Frequently Asked Questions

If any of the .csv output files from EddyPro have been opened in Excel or another spreadsheet application, the date format may have been altered from the original format.

The format applied to the Date column should be yyyy-mm-dd. Depending on the region settings of Windows, it can become formatted differently (dd.mm.YYYY in Europe, for example) when reading the file. This can happen even if you did not save the file.

To correct the issue, open affected files in Excel. Select the Date column, right-click the selection, and click Format Cells. Select Custom and set the format to yyyy-mm-dd. Save changes to the files (use the .csv extension) and re-import them into Tovi.

Excel can also replace an unrecognized µ character in the header row. If you see [??mol+1s-1m-2] in the header, correct the missing character so the header is in a compatible format: [µmol+1s-1m-2].

Currently, Tovi uses EddyPro and SmartFlux output files to create a site. An eddypro_*_full_output.csv or smartflux.txt file is required. Tovi will read other EddyPro outputs, including eddypro_*_biomet.csv, and eddypro_*_metadata.csv files, the *.metadata file created by EddyPro, and the *.eddypro file—the EddyPro project file.

  • Tovi can import ERA-I data sets from ECMWF (European Centre for Medium-range Weather Forecasts) directly from the ECMWF data center.
  • Tovi can import Integrated Surface Database data sets from the U.S. NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) directly from the database.

Tovi has the following requirements.

Operating System:

Windows: versions 7 and 10 (64-bit)

macOS: OSX El Capitan or newer; incompatible with Big Sur and newer versions of macOS

Minimum Hardware:

Processor: Intel Core 2 - 2.0 GHz

RAM: 8 GB

Display Resolution: 1680 × 1050 pixels

Recommended Hardware:

Processor: Intel i3 - 2.6 GHz or better

RAM 16 GB

Display Resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels

Tovi version 2.7 and newer support map imagery from LeafletJS (data provided by OpenStreetMap®, and satellite imagery is provided by Mapbox®) and Bing® Maps. For both map providers, the imagery is selected to be free of cloud cover, but in some circumstances, the imagery may have clouds or be out of date. If you are unable to see the ground due to cloud cover, you can disable satellite imagery and view a map or contour lines instead.

Your Tovi project files are stored in a folder on your computer. You can copy them from one computer to another with ease.

To begin, install Tovi on your new computer. Start it up and log in. This will create the initial file structure for your projects. Close Tovi. Do not start any new projects because the work will be overwritten when you import the existing project files.

Windows:

  1. On your old computer, find a folder called AppData in a directory like this C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Tovi.
  2. The AppData folder is hidden by default. An easy way to find it is to press the Windows key () and type %AppData% into the search bar (the % signs around AppData instruct Windows to show hidden items). Press Enter to open the AppData folder. Click in to Roaming > Tovi.
  4. Inside this folder you will see a variety of files and folders.
  5. Copy this folder and all of its contents to an external storage device or a file server (somewhere accessible to the new computer).
  6. On your new computer, paste the files and folders into the same directory (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Tovi) where they were on the old computer.
  7. Launch Tovi. Once logged in, you should see all your previous work and analyses. You should be good to go from there.

macOS:

  1. On your old computer, find a folder called Application Support in a directory like this Macintosh HD\Users\<username>\Library\Application Support\Tovi.
  2. The Application Support folder is hidden by default. An easy way to find it is to click Go from the finder menu, and while the menu is visible, press the Option key to make the Library folder visible. Click the Library folder. This will open a Finder window, displaying the Library folder. Click in to Application Support\Tovi.
  4. Inside this folder you will see a variety of files and folders.
  5. Copy this folder and all of its contents to an external storage device or a file server (somewhere accessible to the new computer).
  6. On your new computer, paste the files and folders into the same directory (Macintosh HD\Users\<username>\Library\Application Support\Tovi) where they were on the old computer.
  7. Launch Tovi. Once logged in, you should see all your previous work and analyses. You should be good to go from there.

Not only can you copy files from one Windows PC to another or from one Macintosh to another, you can move them from Windows to macOS and vice versa.