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1. Start Year 1980 End Year 2011 Select any combination using Shift or Ctrl click of stations values or time modes then click one of the buttons to create charts e Chart Averages Produces a chart of averaged selected readings and or heat indexes applied to the selected time modes and selected stations between the years displayed in Start Year and End Year boxes at the bottom Graph TrendLines Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 9 of 18 e Chart Thresholds Produces a chart of the number of days where the selected actual daily readings and or heat indexes exceed a threshold applied to the selected time modes and selected stations between Start and End Year You will be prompted to enter a threshold value in a dialog box after clicking this button z 69 7550 99999 RIO DE JANEIRO AER a Thresholds Leal E SAN FRANCISCO INTL SA0 PAULO AEROPORT SHANGHAIHONGGIAO Dew Paint Rainfall i SHENZHEN Wind Speed i en Wind Speed SHEREMETYEVO WBGT avg Soo oa SINGAPORE CHANGI Al WEG Timid SOERSTOKKEN Time modes will produce the following charts e Annual One averaged value per year for each reading and or heat index i e one data point per year e Jan Feb Mar The averaged Jan or Feb or Mar value for each year i e one data point per year e Monthly Each month2. Allin Database Latitude Lon tude z aag The output panel shows a log of o commands results and the time it Sq Dist Radius q Di ius has taken to execute the command Find Nearby You can copy and paste data from the log area Change Data Path Documents AW BG T gsod tar Start Year 1980 End Year Start Up The program will carry out a number of routine activities and checks at start up These include validating the status of the Hothaps database particularly whether WBGT and UTCI are included and whether the NOAA GSOD index more information about NOAA data below is up to date This should take only a few moments if your database is up to date In this case the output is shown in the output panel above If you moved the location of the program or the NOAA data files you will get an error message that no NOAA files could be found or that it Could not find part of the path In case of any error message relating to NOAA indexing try changing the data path see page 7 for details on changing the data path Any other error messages here usually indicate that the connection to the Hothaps database has not been established There are potentially numerous reasons for those errors and if the problems persist you should contact the developer for advice by providing a screenshot or copy of error message s and a brief explanation of the circumstances e g which operation system was used whether it used to
3. s average i e one data points per month Context Menu Click a single or any combination using Ctrl or Shift click of values time modes or stations then access the context menu by right clicking anywhere in station list is as shown e Analyse Basic Will show in the output panel how much data is available for charting Complete years partial years giving percentage of completeness and number of years with no data e Analyse Detailed screenshot Shows a matrix of how many values Tmax Tmin dew point etc are suitable for charting Suitable are values for which there are more than 90 readings The number shown is the count of suitable values there are a total of 7 possible values Tmin Tmax Tmean DewPoint Rain WindSpeed and WindSpeedMax Therefore a 7 means all 7 values have sufficient data for this month year 0 means no value has a complete set of readings Any number in between means that some values are missing E g temperatures are often recorded while dew point and wind speeds are occasionally not You will have to plot the graphs to find out which values are available Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 bhi 63 SUL DAW PAULY IAERUFUNR I CH 53620 99999 SHANGHAI CH 5836 70 99999 SHANGHAI HONGGIAD CH BGO o ne Analyse Basic SN Analyse Detailed NO Export Average cp Export Regression Averages F Export Regression Thresholds cu Export Slope Residuals J
4. Slope and standard error are given in unit year Unit here is the obvious unit i e C in most cases mm day ang m s for rainfall and wind speed respectively county Station Type USAF WBAN Lang Lat From To Temp Mean faj b SE compl 2 CH SHANGHAVHONGQIAO Annual 563670 99999 121 433 31 167 1980 2011 0 066469259 15 70600453 0 008130424 100 00 e Export Regression Thresholds The program will prompt for a threshold value It will calculate and produce the slope a offset intersect b and standard error SE for the selected station s values and time modes relative to the number of days above the specified threshold The output is comparable to that shown for average regression above The slope and errors are given in days year the intercept is in days e Export Slope Residuals This sums the differences between the data values of the last 10 8 6 and 4 years and the trend line slope of the series The trend is based on the total time period specified in the Start and End Year boxes at the bottom of the window e Export Avg Residuals This sums the differences between the data values of the last 10 8 6 and 4 years and the series average The average is based on the total time period specified in the Start and End Year boxes at the bottom of the window Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 11 of 18 Graph Outputs The chart feature of the software produces X Y line charts in separate resizable
5. Cidec SE 0 09749 C SE 0 11399 C CRU Temp Mean C 40 75 28 75 Linear Trend 0 55645 C dec SE 0 11059 C Graphs trends threshold analvses and aqualitv control ISTANBUL ATATURK Annual Temp Min C X year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 Temp Max C X year 1960 5 1961 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1965 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 1986 Y FC 9 87274 10 2685 10 1116 10 361 10 6125 10 1102 10 5637 9 94794 105139 10 67 1966 5 1987 5 1968 5 198 Y C 17 8152 18 1507 17 6516 17 7443 18 0403 17 726 18 1989 17 4863 18 1033 18 37 Numerical data for further analysis C D sp PK KARACHI AIRPORT Annual CS LIBERIA Annual Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 Country Station Type USAF WBAN Long Lat From To Temp Max a b coms TU ISTANBUL ATATURK Annual 170600 99999 28817 40 967 1980 2011 0 060506616 1756399752 0 0113988 100 ID JAKARTA OBSERVATORY Annual 967450 99999 106 833 6 163 1960 2011 0 022605153 31 63469629 0 008038697 21 417600 99999 67 133 249 1980 2011 0 037317995 31 65599526 0 00627303 76 787740 99999 85 533 10 6 1980 2011 0 016139939 33 42219429 0 009428672 37 User Manual 2012 Hothaps Database Page 3 of 18 Common Workflow Scenarios A Plot data you commonly use i e data already in the database ile Start software go to Chart or Chart SD Tab select station s and options then produce a graph pa
6. pub data gsod and locate the latest complete year folder i e in 2012 you would be clicking on the 2011 folder Locate and download the gsod_YYYY tar file at the bottom of the list YYYY being the year in question If you are sure that your NOAA data set doesn t have this file already save copy the file to the gsod folder that Hothaps is expecting see page 7 Start or re start Hothaps Soft select the Manage Daily Data Tab see page 6 Click All in Database to display your current stations Highlight say 10 stations at a time and right click Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs page 8 This will add the new data to the database When all the progress bars have disappeared this will take a few moments repeat this for the next 10 stations and so on until you have updated all your stations In theory you could select all stations and do it all at once Some systems seem to become unstable so it seems safer to do it the described way Proceed with scenario A or B Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 4 of 18 Getting Started To open the software double click on Start Hothaps Soft icon The display has 2 parts The lists buttons and clickable areas to the left and a grey output panel to the right a HOTHAP Soft 1 0 2 2 Indexing NOAA files started Station Nam Database contains WEGT ims tic Database contains UTCI Oms 7 Indexing NOAA files Country 0 NOAA entries indexed 1 580ms al Find Station
7. windows You can customise many properties of the chart The x axis time is governed by the Start and End Years entered at the bottom of the main window The yearly divisions mark the beginning of a year the annual data points are plotted in the middle of the year E g a data point for the year 2000 appears slightly to the right of the 2000 division Note If any month or year contains fewer readings than the threshold currently 90 of the year or month that data point will not be plotted If a graph appears completely blank heading only no data is available for the selected combination of values time modes and station s Go to the Analysis option see page 8 to find out why Graph Menu a SHANGHAI HONGQITAO Annual Graph Trend Lines Export Lines Markers Heading Legend Fixed Y Axis 26 30 Colour Mode CRU Reference e Lines Markers Heading These are on off options and quite self explanatory Note that turning Markers on may show data points in patchy data series that are not visible in Lines only mode Lines will only show if they connect at least 2 existing consecutive data points years e Legend You can turn legends on or off If they are on you can Customise Legend with regards to the position and font size e Fixed Y Axis NN MM If this option is turned off the program will derive a suitable range for the Y axis from the plotting data If you want to fix
8. 1999100 2000 100 2001 100 2002 100 2003 100 2004 100 2005 100 2006 100 2007 99 2008 100 End Year boxes at the bottom of the window 2009 100 2010 100 2 464ms Relative to 20 complete years 20 x 365 7 300 Analysing DB for SHANGHAI 583620 99999 O year s O records 0 records the 7133 records found represent 97 data 6 392ms completeness in those years This is followed by a breakdown of the years containing data showing the data density for each year in brackets The second set of results Analysing DB for SHANGHAI shows that there are no records in the Hothaps database This means the station has not yet been imported Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 7 of 18 Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs This is a common function as it makes the weather station data available for use in this program Use this when you want to work with this station and the analysis above shows either no records in DB or the NOAA analysis shows more years than the DB analysis The latter normally means that new NOAA data has been made available downloaded and copied into the NOAA GSOD folder but has not yet been imported into the database Export Raw Daily Data Creates one comma delimited text file containing daily records for each station selected between the years displayed in Start Year and End Year boxes at the bottom of the window Note that only data imported into the Hothaps datab
9. A Export Avg Residuals AS S US 724030 93 738 WASHINGTON DULLES SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Month 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 D 0 N DN DN N DN N NDN DND D NY NYDN DND DD NNN NNN NNN NN SN e DH N N N N D D D D N D D D S ND D DO D DO SY SY N N N dS On D 0N N D DN D N D D D D D D N ND D DO DO DO O NY N N N dS ao DN DN N D N DN DN DN DN DN D D D NY ND O ND O NY NNN NNN N N SN SN SN y H N N DN N D D D D N D D D S N D D D D D D S N N N N dd N o D N N D AN D N N D D D DN D S N D D D D D D SY SNS N N N Id dd N o HN N N D N DN D D DN D D D D N NAD DO DO O N N NO NY N N N N N SN SN SNN DN D N D N D N DN D D D DN D N ND D DO Q DO NY NO NNN N N N SN SN SN io D N N N D D D D D D D D D N N D D D D D DO NY N N N N N SN N SNS SN N lt D 0N N N AN N N N D DN D D DO N ND D DO DO HD NY N N N N N SS st HANNAN NYDN NYDN NDD DOD I IMDM DND DN ND I SI A H 2 7 7 1 7 F ae Tor Tine Pos 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 TEDT 6 7 ee TAF 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 v Page 10 of 18 e Delete This will remove the calculated averages for the selected station s effectively removing the ability to plot this station The station will no longer show in the list This function is for maintenance and diagnostics only
10. Calc Monthly Avgs for Charts only e Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs e Export Raw Daily Data Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 8 of 18 Charts Tab The chart feature produces X Y line charts in separate resizable windows You can customise many properties of the chart as outlined on page 12 It allows you to either produce charts based on annual or monthly averages or chart the number of days per year a station exceeds a specified threshold J HOTHAP Soft 1 0 2 2 0 06r EE EEEEEEEE TVDUOTG Station Manage Daily Data Chat SD Charts Indexing NOAA files started Database contains WBGT Oms Chat Averages Country STN_WBAN StationName Database contains UTC Oms 419230 99999 DHAKA rae _ Chart Threshold indexing NOAA files Lach Dns DOAA cre tex 2 74 me 484560 99999 DON MUANG 56 stations ready for charting 299ms Temp Min 688580 99999 EAST LONDON Temp Max f Temp Mean 875760 99999 EZEIZA AERO Dew Point T T m Rainfall 471100 99999 GIMPO INTL AIRPORT Wind Speed 170600 99999 _ ISTANBUL ATATURK Wind Speed Max WBGTiavg 967450 99999 JAKARTA OBSERVATORY WBG Timid 967490 99999 JAKARTA SOEKARNO HA 417800 99999 KARACHI AIRPORT 787740 99999 LIBERIA 846280 99999 LIMA CALLAO AEROP 037760 99999 LONDON GATWICK ARPT 037720 99999 LONDON HEATHROW AIR 722950 232174 LOS ANGELES INTL 432790 99999 MADRAS MINAMBAKKAM MANILA
11. HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL TRUST 2 June 2012 Climate Data and Heat Exposure Software Hotha ps Soft v 1 0 2 4 User Manual Background What this software can do and output examples An overview of the entry point and different pathways Common Workflow Scenarios A Plot data you commonly use i e data already in the database B Research arbitrary new stations C New NOAA weather station data has become available typically at the beginning of a new year Getting Started Start Up Manage Daily Data Tab Context Menu Charts Tab Context Menu Graph Outputs Graph Menu Trend Lines Menu Export Menu Charts SD Tab Graph Menu Export Menu Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 SB A Nn 10 12 12 15 15 16 17 18 Page 1 of 18 Background Identifying current and estimating future heat exposures researchers can access weather station data from several sources Many are available free of charge on the Internet The data comes in various formats depending on the collecting agency and always involves a large number of steps converting raw data into meaningful values before they are ready for evaluation research and publishing One of the most comprehensive collections of global weather data is being held by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA and daily readings are freely available under http www7 ncdc noaa gov CDO dataproduct This software application uses
12. S 722585 93901 DALLAS HENSLEY FIELD NAS US 722580 13960 DALLAS LOVE FIELD fi n d US 722581 13960 DALLAS LOVE FIELD US 722583 13960 DALLAS LOVE FLD US 722598 03970 DALLAS ADDISON ARPT US 722598 99999 DALLAS ADDISON ARPT US 722599 03971 DALLAS REDBIRD ARPT US 722599 99999 DALLAS REDBIRD ARPT US 722590 03927 DALLAS FORT WORTH F List of weather stations Analysing NOAA for DALLAS FORT WORTH F 722590 03927 32 year s 11687 records 100 1980 100 1981 100 1982 100 1983 100 1984 100 1985 100 1986 100 1987 100 1988 100 1989 100 1990 100 1991 100 1992 100 1993 100 1994 100 1995 100 1996 100 1997 100 1998 100 1999 100 2000 100 2001 100 2002 100 2003 100 2004 100 2005 100 2006 100 2007 100 2008 100 2009 100 2010 100 2011 100 8 022ms Breakdown of data availability ISTANBUL ATATURK 2000 2005 Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul E Temp Max C Temp Mean C Statistics ISTANBUL ATATURK Annual 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 Year Temp Max C 100 0 CRU Temp Max C 40 75 28 75 CRU Temp Max C 40 75 28 75 Linear Trend 0 60948 C dec Temp Mean C 100 0 SE 0 13216 C CRU Temp Mean C 40 75 28 75 Temp Mean C Temp Max C Linear Trend 0 70687 C dec Linear Trend 0 60507
13. ar Tre Temp Mean C Linear Trend 0 66469 Cydec Basic colors CRU Temp Mean E 31 25 121 25 Linear T 5 EEE Ee H Custom colors ip M M a a E M M a Define Custom Colors gt gt Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 13 of 18 A customised graph using black amp white as well as coloured elements would look like this a SHANGHAI HONGOIAO Annual aas Graph Trend Lines Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 99 7 Temp Mean C 99 7 Temp Max C Temp Mean C Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec lt Linear Trend 0 66469 C dec SE 0 08104 C SE 0 08130 C e CRU Reference This option adds CRU reference data to the current graph CRU Crown Research Unit specifically CRU 3 which is used here provides a validated set of selected values Tmean Tmax and dew point are currently supported by Hothaps Soft for all of the earth s land based locations in a 0 5 degree global grid When you enable this option a dotted graph of the nearest CRU grid square will be shown alongside the original NOAA GSOD plot a3 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Joe Graph TrendLines Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 99 7 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Temp Mean C 99 7 CRU Temp Mean C 31 25 121 25 Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 14 of 18 Trend Lines Menu Yo
14. arget folder The comma delimited text file contains all data points currently displayed The file name is derived from the chart title For the example chart above SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Tmax with CRU and trend lines turned on you would get the following output when opened in Excel Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 15 of 18 A B Cc D E F G H J K L M N 1 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 2 3 Temp Max c 4 X year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 1989 5 1990 5 1991 5 1992 5 5 Y C 19 3121 19 8466 19 9242 19 9067 19 5159 19 6595 19 7315 20 1884 20 3201 20 2551 21 1096 19 8753 20 1627 6 7 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 amp X year 1980 5 1981 5 1982 5 1983 5 1984 5 1985 5 1986 5 1987 5 1988 5 1989 5 1990 5 1991 5 1992 5 g Y C 19 0583 19 6417 19 9583 19 9833 19 3917 19 4667 19 6417 20 0083 20 03 19 7333 20 85 19 4167 19 6833 10 11 Temp Max C Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec SE 0 08104 C 12 X year 1980 5 2011 5 13 C 19 65614 21 41929 14 15 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Linear Trend 0 13036 C dec SE 0 08572 C 16 X year 1980 5 2009 5 17 Y C 195 60152 19 97957 Since the chart included 4 graphs you get 4 sets of data rows Note that linear trends only consist of 2 data points Charts SD Tab This feature allows you to visualise the median average and the distribution of the underlying data You can choose multiple statio
15. as it leaves the raw data in the Hothaps database If you want to remove a station from the Hothaps database completely use the Delete function in the Manage Daily Data Tab page 8 You can at any stage re import stations from the NOAA data source Export Functions The functions described below calculate values from the Hothaps database and store the results in the clipboard in a format tab delimited plaintext ready for pasting into a document The results have a header row all calculations contain the following common columns Country Station Type USAF WBAN Long Lat From To CH SHANG Jul 583670 99999 121 433 31 167 1980 2011 The columns are largely self explanatory A completeness column compl is added at the end of each calculated value to indicate the data density of the underlying data for Average and Regression exports e Export Average This function calculates the average and for the selected values and outputs this along with the standard deviation SD rate of completeness stations and time modes i 1 Country Station Type USAF VWBAN Long Lat From To Avg Temp Mean SD compl CH SHANGHAIHONGQIAO Annual 563670 99999 121 453 31 167 1950 2011 16 91627604 0 750541333 100 00 e Export Regression Averages Calculates the slope a offset intersect b and standard error of the slope SE for the selected station s and values based on annual or monthly averages depending on the time mode selected
16. ase will be exported After selecting this menu item the user is prompted for the desired values You can select a single variable or any number of values by using Ctrl Click or Shift Click Next the user is prompted to select the location folder for the generated file s The filenames contain the station years and the selected values Station Manage Daily Data Chart SD Charts ad Choose Values to Export SEI sonan z Temp Min Select the readings SHANGHAI to be exported SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Temp Mean Dew Point Rainfall Wind Speed Wind Speed Max WBGTl avg WBG Timid UTCliavg UTCi mid UTCl max followed by the csv extension e g SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 1980 2011 Temp Max WBGT max UTCI max csv When imported into an Excel spreadsheet this will produce suitable column headers as shown here SS a ee Sa NGHAVHONGQIAO 583670 99999 at Temp Max WBGT max UTClimax 1 01 1960 13 11 66 13 4965 2 01 1980 g t f79it 9 36501 5 06844 T 3331 2 78156 4 64476 6 00977 9 2267 5 052 f 57745 3 01 1980 t 4 01 1960 5 5 01 1980 1 6 01 1930 ENIAN 0 g e Delete Deletes all daily data records and all monthly chart averages for the selected station s from the Hothaps database The number of records deleted is reported in the log panel e Change the Start Year and End Year The setting of Start and End Years affects e Analysis of the NOAA data but not the DB analysis e Import NOAA e
17. ata path using this button the program will scan the files and re index any entries not already in the Hothaps database Context Menu ao HOTHAP Soft 1 0 2 2 Select one or more stations in the list use Ctrl Shift or Manage Daily Data Chart SD Charts Shift Click for multiple selections You access the a N AE context menu by right clicking anywhere on the station ie CUAN list The following section covers only the essential C ae BIA menu items Menu items in brackets are for special Import NOAA and Calc Chart Avgs Export Raw Daly Data uses like diagnostics and are covered in the Reference Import NOAA only Manual Calc Monthly Avas for Charts only Add Solar Data Latitude 31 4 Delete Longitude 171 467 Analyse Clicking Analyse will analyse the Hothaps database as well as the raw NOAA data for the selected station s producing two separate result sets shown in the output panel on the right Each result set shows the number of years with any data in them the number of records found in each year and the corresponding percentage of data density for those years for example This SHANGHAI example shows that there are 20 Ts one Analysing NOAA for SHANGHAI 583620 99999 years containing any data were found in the NOAA 20 years 7133 records 37 PEOS ee 1991 55 1992 100 1993 100 1994 100 1995 100 1996100 set between the years displayed in Start Year and 1997 100 1998 100
18. ge 9 Customise graph page 12 Export graph for printing or publishing page 15 Alternatively right click on station s and export data for further processing in a spreadsheet database or other software page 11 B Research arbitrary new stations 1 2 7 Start software select the Manage Daily Data Tab page 6 Try finding suitable stations by typing the name of city you are thinking of Try different spellings try part of the name NOAA station names are not consistent nor are the always in English Some stations are named after the name of an airport There are several stations across the globe that share the same name Use country filtering if in doubt NOAA and therefore Hothaps Soft uses FIPS country codes http en wikipedia org wiki FIPS country code If still unsure look at the latitude longitude readings Use a map to verify Try typing in the desired coordinates Use the Find Nearby feature page 7 When you have found a number of plausible stations perform an analysis on the station data page 7 If one or more stations of interest have sufficient data for your purposes only years with more than 90 data completeness will be suitable for plotting and further processing import them into the Hothaps database page 8 Continue with workflow scenario A C New NOAA weather station data has become available typically at the beginning of a new year 1 4 Go to ftp ftp ncdc noaa gov
19. in the selected country This may take a moment or two e Clicking the All in Database button will show all stations for which data exists in the Hothaps database The station table can be sorted by clicking on any of the 3 headings and reversed by clicking on the heading again Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 6 of 18 Once a station is selected highlighted its Latitude amp Longitude is displayed in the text boxes You can override the longitude latitude by typing in a geographical location for use with the following function Find Nearby This is where all stations in the vicinity are listed using the specified distance from the displayed longitude latitude 1 Enter a number to specify the distance to look for nearby stations Choose the unit km miles or degrees 2 The search area may be a circle or a square around the currently displayed longitude latitude Example If 1is entered in the number field and deg as the unit and Sq Dist is selected the search area includes a field 1 degree north east south and west of the displayed longitude latitude effectively a 2 degree grid square Change Data Path Tells the program where to find the NOAA data set All NOAA data are expected to be stored in a single folder in the form of gsod_YYYY tar files with YYYY the year of the records As new annual data files become available copy them to this folder At the start of the program as well as after changing the NOAA d
20. n s value s to display e g temperatures heat indexes and select or create time periods for which to carry out the analysis Database contains WBGT Oms STN_WBAN Station Name Database contains UTCI Oms 744860 94789 NEW YORK JOHN F KE Indexing NOAA files 0 NOAA entries indexed 1 739ms 72030 14732 NEW YORK LA GUARDIA fi aa Gach Oa Lm al a 984290 99999 NINOY AQUINO INTERN Averages a pad station s a a Boxplots created for 1 station s 8 003ms 47710 99999 OSAKA INTERNATIONAL Bomnlote created for 1 uae fear 071570 99999 PARIS AEROPORT CHAR 682620 99999 PRETORIA EENDRACHT WBGTiavg 918430 99999 RAROTONGA WBGTimid 837550 99999 RIO DE JANEIRO AER 1981 1985 724940 23234 SAN FRANCISCO INTL 1386 ee oo SAO PAULO AERO 2006 2010 AEROPORT 583670 99999 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 594930 99999 SHENZHEN 275155 99999 SHEREMETYEVO SINGAPORE CHANGI Al SOERSTOKKEN TEHRAN MEHRABAD Start Year 1980 End Year 2011 E OOO a In order to Add or Delete a time period click the corresponding button You can edit a time period by double clicking on it You edit the time period year range in this window i Start year End year SS A I eGencet After making your choices click the Chart Distributions button to produce a graphic like this Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 16 of 18 a SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 2006 2010 Graph Expor
21. t SHANGHAI HONGQIAO 2006 2010 ME Temp Min PC m Temp Max C This chart shows box plots for the two chosen temperatures The median is displayed as a dotted line the box showing the upper and lower quartile and the whiskers the 9 and 91 percentile Graph Menu a SHANGHAI HONGOQIAO Temp Max C The Graph menu features Heading Legend and Colour Mode settings described on page 12ff In addition you can Heading Legend SHANGI customise the percentiles and also turn on features like Median Average mean and Outliers The chart below aaa shows mean median plus outliers for Tmax for two l Show Median Show Average Show Outliers different time periods Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 17 of 18 8 SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Temp Max rc Graph Export SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Temp Max C Pitt tT Tt yy BRR Ts Tee Bee Lad Te E l Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec E 1981 1985 E 2006 2010 Export Menu The Export menu allows saving the chart as bitmap files in JPG or PNG format For details on exporting charts see the notes on page 15 Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 18 of 18
22. the Surface data Global Summary Of the Day GSOD data set GSOD contains humidity data which is essential for estimation of human heat exposures For validation and comparison grid cell data provided by the Climate Research Unit CRU 3 is also used This manual walks you through the basic functionality of the software It provides information on the menu items and choices as well as ways to customise the output There are many permutations and combinations of commands and uses of this application not all of which can be shown here Also features and specifications are subject to change as a matter of improving the software What this software can do and output examples e Analyse the availability and data density of readily available routine weather station data e Produce customisable graphs trends and statistical analysis of raw weather data as well as calculated heat exposure indexes e Provide a comparison of weather station data NOAA GSOD with CRU 3 grid cell data e Extract any part of the data in numerical form for further analysis 1 r 7 g x x Some screenshots used in this manual may show an earlier version number in the heading In these cases there are no significant differences in the functionality compared to the current version Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 2 of 18 An overview of the entry point and different pathways Hothaps Soft NOAA GSOD Data Set Country STN_WBAN StationName a U
23. the Y axis e g to produce a number of graphs with the same scaling turn this option on You can set the Y axis s maximum and minimum values and customise both axes interval and font size in the window shown Customise Axes X Axis Font p Interval a Size 10 Y Axis Minimum 17 0 Maximum 21 0 lt gt lt gt lt gt Interval 0 5 C automatic Note The X axis s maximum and minimum are determined by the Start and End Year values entered on the program s main window You can set the axes font sizes even if Fixed Y Axis is turned off Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 12 of 18 e Colour Mode Turn this option off if you need to publish graphs in black amp white a SHANGHAI HONGOTAO Annual Joe Graph Trend Lines Export SHAN GHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C 99 7 e Temp Mean C 99 7 Temp Max C Temp Mean C Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec Linear Trend 0 66469 C dec SE 0 08104 C SE 0 08130 C Note With colour mode on or off i e even in black amp white mode you can use the Set Colours submenu to customise the colours for each data series Set Data Series Colours EI Temp Manx FC fee eerie ee CRU Temp Max C 21 25 121 25 Signe Rey Temp Mean C rece Color CRU Temp Mean C 31 257 1271 25 adele Temp Manx C Linear Trend 0 56676 dec CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Line
24. u can turn on off any of the Linear Logarithmic Polynomial and Last Decade linear trend lines by ticking the correspond ing menu item For linear trends slope and Standard Error are shown in the legend If CRU reference graphs are turned on trend lines are shown for these as well Export Menu o SHANGHAI HONGOIAO Annual Temp Max C Jog Trend Lines Last Decade SHANGHAI HONGQIAO Annual Temp Max C Log Trends Polynomial 2 Polynomial 3 Polynomial 4 CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Temp Max C CRU Temp Max C 31 25 121 25 Linear Trend 0 56876 C dec Linear Trend 0 13036 C dec SE 0 08104 C SE 0 08572 C You can export charts as bitmap files in JPG or PNG format While JPG is popular the PNG format uses lossless graphic file compression and is the preferred format for line graphs The program will prompt for the location of the files and remembers your preference The file name is taken from the chart s heading Note The resolution of exported graphic equals the current display size So if you resize the window the resulting graphic file will also vary If you need to export a uniform set of graphs for publication either stick to the default size of each chart window i e do not resize windows or maximise each chart window before exporting You can also export the chart s underlying Numeric data If you chose this option you will be prompted to select the t
25. work at some earlier stage etc Hothaps Software 1 0 2 4 User Manual 2012 Page 5 of 18 After start up the software offers 4 tabs Manage Daily Data default display where you analyse the available NOAA data and import it into the database Station rarely used it contains maintenance Charts plot data Saton Manage Daly Daia Chat SD Chats readings trends and heat indexes functions not covered here See Reference manual for details Charts SD show Statistics box plot analysis Manage Daily Data Tab Indexing files started Database contains WBGT Ums County STN_WBAN StationName ee ee te cu ReIfonoeose CHANCHAL Indexing NOAA files 0 NOAA entries indexed 1 580ms 3 stations found 7 72ms Find Station Allin Database Latitude Longitude Sq Dist Radius Find Nearby Change Data Path Start Year 1980 End Year e To find a station by name type any part of a station string into the text box and click the Find Station button or press ENTER The table will show the available stations with that name or part thereof as above shangh and the station count is displayed in the output panel The table shows the country code e g CH station number and name If the results list is too large you can narrow your search by selecting a Country Clicking Find Station or pressing ENTER with nothing in the Station Name box shows all stations
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