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AQG live dashboard

The AQG dashboard is a graphical user application to process and visualize AQG datasets. It is primarily intended to run on the AQG control laptop and expand upon the control software by providing additional data processing (such as outlier removal) and preliminary results for a running measurement, and enhance the operator's ability to monitor data quality, especially for field measurements. For instance, it helps the operator decide the minimum required measurement duration. The dashboard can also be used to process completed datasets.

Features:

  • Open running or completed AQG raw datasets
  • Visualize temporal stability of instrument parameters, such as temperatures and sensor tilt
  • Apply processing configurations from a YAML-file
  • Export a data report in PDF-format
  • Provide a standardized measurement protocol for additional documentation

The application is intended for short measuremts up to approx. 1 million drops (1 week). For longer time series, the interface performance may be insufficient.

Install gravitools with the optional dashboard dependencies

    $ pip install gravitools[dashboard]

Run the application

    $ gt-aqg-dash

You can also directly open a dataset and specify a configuration file.

    $ gt-aqg-dash --config config.yml dataset/

See the help provided by gt-aqg-dash --help.

Usage

The dashboard consists of three panels: results and metadata, data plots, and measurement protocol. You can resize or hide the side panels by dragging the vertical panel borders.

Select File > Open dataset from the menu bar to open a new dataset.

In the preferences dialog, File > Preferences, you can enable automatic reloading of the data, select the processing configuration file and configure the transfer height.

In the gravity signal plot, outliers are highlighted in red. You can configure the outlier detection parameters in your processing configuration file. See detect_outliers() for parameters and default values.

Use the mouse to pan and zoom a plot's view range. A double-click will reset the view range.

Select File > Save report to create a data report of the current dataset in PDF-format.

The measurement protocol is a work-in-progress and meant as a starting point for establishing a standard within the AQG community. It is intended as a standardized documentation for campaigns and supposed to be completed while taking the data. It also serves as a checklist. Select File > Save protocol to export the measurement protocol information.