This sample for Strato.ini describes the settings used by the program. Most parameters can be or are adjusted within the program. The only parameters that should be configured manually are the directories for the raw data and profile data, as well as the computer time setting. If this file is not present, then Strato creates a default file, which can be edited later.
| [Last processing] | |||
| Input Port | = | File | Must be S or F. Specifies whether the telemetry data come from the serial port (sounding recording) or the raw data file (sounding reprocessing). |
| Flight name | = | SC081 | Flight number used last. It should be of the form xxnnn, where xx is the station code and nnn is the sounding serial number. |
| Instrument type | = | 3 | This is the instrument combination that was last flown. |
| Date | = | 30 January 2010 | Date Strato was last used. |
| Time | = | 02:13:40 | Time Strato was last used. |
| [Site description] | These parameters need to be set manually, to override the built-in location data base. | ||
| Location | = | San Cristobal | |
| Longitude | = | -89.62 | |
| Latitude | = | -0.90 | |
| WMO station number | = | 02836 | |
| Time Zone | = | -6 | The time zone is specified as (local time - GMT). |
| Launch Altitude | = | 8 | Launch elevation is given in m. |
| [System settings] | |||
| Raw data directory | = | C:\RAWDATA\ | Location for the raw data and the description data file. This directory must be present when the program is run. |
| Profile data directory | = | C:\PROFILES\ | Location for the files xxnnnFLT.DAT, xxnnnBAD.DAT, xxnnn.LOG, xxnnnPRE.DAT. This directory must be present when the program is run. |
| Computer time | = | GMT | Must be GMT or Local. This parameter specifies, whether the computer clock is set to GMT or to the local time. By default GMT is assumed. |
| A/D System | = | 12 bit Tmax | Must be 8 bit Tmax or 12 bit Tmax or V2C. This parameter specifies the radiosonde interface used on the balloon. |
| Serial Port | = | 1 | Refers to either COM1 or COM2. |
| Baud Rate | = | 300 | |
| Parity | = | N | |
| Data Bits | = | 8 | |
| Stop Bits | = | 1 | |
| Screen | = | Graphics Mode | Must be Graphics Mode or Text Mode. This parameter specifies, whether the display uses the full screen mode for graphics or the window mode for text data display only. |
| [Processing settings] | |||
| O3 Pump Correction File | = | PUMP.DAT | This is the default file name for the pump calibration file and cannot be configured. Download a PUMP.DAT. |
| Background treatment | = | Constant | This is the default treatment for the ozone sonde background current and cannot be configured. |
| Solution | = | 2%, no Buffer | Must be 1% or 0.5% or 2%, no Buffer or 1.5%, no Buffer or other. This parameter specifies, which cell solution is used. It is used for housekeeping only, has no processing impact, and is best configured through the program. |
| Radiation Correction | = | Yes | This is the default correction for the Vaisala temperature measurement and cannot be configured. |
| GPS data on serial | = | No | Must be either Yes or No. This parameter specifies whether the GPS data are being output in real time on the serial port that is not being used for telemetery data (either COM1 or COM2). This setting can be used in external navigational systems to track the balloon location. |
| iMet xdata on serial | = | No | Must be either Yes or No. This parameter specifies whether the Intermet external data packets are being output in real time on the serial port that is not being used for telemetery data (either COM1 or COM2). This setting can be used to pass unknown data packets to external software. |
| iMet time out interval | = | 5 | This timeout interval (in seconds) is being used to filter out long time periods during which external data on the Intermet radiosonde are not being received. A conservative time interval is 5 s, which is roughly within the response time of most sensors. A setting that this interval too large will generate large periods of duplicate external data in poor telemetry conditions. A setting that is too short will generate too many missing data. |
| [Analysis settings] | |||
| Default Coefficients | = | 1ZAvg | Must be 1ZAVG or 6AAVG or 5AAVG or 5ATBMT or 5ANOAA or ZLR. This parameter refers to the default correction coefficients specified in the pump correction file PUMP.DAT. |
| Vaisala Logging | = | No | Must be Yes or No. Turns on decimal channel decoding into xxnnn.LOG. |
| Analyze Prelaunch Data | = | No | Must be Yes or No. Turns on prelaunch analysis into xxnnnPRE.DAT. |
| Create Average Files | = | No | Must be Yes or No. Turns on layer average file calculation into xxnnn.LE1. |
| Flight Data Files | = | Single | This parameter cannot be configured. |
| Summary Averaging [km] | = | 0.25 | Any number between 0.05 and 2.5 in 0.05 increments. This number specifies the layer over which the layer average file is calculated and is best configured through the program. |
| Pressure Verification | = | Low checking | Must be Low checking or High checking. Specifies if the Vaisala pressure is verified through a higher filter or not. The higher filter is better in high noise situations, but rejects more data. |
| Ignore Launch | = | No | Must be Yes or No. Allows to record the entire sounding in the prelaunch data file. |
| Turn Detection From | = | Launch | This parameter cannot be configured. |
| Ignore Missing Data | = | No | Must be Yes or No. Bad data lines can be written into the file xxnnnFLT.DAT or can be ignored. If they are ignored they are written into xxnnnBAD.DAT. |
| Wait at Launch Detect | = | No | Must be Yes or No. During reprocessing the program may wait at launch detect to allow a look at the prelaunch graph. |
| Valved balloon | = | No | Must be Yes or No. This setting determines the descent rate parameterization used in the landing site prediction model. |
| Profile ceiling | = | 35 | This setting determines the expected ceiling altitude in km used in the landing site prediction model. |
| Landing site elevation | = | 0.300 | This setting determines the expected landing surface elevation in m used in the landing site prediction model. |
| Profile rise rate | = | 5.5 | This setting determines the expected balloon ascent rate in m/s used in the landing site prediction model. |
| Landing descent rate | = | 7.0 | This setting determines the expected landing descent rate in m/s used in the landing site prediction model. |