CATCOS Aerosol: Technical Information

• Nephelometer and Aethalometer: Nicolas Bukowiecki, Günther Wehrle
• Aerosol Rack Hardware: Günther Wehrle
• Software and Website: Nicolas Bukowiecki

• The CATCOS data aquisition software is an adapted version of the NOAA data aquisition package LiveCPD/AER_VM
• Data Chain Overview:
  
  

• Operation Check List BKT (Bukit Kototabang, Indonesia): CATCOS_Checklist_BKT_V1.3.doc (Oct 4, 2012)
• Operation Check List TLL (El Tololo, Chile): CATCOS_Checklist_TLL_V1.4.doc (Apr 29, 2013)
• Data Processing Check List: CATCOS Aerosol Processing Checklist_Jan2014.pdf (Feb 12, 2014)

General

• Nephelometer Manual: MAN_0058_Aurora_3000_User_Manual_1.3.pdf
• Aethalometer Manual: Aethalometer_book_2005.07.02.pdf

Expert

• Aethalometer: Latest hardware configuration: AE-SETUP_BKT.TXT (Oct 4 2012), AE-SETUP_TLL.TXT (Apr 16 2013)
• Latest CR1000 configuration file: aerosol-standard-20120904.CR1 (Oct 4 2012)

General

• Current LiveDVD download. Contact Nicolas Bukowiecki
• CATCOS LiveDVD Software Manual: CATCOS_LiveCD_Documentation_V1.1.doc (Aug 22 2012)

Expert

• System installation instructions:CPD_Installation_Ubuntu11.10.odt (Aug 22 2012)
• Latest config file versions: cpd.bkt.conf BKT (Oct 4 2012), cpx2.bkt.xml BKT (Oct 4 2012), aggregate.c_bkt.txt BKT (Oct 4 2012), crontab_LiveDVD_BKT.txt (Oct 4 2012), cpd.tll.conf TLL (Apr 18 2013), cpx2.tll.xml TLL (Apr 18 2013), aggregate.c_tll.txt TLL (Apr 18 2013)
• Latest driver file versions: neph_aurora3000.c (Aug 22 2012), neph_aurora3000.h (Aug 22 2012), msgdef.in (Aug 22 2012)

General

• NOAA CPX2 user manual from NOAA website. Please note that the CATCOS setup is partially different, so not everything in the NOAA manual applies for CATCOS.
• Current AER_VM download: Contact Nicolas Bukowiecki

Expert

• System installation instructions: AER_VM_Ubuntu1204_Setup.odt (Aug 22 2012)
• Newest config file versions: cpx2.bkt.xml BKT (Aug 22 2012), crontab AER_VM BKT (Aug 22 2012)

• Current issues