Nzi Trap Fabric Resources and Tools

This area of Nzitrap.com contains technical information of interest to entomological researchers familiar with publications on the Nzi trap. Minimal explanatory details are provided.  Information was assembled in 2007 and is mostly unpublished.

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Information Resources

File

Notes
Fabric Guide (WORD 2,871k)  - A summary of the spectra available with graphs, images and interpretation of the features of key fabrics of interest to entomologists.
Quality Assurance Guide (WORD 2,840k) - A practical guide to selecting and examining appropriate fabrics with guidance on simple options for QA/QC.

Note that this guide was prepared in 2007 and hence some information will be dated.
 
Digitized Data
(1,865k)

EXCEL - Raw Data and Original Graphs for Literature Spectra
[Database of research spectra is in the main file Spectra Reference]

Device Reference
(1,539k)
EXCEL - Raw Reference Spectra - Examples of raw data from the Li-Cor 1800 and Ocean Optics devices for reference whites and darks

Tools

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Notes
Colorimetry Calculator
(719k)
EXCEL - Spreadsheet for calculation of colour indices with key blue reference fabrics and paints provided for ease of comparison.
Colorimetry
Results

(137k)
EXCEL - Spreadsheet with selected colour indices assembled from the Colorimetry Calculator output. This information is duplicated in the ACCESS master reference Fabrics.
Ocean Optics
Template

(635k)
EXCEL - Spreadsheet template for examination of  raw data output from an Ocean Optics USB 2000 Fiber Optic Spectrophotometer.

Additional Data

File

Notes
Sigma-Plot
Archive

(2,972k)
EXCEL - Spreadsheet with raw spectral reflectance data from historical files that have not been incorporated into Spectra Reference,  but may be of interest.  Only brief notes on each spectrum.
Graph
Archive

(1,773k)
POWERPOINT - Graphs of reflectance data from a Sigma-Plot archive as examples of the type of additional data available.

Updated
12-Aug-2012