAL r WHI Q e MER BA op oun Q PND PAR NOG MIN WOL NN On Q LET HIL GRI ww a COW my BUR A o gt PY Qi abe NAR JUNG iam M G LOP Maximum Minute Aerosol last 24h Oug m3 lt 50 ug m3 50 100 ug m3 100 510 ug m3 WH office of 510 2600 ug m3 NSW Environment gt 2600 ug m3 covemeant amp Heritage Oo AUSTRALIA DustWatch Overview DustMax24 Figure 22 Last 24 hours maximum aerosol values Community DustWatch Information Interface User Manual Version1 0 26 4 3 Exploring temporal trends Temporal patterns of the dust data a
32. o ClearSCADA using Internet Explorer 6 or higher ClearSCADA is NOT compatible with other search engines such as Google Chrome or Firefox 2 2 How dol log on to CoDii 1 Obtain a user name and password from the CoDii administrator Email dustwatch environment nsw gov au for more details 2 Open Internet Explorer type https CoDii environment nsw gov au into the internet browser Please note that first time users of CoDii must install an ActiveX component on their computer Some end user with restrictions on their PC will have to contact their IT departments to allow this ActiveX component to be installed This only occurs the first time CoDii is used on this particular computer Click lt Log On gt rectangle in Figure 2 and enter your username and password To establish a new user please contact DustWatch NSW Log On Windows Internet Explorer ty i 6 https nsw go au File Edit View Favorites Tools Help convert P Select ip Favorites 53 8 Dustwatch NSW Environme aN f x oo Oloa On El clear scada user manual Go A7 N Mm v Pager Safety Toolsy v Ws Office of acw Environment NSW ce Log On Username Password All rights reserved igure 2 CoVII logon screen Community DustWatch Information Interface 9 User Manual Version1 0 2 3 CoDii Home page Once you have logged on you will be navigated to the CoDii homepage This screen will show the location of all DWNs across the
33. oceeeded a Hire Hire a Erdian ure TER Pape Kishore Figure 35 Increasing clean air temperature dependency Community DustWatch Information Interface 38 User Manual Version1 0 The user has the following additional parameters available to ensure the readings are accurate Clean air reference measurement Enclosure temperature BoM humidity BoM temperature Battery voltage Instrument errors Maintenance date time Instrument serial number Instrument calibration date Community DustWatch Information Interface User Manual Version1 0 39 6 Glossary AEST Australian Eastern Standard Time Bureau of Meteorology DustTrak Instruments installed at the DustWatch sites DustWatch Community project to monitor wind erosion and dust transport across Australia DWN DWNs DustWatch Node DustWatch Nodes CoDii Purpose build software package that collects collates and processes data collected through DustWatch Natural Resource Management NSW Office of Environment and Heritage QA Quality Assurance removing smoke and fog readings from readings of aerosol particles so only dust levels are reported XAxis oo X Axis Navigates results through time Navigates results through values Community DustWatch Information Interface 40 User Manual Version1 0
34. ourly averaged aerosol red indicates a sharp aerosol pulse not dissimilar to local dust source close to the instrument would produce Community DustWatch Information Interface 34 User Manual Version1 0 4 3 2 2 Distinguishing dust from aerosols at the minute and hour scales This trend type compares the unmodified minute data measured by the DustWatch monitor against the hourly averages of the same data and the hourly data after QA Fog and smoke has been removed from the second hourly record This trend highlights the effect of performing QA on the data and can be used to check if performed QA is valid The example trend below Figure 32 shows 4 spikes The 2 spikes on the left hand side are relatively smooth and in conjunction with other weather data and satellite information on fires in the area were flagged as smoke The values were automatically re set to 0 005 ug m green line Figure 29 The 2 spikes on the right hand side are quite sharp and erratic and are therefore more likely to be dust After consulting the relevant weather data these values remained as dust Figure 32 Trend showing dust and smoke related spikes Community DustWatch Information Interface 35 User Manual Version1 0 5 Using CoDii to identify instrument faults The instruments used at the DWNs DustTraks 8520 DT2 and DRX have been designed and configured to combine ease of operation with maximum reliability The QA process and therefore the dat
35. re best explored through accessing one of the blue dots on the homepage see Figures 3 and 4 Clicking on a station will present 3 levels of temporal analysis each with pre configured graphing options e Exceedence trends The dust and wind data are summarised by year month week or day graphing the number of hours dust has exceeded set thresholds This gives an excellent overview of dust activity at one particular station Yearly scale followed by monthly analysis quickly identifies when the greatest dust activity occurred e Hourly trends Dust and weather parameters are summarised by hourly averages All trends have time on the X axis and can be rescaled to span from one 24 hour period to months or years of data e Minute trends The raw dust and weather parameters are presented within these trends They present the raw condition and therefore contain a mixture of 1 and 15 minute data No QA has been undertaken and some of the data still contain all aerosols including fog and smoke These data are used for high resolution dust event analysis They are the only data instantly available after polling a station By starting at the exceedence trends the user can quickly navigate through time to get a feel for both the magnitude and occurrence of dust activity Hourly trend analysis will be sufficient for most investigations but on rare occasions the raw data may be required in which case the minute trends can be accessed Dust and wind spee
36. ser Manual Version1 0 1 1 What is DustWatch DustWatch is a community project to monitor wind erosion and dust transport across Australia The strength of DustWatch is its nation wide involvement of volunteer DustWatchers who contribute local Knowledge and scientific observations of dust activity These valuable on site data are combined with data from satellite imagery meteorological records monitoring equipment and models to produce detailed maps of regional scale wind erosion The involvement of local communities in scientific research is a valuable way to improve research data enhance community awareness of wind erosion and increase understanding of how local management decisions impact wind erosion rates The aims of DustWatch are to e report on the extent and severity of wind erosion by measuring dust concentration and observing visibility e create a conceptual understanding of the links between land condition management and dust emissions e raise awareness of the effects of wind erosion on the landscape and the impacts of dust on the community and the environment Approaching DustStorm near Lake Grace Photo Marcus Owen An aim of DustWatch is to establish a network of monitoring equipment to measure and record real time high resolution dust activity This network Community DustWatch Information Interface 5 User Manual Version1 0 currently has 40 monitoring locations known as DustWatch Nodes DWNs across sout
37. storic 1000 0 0 0 Hourly Gust including Fog Smoke Raw Historic J Dust Data Hourly Average 1000 0 0 0 Figure 9 Red box indicates where to click the mouse to initiate tool bar 3 There are 6 additional options available They are described in Table 3 below Table 3 The options available in the Y Axis tool bar and their functions Tool Bar Option Manually change the Y scale Revert to defaults Revert the trend to the pre set default values Community DustWatch Information Interface 16 User Manual Version1 0 3 3 Using CoDii to explore site specific data This page contains information that relates to both site details and data collected at the site It is grouped into 6 components i Site Data entry point to accessing the dust and weather data collected at that site Site Communication Trigger a poll and view modem status Results Last Poll View parameters at last connection Recent Min Max values View raw minimum and maximum values for the last 24 hours and 7 days quick check for possible dust activity at the site Site information Site and Natural Resource Management NRM contact details This is the group funding the station and using the site data Instrument details Recent instrument history including errors and site maintenance Gunnedah PSTN Available Outgoing Only Multidrop Failed amai GUNNEDAH AIRPORT AWS stephan Heidenreich PO Box 20 9127 Kamilaroi Hwy Gunnedah NSW
38. t area toolbar are summarised in Table 1 Table 1 The options available in Plot area Tool Bar 1 and their functions Tool Bar Option Function Zoom In Zoom in This function will cut the display time frame in half e g 1 month to 2 weeks Zoom out This function will double the time frame of the trend This function navigates the trend view to show data from the previous time period Next interval This function navigates the trend view to show data from the next time period Show title Enables or disables the trend title or disappear weather to appear or disappear Show Alarm limits Alarm limits can be used to indicate above or below preset thresholds In aaa CoDii the lower limit is used to indicate when the dust concentration is below zero an indication that there is a fault with the instrument point value The ruler produces a vertical line ruler at any point selected on the trend The readings at the ruler will appear in the text box below the X axis This option is only available when a ruler is active When selected it will display a separate box displaying 10 values either side of the current ruler position specific time interval to zoom in E be used to move the trend along the X axis insert modify or delete Copy to Clipboard IMPORTANT This function copies the data of the current trend to the clipboard These data can then be pasted to other applications This is the only way that data can be exported from the program
39. week that the concentration of dust exceeded 25ug m B Hours per week that exceed the dust concentrations of 25 50 240 1160 ug m C Hours per day that the concentration of dust exceeded 25ug m AND number of hours of wind exceed 30 kmh Community DustWatch Information Interface 29 User Manual Version1 0 4 3 1 Hourly trends Hourly trends are divided into 2 groups Figure 25 1 Event Trends these are used to explore dust events in detail discussed in detail below 2 Maintenance Trends these are used to check the data quality of the site discussed in section 5 ALL AEROSOL trends include fog and smoke H oO U rly Tre n ds DUST trends is dust only fog and smoke has been removed Event Trends Maintenance Trends ALL AEROSOLS incl Fog Smoke All AEROSOLS incl Fog Smoke ae ees ALL AEROSOLS incl Fog Smoke DUST Fog Smoke removed ER a aa ALL AEROSOLS incl Fog Smoke DUST Fog Smoke removed DUST Fog Smoke removed WIND SPEED WIND SPEED WIND DIRECTION TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY DustWatch Sites 10 Trends Hourly Figure 25 Hourly Trend Options Simply lt Click gt on the desired button to view a trend displaying micrograms of dust per cubic metre and the desired weather parameter against time Community DustWatch Information Interface 30 User Manual Version1 0 4 3 1 1 Hourly all aerosols vs QA dust This trend provides the QA dust signal at the hourly scale This record can be used to
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