Date

Attendees

Yong Wook Kim

Bethany Blakely  

Katie Bowman 

Rob Kooper 

Minu Mathew 

Agenda

  1. Running EddyPro GUI Error - 

    1. Fatal error(20)> Encountered while interpreting a timestamp template.

      Fatal error(20)> It may apply to retrieval of timestamps from the "Raw file name format"

      Fatal error(20)> or the biomet or dynamic metadata records."

      Fatal error(20)> Program execution aborted.

      1. Change TS to yyyy-mm-dd HH:MM
  2. Comparison of format.py output and Formatted Master Met data output sent by Katie.
    1. Formatted Master Met data has NAN and not -9999.0. 
      1. PyFluxPro needs NAN as fill values. All -9999.0 should be changed to NAN.
  3. Number of decimal places for numerical values in the output file of format.py
    1. No prob as of now.
  4. U_Avg and V_Avg fields have no units in raw met file. These 2 blank cells are populated with -9999.0 after format.py
    1. The fill value is correct.
    2. Bethany will check the units for these 2 variables.
  5. Is -9999.0 to be inputted as an int or string?
    1. Should be an int.
  6. Should all values be converted to numerical?
    1. Should be in numbers. However, EddyPro reads inputs as of now (string)
  7. Variables like MoistureA_Avg in output file coz the met variable key is absent in soil key.xlsx sheet.
    1. Not used in EddyPro and PyFluxPro. Can be absent in the formatted met data file.
  8. WindSpeed and WindDir - even if these fields are present in 'output_eddypro.csv' file for 2021, these fields will be ignored and EddyPro reads these variables from ghg file. Hence no need to drop these columns. Correct?
    1. That is correct.
  9. Function to check for required fields -
    1. what are the required fields in 'output_eddypro.csv' file. – multiple columns for soil temp and soil moisture - how to check for n number of columns?
      1. Global radiation, SWin, - from settings in EddyPro. – check the dataset if these variables are present in the dataframe.
      2. Check with Bethany :
        • EddyPro Basic Settings →Select Items for Flux Computation : CO2, H2O, Ambient Temp, Ambient Pressure, Ambient Relative Humidity (Ah_fromRH), Global Radiation, Longwave Incoming Radiation (LWin), Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PPFD, PPFDr)
    2. What are the required fields in ghg file? How to test for the same?
      1. Do not check for anything in ghg file
  10. What should be done if there are missing timestamps in precip data?

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