XPIA WindCubes Internet Connections, Data Transfer, Availability, Data Viewer Update

1) Connecting via TeamViewer

WC61:

--Has been nearly immediate when trying to connect.

--Good speed rendering and data transfer if needed most of the time.

WC68:

--Goes online and offline in terms of being able to connect.

--Slow speed rendering once a connection is established. Fast connection maybe only one time per day.

2) Data Transfer:

WC61:

* Has transferred up to the most recent files

* Did not transfer the full size of files timestamped 19 March and 21 March via FTP.

* Sometimes the scheduled data transfer is interrupted multiple days in a row. Usually by 4 days past, the full files have been transferred. Current FTP script moves entire current month (e.g. 2015_03*) files, but could be more specific (e.g. 2015_03_2*) to reduce number of files transferred, especially with intermittent internet connection.

* Must modify at beginning of April to 2015_04* files.

WC68:

* Is three days behind FTP file transfer when examined on 26 March 2015.

* Two most recent days' relevant data (.sta files) are in the D:\DATA EOLID\ARCHIVE\ folder instead of the D:\DATA EOLID\DATA\ folder where the FTP transfer usually occurs from. This does not have a good work around yet, and should be noted for obtaining data files.

* Must modify at beginning of April to 2015_04* files.

3) Data Availability

• Both Wind Cubes have had trouble reaching remotely sensing altitudes between 140-220m for 22-24 March 2015.
• Difficult to say how this is affected by scatterers. PTQ does not see direct correlation with the HRDL data in terms of Aerosol Backscatter Signal Strength (http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/csd/groups/csd3/measurements/xpia/hrdl/).

4) DataViewer Update:

WC61:

--Since the 19 and 21 March data files were only 22 minutes and 30 minutes of data in the files, went to WC61 via TeamViewer, and was able to transfer the full sized data files directly.

--Included all data in DataViewer figures.

WC68:

--Since 22 & 23 March were not transferred yet to breeze, transferred the files from the \ARCHIVE\ folder

--Included all data in DataViewer figures.

http://breeze.colorado.edu/DataViewer/

5) Few Notes:

A) Will not change FTP scripts in the middle of an experiment. This is best done during a development phase.

B) There are other Windows FTP free softwares existing, but not worth exploring until after XPIA (WC operating systems are supposed to go to UNIX-based I believe.)