- 206: LOG, Site , Thu 22-Jun-2000 16:32:01 MDT, boom angle summary
This compares the two sets of boom angles which were shot.
TOWER
23 Sep: semmer 21/23 Oct: semmer&delany/jirak diff (min)
ATIK (10m) 96 44' 35" 97 12 30 28
PROP (15m) 96 58' 10" 97 12 25 14
ATIK (20m) 96 44' 35" 95 48 50 56
PROP (25m) 96 44' 35" 96 21 15 23
CSAT (30m) 96 44' 35" 97 12 20 27
PROP (35m) 96 35' 10" 97 11 55 37
ATIK (40m) 96 44' 35" 96 24 10 20
PROP (45m) 96 44' 35" 96 25 30 19
CSAT (50m) 96 21' 55" 96 12 50 09
ATIK (55m) 96 04' 35" 95 54 20 10
CSAT (0.5m) 98 24 05
CSAT (2.5m)
CSAT (5m) 96 27' 20" 96 42 30 15
PAM STATIONS
20 Sep: militzer 26-28 Oct: jirak
stn1 sonic 93 31 20 93 45 43 14
stn1 prop 2 0 48 05 72
stn2 sonic 91 57 57 95 05 23 187!
stn2 prop 0 359 37 40 22
stn3 sonic 88 05 55 88 55 15 49
stn3 prop 358 358 46 35 47
stn4 sonic 90 01 10 89 18 37 43
stn4 prop 357 356 63 00 ??
stn5 sonic 93 03 57 92 32 20 32
stn5 prop 0 358 35 00 85
stn6 sonic 88 26 23 88 06 20 20
stn6 prop 357 356 54 06 6
- 190: LOG, Site base, Sat 30-Oct-1999 10:48:29 CDT, End of Operations
The end of operations came earlier than we had planned. A significant rain event caused the communications to go down. After talking to Bill Blumen, he said the official end of operations occured 10/30 at 8:00 a.m. We brought up the system in order to archive and shut down the proper way
- 92: LOG, Site tower, Wed 13-Oct-1999 11:50:43 CDT, tour up 55m tower
Several people were up the 55m tower this morning:
Jielun and Shawn were working on their thercouples,
Roddy and Steve climbed up to 25m for a tour,
Julie worked on hotwires,
Gordon & Tom were replacing fiber cable.
This all between 9-11AM CDT.
- 84: LOG, Site , Tue 12-Oct-1999 11:11:28 CDT, notes for Steve Semmer
In preparation for our shift change in a few days, this is a list of changes
from the set-up configuration:
- I've labeled 3 T/RH fans as dead, broken, and weak. We still have more spares
- Various people are using our tools. I've pretty much let them, and most
have come back.
- The Dutch have been charging their battery in the back of our trailer.
- Of course, the Dutch and Spanish people have towers, stakes, etc., which
should come back to us. The boom clamps used by the Spanish are ours.
Spare status (10/13):
- Our only sonic is acting weird. I intend to bring it back to ATI with me.
- We haven't tapped the T/RH spares yet, but I'm thinking about it for the
15m sensor.
- One prop is bad and is now (labeled) in the bottom of the prop packing box.
There is another spare in this box.
- We've just used our "spare" 300m fiber cable to replace the other one
which is now chewed in 3 places (but still has one good fiber).
- We have no spare EVE components.
- We had 2 spare Tsfc probes, but one is labeled "bad" now. The other is
being used by Jielun for manual Tsfc mapping. Grab it from her if needed.
- fester/lurch has been intermittent and probably is not available as a
spare adam. The chassis should work (and should be used to replace
ragwort's sometime). There are lots of spare ADAM boards, but I don't
think any work in combo with others -- check with Gordon.
- The Toshiba is the best laptop! The Compaq has been retired since it has
a bad serial port. Rocky is still available, but its battery only lasts
about 10min and the 12 VDC adaptor doesn't work. The Ambro is available,
but only Gordon knows how to get it to boot!
- 74: LOG, Site , Sun 10-Oct-1999 19:41:21 CDT, Nappo pp connected to stns 1&5
I've added connectors to the ends of cables provided by Dave Auble.
However, stn1 still doesn't have a config for this signal - I'll do
this tomorrow. (I had problems with rocky, including a blown fuse, tonight.)
Auble hasn't provided me with a cable out of stn4 yet.
- 67: LOG, Site tower, Sat 09-Oct-1999 22:32:57 CDT, 5m tower down times
5m tower down:
Oct 1 most of the day
Oct 3 tower down 9 to 1100.
Releveled tower and sensors at 1000
Oct 5 1630 - 1804 tower down. Replaced 5m cold film
Oct 5 1900 - 1920 grounded cf bridges to bridge power supply
- 63: LOG, Site , Sat 09-Oct-1999 12:41:31 CDT, maintainance tasks
Now that we are operational, here are some of the regular tasks that should
be done:
Daily:
- status message to gstoss@ucar.edu, cole, dcarlson (and others in Surf Grp)
- archive data (more on this in a later entry)
Weekly:
- clean kryptons with distilled water and Q-tips
- clean pyrgeometer domes? (including "boom"?), with breath and Kim-wipes
(I am a bit worried about the hauling line breaking)
- soil moisture checks at stns 1, 2, 3, & 5
- tower cable tension measurement - examine anchors
- 21: LOG, Site , Thu 23-Sep-1999 07:45:52 MDT, Boom Angles
Below is a table of each sensors' angle.
Angle is direction boom is pointing.
Angles were also shot on 10/23, 10/23
60 meter tower:
sensor angle
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ATIK (10m) 96 44' 35"
PROP (15m) 96 58' 10"
ATIK (20m) 96 44' 35"
PROP (25m) 96 44' 35"
CSAT (30m) 96 44' 35"
PROP (35m) 96 35' 10"
ATIK (40m) 96 44' 35"
PROP (45m) 96 44' 35"
CSAT (50m) 96 21' 55"
ATIK (55m) 96 04' 35"
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5 meter tower:
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CSAT (2.5m)
CSAT (5m) 96 27' 20"
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PAM STATIONS
station sensor angle
stn1 sonic 93 45 43 26 Oct Cathy
stn1 prop 0 48 05 26 Oct Cathy
stn2 sonic 95 05 23 28 Oct Cathy
stn2 prop 359 37 40 28 Oct Cathy
stn3 sonic 88 55 15 27 Oct Cathy
stn3 prop 358 46 35 27 Oct Cathy
stn4 sonic 89 18 37 27 Oct Cathy
stn4 prop 356 63 00 27 Oct Cathy
stn5 sonic 92 32 20 28 Oct Cathy
stn5 prop 358 35 00 28 Oct Cathy
stn6 sonic 88 06 20 26 Oct Cathy
stn6 prop 356 54 06 26 Oct Cathy
- 17: LOG, Site , Sun 19-Sep-1999 07:48:19 MDT, STATUS - Sept 19
The 5 lower booms now have sensors on, and data are
being collected. Hopefully today we will get another
3 or 4 up.
Daisy seems to be acting better since the sensors
have been added. It was rebooted yesterday and stayed
up all night.
Ragwort is still up adn down.
Four PAM stations are set up with sensors except for
Tsurface. The prop/vanes are giving bad data. This may be
due to incorrect configuration of output units.
UPDATE:
3 more sensors added at 35m, 40m, and 45m. All TRHs in
DC power cables at daisy and marigold replaced with
shorter cables. All breakout boxes and 4 channel cables
installed at ragwort.
NOTE: daisy serial data down. This may be due to the new
power cable.
- 15: LOG, Site , Sat 18-Sep-1999 09:45:58 MDT, STATUS - Sept 18
All the sensor booms have been mounted except for
the 35 meter prop. Its location has a conflict with
the set of crossed tower guy wires.
(1) 5 of the TRH sensors have been mounted, 55 meter remains.
(2) 10 meter sonic mounted.
(3) 15 meter prop mounted.
(4) the pyg radiation intercomparison has been setup.
(5) 4 pam stations are installed, having problems with sonics
(6) Ragwort is still not working correctly
(7) The 50 meter radiation mounting bracket was tested on the
5 meter boom track. Everything worked ok. We will try
mounting the sensor for testing on a nice day.
- 13: LOG, Site , Tue 14-Sep-1999 18:19:24 MDT, STATUS - Sept 14
(1) 4 booms installed
(2) cosmos on the air
(3) more PAM installation done
(4) started work on 5 meter boom
will install at ~ 50 meters
(5) ragwort still having problems
weather: windy and cloudy today
- 11: LOG, Site , Mon 13-Sep-1999 07:57:31 MDT, STATUS: Sept 12
(1) 3 ADAMS up the tower
(2) tryed to get ragwort at 45 meters running
some problem in communication
(3) toucan running
(4) more solar panels/batteries deployed at EVEs
(5) Tony located sites for rad stands
(6) Tony found turtle shell
weather: rain all morning, windy all day
clear in the afternoon
- 10: LOG, Site , Sun 12-Sep-1999 09:32:36 MDT, STATUS - Sept 11
(1) most of the equipment was moved out to the tower
(2) solar panels and batteries moved to PAM stations
(3) removed plywood structure around tower
(4) started installation of Toucan
(5) started installation of first ADAM on tower
- 9: LOG, Site , Sat 11-Sep-1999 07:58:22 MDT, STATUS - Sept 10
At the end of the day the following items were done:
(1) base station located and powered up
(2) equipment unloaded from base and transport vehicle
(3) computer systems setup and running
(4) fiber optic line run from base to tower
(5) started solar panel deployment to PAM stations
- 1: LOG, Site none, Fri 18-Jun-1999 13:42:13 MDT, Logbook created
initial log file /net/aster/projects/CASES99/logbook/tklog.log created by USER maclean