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StreamPro
PocketPC Software
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StreamPro Software
  • Runs on PocketPC – HP iPAQ™
  • Easy to use, Built in prompts
  • Data format (PD0) compatible with WinRiver
    • Permitting powerful QA/QC
    • Simplifies data handling & reporting
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Before Data Collection:
Setup and Test
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StreamPro Setup
  • Select Site File
  • Auto-load site specific StreamPro setup
  • Or
  • Manually select
    • Cell size
    • # cells
    • Transducer depth
    • Units (SI / Imperial)
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StreamPro Test
  • Self Test
  • Auto-confirms StreamPro is working
  • Start Pinging
  • Display assures user re data quality
    • Watch live data
    • Verify minimum depths for edges
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Data Collection & Playback -- on Site
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StreamPro Data Collection
  • Step by step prompts
  • Minimizes learning time, need to remember
  • Easy to read display
  • Even in bright sunlight
  • User interacts only at start and end of section
  • Focus on one thing at time -- reduces operator error
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StreamPro Playback
  • Replay data files
  • Rapid review of transect collected
  • Section results added automatically to site summary table
  • Color-coded statistics provide visual okay re quality of all sections
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Other StreamPro pages
  • History and Expert
  • View graphs while acquiring data
  • Synchronize clock in StreamPro to PocketPC
  • Data Review
    • Measurements
    • Statistics
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Data & Results
in WinRiver Software
  • Convenient Data Handling
  • Easy Discharge Reporting
  • Powerful Data Quality Review
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Day 2 Sections:  StreamPro Data Reduction in WinRiver
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Convenient Data Handling
  • One-click batch processing of ALL sections taken during site visit
  • Auto-creation of Discharge Summary Table
  • Auto-selects successive discharge sections for easy display / processing
  • Flexible viewing of discharge section
    • Choice of displays vs. time or distance
    • Control of averaging of data on display
  • Easy export of data and summary files for subsequent user analysis in own programs
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Section: Water Speed
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Easy Discharge Reporting
  • Discharge Summary Table conforming to USGS format
    • Answers questions about measured and extrapolated components of total discharge result
    • Reveals repeatability of results: numerical listing, statistical summary, and color-coded results
  • Wizard-aided creation of Discharge Site Report conforming to USGS format
  • 1-step transfer of graphics into data reports
    • Embedded screen capture of each PC window
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Discharge Report
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Powerful Data Quality Review
  • Quickly see distribution and quality of currents across complete section
  • Use Data Quality Indicators for finding / examining erratic data
    • Evaluate patterns in color-contoured sections
    • Quantify erratic values graphically (vertical profiles of water speed) and in tabular listings
  • Adjust data quality thresholds for data screening
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Data Quality Review