Monthly log files: Difference between revisions

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* use '''create missing''' button in the ''[[dayfile.txt]]'' selection in the '''Edit''' menu;  This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Cumulus will then look through all monthly log files and create approximate records for any ''missing dates'' in the dayfile if those dates have observations stored in the relevant monthly log. (It creates a file in the Cumulus folder called ''dayfileeditlog.txt'' which contains the entries it created).  Click the ''Help'' button for more information.  In past and current versions (including 1.9.3), ''create missing'' will not affect any records that are incomplete or contain some rogue values (see [[Monthly_log_files#Using_Monthly_logs_to_deal_with_shorter_.28or_incomplete.29_dayfile.txt_records_for_particular_dates | workaround]] below).
* use '''create missing''' button in the ''[[dayfile.txt]]'' selection in the '''Edit''' menu;  This is a text editor, and works best when at full screen. Cumulus will then look through all monthly log files and create approximate records for any ''missing dates'' in the dayfile if those dates have observations stored in the relevant monthly log. (It creates a file in the Cumulus folder called ''dayfileeditlog.txt'' which contains the entries it created).  Click the ''Help'' button for more information.  In past and current versions (including 1.9.3), ''create missing'' will not affect any records that are incomplete or contain some rogue values (see [[Monthly_log_files#Using_Monthly_logs_to_deal_with_shorter_.28or_incomplete.29_dayfile.txt_records_for_particular_dates | workaround]] below).
* create the relevant monthly and/or annual NOAA style report by choosing ''NOAA Monthly Report'' or ''NOAA Annual Report'' from the '''View''' menu, then select the required period using the selectors.  Click the ''Update Display'' button to see various statistics (including [[Average_temperature|mean temperature]]) calculated.  Generation of complete NOAA reports takes most information from dayfile.txt (based on rollover to rollover meteorological days), except average wind speed (always based on midnight to midnight days) and dominant wind direction (both of these it calculates from the monthly log files) for period in question. Finally press ''Save'' button to store the new or amended report.
* create the relevant monthly and/or annual NOAA style report by choosing ''NOAA Monthly Report'' or ''NOAA Annual Report'' from the '''View''' menu, then select the required period using the selectors.  Click the ''Update Display'' button to see various statistics (including [[Average_temperature|mean temperature]]) calculated.  Generation of complete NOAA reports takes most information from dayfile.txt (based on rollover to rollover meteorological days), except average wind speed (always based on midnight to midnight days) and dominant wind direction (both of these it calculates from the monthly log files) for period in question. Finally press ''Save'' button to store the new or amended report.
'''Note for obsolete versions up to 1.9.4 build 1085 only:''' The average wind speed used for NOAA reports and 'This period' type screens was, by a bug, based on midnight to midnight days regardless of rollover time in use. (It is calculated on generation of report or screen from monthly log entries). From build 1086, the calculation is based on the rollover time being used.


==Correcting any logged data problems==
==Correcting any logged data problems==
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