EC-PeT User Manual

Version 2.1.0-beta1

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Welcome to the EC-PeT documentation. EC-PeT is a comprehensive software package for processing turbulence measurements from various sonic anemometer and gas analyzer combinations using the eddy-covariance method.

DISCLAIMER: EC-PeT is released under the European Union Public Licence (EUPL-1.2) and is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind. The authors shall not be liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Do not use this software for navigation purposes or in any situation where the life, health, or safety of any person depends on its accuracy or reliability. Use of EC-PeT is at your own risk.

User Guide

• Introduction
  • History
• Installation
  • Python Package Installation
  • Windows
  • Debian and Ubuntu
  • Requirements
  • Verification
• Quickstart Guide
  • Graphical User Interface
  • Command-line Interface
  • Quick Processing Example
  • Common Issues
  • Next Steps
• General Workflow
  • Processing Stages
  • Data Flow
  • Stage Dependencies
  • Performance Considerations
  • Error Handling and Recovery
• Methods
  • Supported Devices
  • Quality Control and Quality Assessment (QC/QA)
  • Quality Control Tests
  • Planar Fit Method
  • Flux Calculation Recipe
  • Device-Specific Corrections
  • Physical Corrections
  • Uncertainty Estimation
  • Quality Flag Integration
• Configuration
  • Configuration File
  • Configuration Examples
• Output Files
  • Preprocessor Test Results
  • Postprocessor Test Results
  • Quality-Checked Fluxes
  • Additional Output Files

Technical Reference

• Module Documentation
  • ecpet.ecconfig module
    • EC-PeT Configuration Management Module
    • Config
    • ConfigError
    • read_file()
    • write_file()
    • find_imagepath()
    • check_basic()
    • complete()
    • apply()
    • unglob()
    • write()
    • tokenize()
  • ecpet.ecdb module
    • EC-PeT Database Module
    • timestamp_fill()
    • with_retry()
    • exe_sql()
    • get_free_index()
    • column_prepare()
    • table_prepare()
    • db_prepare()
    • dbtable_name()
    • ingest_toa5()
    • ingest_df()
    • init_worker_process()
    • ingest()
    • dbcolumn_name()
    • dbcolumn_split()
    • db_get_columns()
    • db_get_header()
    • db_get_values()
    • conf_to_db()
    • conf_from_db()
    • list_tables()
    • retrieve_columns()
    • mark_finished()
    • retrieve_df()
    • retrieve_time_range()
  • ecpet.ecengine module
    • EC-PeT Processing Engine
    • check_raw_columns()
    • read_raw_data()
    • get_start_end()
    • collectdata()
    • write_output()
    • process()
    • cli()
  • ecpet.ecfile module
    • EC-PeT File Operations Module
    • find()
    • toa5_check()
    • toa5_get_header()
    • toa5_get_hash()
    • toa5_get_times()
    • get_time_range()
    • toa5_put_header()
    • cs_style()
  • ecpet.eclogger module
    • EC-PeT Custom Logging Module
    • setup_custom_logging()
    • ensure_logging_setup()
  • ecpet.ecmain module
    • graphical_interface()
    • commandline_interface()
    • processing_console()
    • user_interface()
  • ecpet.ecpack module
    • EC-PeT Core Processing Module
    • averag()
    • calibrat()
    • convert()
    • detrend()
    • crosscorr()
    • errfisi()
    • freqcorr()
    • mapmtx()
    • flux()
    • obukhov()
    • oxygen()
    • scal()
    • schotanus1()
    • schotanus2()
    • schotanus3()
    • tilt_matrix_pitch()
    • tilt_matrix_roll()
    • tilt_matrix_yaw()
    • tilt_mean_dir()
    • tilt_mean_roll()
    • tilt_mean_vert()
    • tilt_rot_mean()
    • tilt_rot_speed()
    • calcstruct()
    • webb()
    • flux_to_file()
    • cmain()
    • process_flux_interval()
    • process_flux()
  • ecpet.ecplan module
    • EC-PeT Planar Fit Module
    • planarfit_interval()
    • planarfit_times()
    • planarfit_to_file()
    • planarfit()
  • ecpet.ecpre module
    • EC-PeT Preprocessing Module
    • getconf()
    • north_angle()
    • mask_diag()
    • vmspike()
    • ampres()
    • dropout()
    • limit()
    • himom()
    • disco()
    • nonstat()
    • crosscorr()
    • lagcor()
    • ratespike()
    • derive()
    • madspike()
    • fwstat()
    • cotrend()
    • beta()
    • varstat()
    • fturb()
    • survive()
    • docovmax()
    • init_intervals()
    • intervals_to_file()
    • process_slow()
    • qc_raw_init()
    • qc_raw_run()
    • dat_to_netcdf()
    • dat_to_toa5()
    • flags1_to_file()
    • process_fast_interval()
    • process_fast()
    • preprocessor()
  • ecpet.ecpost module
    • EC-PeT Postprocessing Module
    • derived_variables()
    • qc_mean_run()
    • apply_flags()
    • flags2_to_file()
    • output_to_file()
    • itc_u()
    • itc_w()
    • itc_t()
    • postprocessor()
  • ecpet.ecutils module
    • EC-PeT Utility Functions
    • code_ap()
    • progress_stage()
    • progress_reset()
    • progress_percent()
    • progress_pulse()
    • progress_increment()
    • progress_info()
    • progress_done()
    • escape()
    • unescape()
    • str_to_bool()
    • bool_to_str()
    • quote()
    • unquote()
    • uncomment()
    • isglob()
    • sub_dict()
    • deg2dms()
    • dms2deg()
    • getfields()
    • string_to_interval()
    • amount()
    • find_nearest()
    • spechum()
    • specco2()
    • rhodry()
    • rhowet()
    • lvt()
    • cpt()
    • fint()
    • allnanok()
    • safe_len()
    • intersect_lists()
• Bibliography

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page