This component provides a mechanism to correct data that has been diluted. This results in larger output values, since the dilution air is assumed to be filtered.

Usage

da.corr.dilution [switches…​] [[station] variables times [archive]|[file]]

Switches

--correct=SELECTION

These are the variables to apply the correction to.

Default: All counts, scatterings, extinctions, and absorptions

--dilution=INPUT

This is the dilution flow rate to use. The dilution correction factor is equal to the total flow (the sum of all sample and dilution flows) divided by the sum of the sample flows.

--instruments=SUFFIX…​

These are the instrument suffixes to correct. For example S11 would usually specifies the reference nephelometer. This option is mutually exclusive with manual variable specification.

Default: All instrument suffixes

--sample=INPUT

This is the sample flow rate to use. The dilution correction factor is equal to the total flow (the sum of all sample and dilution flows) divided by the sum of the sample flows.

Arguments

If no bare word input specification is supplied then data are read from standard input.

station

This argument is used to specify the station used to look up variables that do not include a station as part of an archive read specification. The station is the three letter GAW station code of the location, such as BND. The argument accepts multiple stations specified as regular expressions and separated by : or ; or ,. For example BND,MLO and (BND|MLO) are two ways of selecting both the BND and MLO stations.

The special value allstations may also be specified to select all stations.

variables

This argument may be split into multiple actual program arguments. Each part consists of one or more variable specifications separated by , (commas). The station and archive used if none are explicitly given are defined in the other arguments or inferred from system defaults. For example simply BsB_S11 selects the blue scattering from the S11 instrument and returns all cut sizes and metadata. If instead ::BsB_S11:pm10 is used then only PM10 scattering is returned. That is, the selection specifies "any" station and archive (the defaults are set in the other arguments) then requires that it has the "PM10" flavor. A specification such as bnd:BsB_S11,thd:BsB_S11 allows for data selection from multiple stations.

This may also be used to select a "record" type alias such as "S11a". In this mode all the variables defined in the alias are returned.

Finally the special value everything can be used to select all available data for the given station(s) and archive(s).

times

This argument may be split into multiple actual program arguments. This full list of time arguments defines a time bounds list that sets the range of data queried. The final resulting data are clipped to the given time bounds but any values that intersect them are returned.

archive

This argument is used to specify the archive used to look up variables that do not include an archive as part of an archive read specification. The archive is the internal name, such as raw or clean_meta. The argument accepts multiple archives specified as regular expressions and separated by : or ; or ,. For example raw(_meta)? selects both the raw and raw_meta archives.

The special value allarchives may also be used to select all available archives.

file

This argument is used to specify the the file to read data from. If it is present and exists then data is read from the given file name instead of from standard input. Alternatively - (a single dash) may be used to explicitly specify standard input.

Examples

Single instrument with manual settings

This will correct S11 parameters using a fixed sample flow of 30 lpm and a fixed dilution flow of 10 lpm.

da.corr.dilution --dilution=10 --instruments=S11 --sample=30 bnd S11a 2015-05-01 2015-05-03

Or:

da.corr.dilution --dilution=10 --instruments=S11 --sample=30 input_file.c3d

Or:

da.get bnd S11a 2015-05-01 2015-05-03 | da.corr.dilution --dilution=10 --instruments=S11 --sample=30