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2014 Release Notes

1 June 2015

Data Search and Data Products

Added a new search feature to Data Search (and Plotting Utility) called "Sort by: Primary Sensor". This is useful when you want to search for data by property but you aren't sure what instruments measure that property. Or there may be more than one instrument but you don't know which one is the best one to use. To use Sort by: Primary Sensor you first select the location you want, then you select the water (or air) property without being concerned about what instrument is measuring that property. If there is more than one instrument, this feature will automatically select the one that we consider to be the best one to use.
For data products for the ZAP (Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler), improved the Config field to show which fields are instrument configuration and which are post process information.
Hydrophone data products can now make use of NAXYS calibration files.

Plotting Utility

Added a new feature - "Sort by: Primary Sensor". See Data Search above.
Developed a new version of Plotting Utility where most features can be accessed without needing to have an account or having to log in. For now this is a "hidden" page that you can get to by going directly to the following URL: http://dmas.uvic.ca/PlottingUtility Later it will be linked to the oceannetworks.ca website. All the usual features will work except for the following:
- Details, Docs, and Download Data links
- Saving plots

WARN (Web-enabled Awareness Research Network)

Finished thoroughly testing the Earthquake Correlator and fixing all issues that were found.

Miscellaneous

Improved the reprocessing service to handle piggyback devices that are moved to a new parent device on the same day.
Work was done to support live divelog video feeds from simultaneous cruises, for the Wiring the Abyss webpage and SeaTube.

4 May 2015

Data Search and Data Products

Created data products for the CODAR in the Salish Sea including RUV, TUV, and PNG formats. This device is listed under Marine Radar System.
Data products have been created for the British Columbia ferry instruments located in the Salish Sea.
Added MAT, PNG, and PDF data products for ZAP (Zooplankton Acoustic Profiler).

QA/QC (quality control)

Modified the way data can be manually flagged as good or bad - what we call the "manual QA/QC process". The process is now simpler and more foolproof in that if you need to change the flags on data that already has QA/QC flags, you merely have to state what new flags you want and what time ranges they apply to. You don't have to concern yourself about the state of existing flags when creating your manual QA/QC file.
It is now possible to flag data as bad as soon as the data is received - ie. automatically. This is useful if it is known that the instrument is not performing correctly.

WARN (Web-enabled Awareness Research Network)

Completed the web service support for CANARIE. This was the final piece to complete the NEP-105 CANARIE-supported project (however additional WARN development is taking place under a new project). The web service confirms to CANARIE that WARN is operational and reports the number of earthquakes and tsunamis reported in the past 24 hours. It also provides CANARIE with links to documentation on the project.
Implemented a server "push" notification method to notify external clients of earthquakes and tsunamis. Later an example client application will be developed to demonstrate how this system works, and to provide a template for users who wish to develop their own client application.

Miscellaneous

Added a link to the File Upload feature on the Tools menu. This is an existing feature to upload annotations but had been a hidden page up to now.
Now support multiple resolutions of time lapse video in SeaTube for the FORCE (Atlantic) observatory.
Added support for primary sensors in ScalarDataAPIService, DeviceService, and in Plotting Utility. This will eventually be used to support expanded preview plots in the oceannetworks.ca website.

Ocean Networks website (oceannetworks.ca)

Created "state of the ocean" preview plots for key locations in the NEPTUNE, VENUS, and Cambridge Bay (Arctic) observatories. These show key ocean parameters such as salinity and temperature over a period of several years. They do not require logging into an account in order to view them. See "Data and Tools" followed by "Preview and Download", then "State of the Ocean".

1 April 2015

Data Search and Data Products

We now handle null site positions and mobile position offsets in data products.

Instruments

Upgraded to handle new sensors and new data format for Ocean Sonics AF and HF hydrophones.
New calibration formulas for the second generation SIIMs.
Now parsing the State of Health (SOH) data from seismometers.

Miscellaneous

Now tracking activity on the login and registration pages with Google Analytics so we can learn about problems our users may be having in these areas.
A special web page was added to Oceans 2.0 to display live data from the Strait of Georgia for the Vancouver Aquarium.

26 February 2015

Data Search and Data Products

You are now able to zoom in on the Data Search map as far as Google Maps allows.
Improved the performance of obtaining device information once you have selected a device in Data Search.
Completely overhauled the header of CSV files to give more information and to make it consistent regardless of which network the instrument is located on. Also modified the format of the timestamp in the data area to make it more readable.

Digital Fishers

Modified the code to return to the default video playback behaviour in preparation for a new campaign. The only exception is that clips in the new campaign, like the old one, play for 60 seconds rather than 15 seconds.
Modified the tutorial graphics at all levels to show specific sea life examples for the new campaign.
Modified the annotation choices for the new campaign.
Deployed the new campaign called "Feeding Deep Sea Critters" on February 26, 2015.

OPeNDAP

Parsed RDI ADCP data is now available using ERDDAP. See OPeNDAP Web Services on the Tools menu.
Made is easier for ONC data stewards to configure ERDDAP data sets.
Made it easier to maintain ONC sensor mappings to CF standards.

Miscellaneous

The hydrophone viewer now has additional choices for annotating marine mammals - northern right whale dolphin, Baird's beaked whale, and Cuvier's beaked whale
Made the Citizen Scientist app more reliable.
Merged the SoH (State of Health) seismometer FTP jobs and made the job configurable so that one job could be used for all current and future SoH seismometers.
In Device Console, made the list of Junction Boxes and SIIMs more descriptive, added Oceanworks devices, and sorted the list by site.
Created an FTP job for downloading data from the Queen of Oak Bay ferry.
Implemented a server notification method for WARN (Web-enabled Awareness Research Network) in order to notify external users of earthquakes and tsunamis.

3 February 2015

Data Search and Data Products

It is now possible to select an instrument for searching data by clicking on it on the Data Search map or in the usual way using the search tree.
Modified the metadata reports to show the full path for hyperlinks so this information would not be lost if the report was printed.
Removed the Network Topology "Sort by" option from Data Search.
Made the initial changes to support a new header format for the CSV data product.
Improvements for Nortek ADCP data products: more information within the .mat file products on what was done to the data, improved handling of mobile data, particularly headings and rotations.

WARN (Web-enabled Awareness Research Network)

Added a web service so that CANARIE can confirm that WARN is operational.
Completed most of the work for the earthquake detection correlator.

Miscellaneous

Increased the number of daily "casts" (down-up transits) of the Buoy Profiling System in Saanich Inlet from 2 to 4.
Added the ability to control the new camera system at Brentwood College (Mill Bay site).
Digital Fishers code was modified to support changes for the upcoming campaign titled "Feeding Critters".

Internal

Added support for Google Universal Analytics
Modified the way quarter scalar data is generated in order to improve reliability and speed.
Wrote a driver for the Sea-Bird Microcat SBE37SMP-ODO and Nortek AWAC which will be deployed at the FORCE observatory in the Bay of Fundy.
Added support for VENUS SIIM devices on the Junction Box Alarm Settings page.
Wrote a parser for the RBR Concerto device used in the Citizen Scientist project so that data can be viewed with Plotting Utility.