CuPIDO: Site 2 Messages, 23 Entries..

TRIME measurements: 14:05
12.6%, TDR=44
12.6%, TDR=44
12.7%, TDR=45


Soil sample: core sample was sealed and brought back to base, no tupperware
used.***Rocks in depth 3-6 cm***
 
0-3 cm net wet weight in Al foil tray =              107.6 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              102.4 g

3-6 cm net wet weight in A2 foil tray =              104.0 g
       net dry weight in A2 foil tray =              92.9 g

6-8 cm net wet weight in A3 foil tray =              35.1 g
       net dry weight in A3 foil tray =              30.2 g

False rain tips from 13:55-13:59 because gauge got clogged.

TRIME measurements taken at 13:50:
1. 12.6%, 44
2. 12.6%, 44
3. 12.7%, 45

Gravimetric samples taken ~13:35

Cleaned radiometers at 13:50 MST.

Cleaned kh20 at 13:15, mast lowered from 13:09-13:28, voltage went from .14 to 
.22.

A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 13:09 and left 14:05

Activities:
- Mast was lowered from 13:09-13:28
- Cleaned kh20 at ~13:15, voltage went from .14 to .22
- cleaned radiometers at 13:50
- TRIME measurements taken
- All false tips from ~13:55-13:59

1335 MST, 8/9

Trime:
moisure  26.7, 26.8, 29.9

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn2" was used for 6-8cm.


0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 124.2 g - 46.1 g = 78.1 g <- use to process
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  77.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              69.6 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 142.0 g - 46.0 g = 96.0 g <-
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  95.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              83.1 g

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 127.7 g - 43.0 g = 84.7 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  84.4 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              71.5 g

Arrived Aug 9, 13:15,  Oncley, Maclean

This station has not been reporting since last night.

System OK, sensors OK, archive disk OK and complete
but statsproc processing not running.

ck_goes could not talk to goes transmitter - timeouts on wakeup.

Swapped in SE 1200 (didn't get serial number. This unit had
been at site 1 earlier in the project).

Installed new software. Swapped USB disk.

13:35 Gravimetric soil samples taken.

13:46 Trime:

vol: 26.7%  26.8% 29.9%
TDR   39    39     40

13:50 cleaned radiometers, all OK.


13:58 mast down to clean krypton

krypton voltage increased from 0.1V to 0.25 V on cleaning.

14:08 mast up.

Left 14:17

Tonight was a huge storm over Tucson, with continual lightning from about 
8:00-10:30.  Apparently, another is on the north side of Mt Lemmon, since
site 2 reported 15mm of rain and site 1 19mm of rain before each died.

Site 2 died about 8:30 and site 1 died about 9:00.  Clearly, we are going to
have some serious station visits tomorrow. :(

17:25 MST, 7/28

Trime:
moisure  24.5  24.4  24.3 24.1
TDR      24.0  24.0  24.0 24.0

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and tub labeled "stn1 0-3" was used for 6-9cm.

A walnut sized rock was between 3-6 and 6-9 levels,
so these levels can be used for moisture measurement only.

Tom sat on a prickly pear - yeaoowwww!

0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 138.4 g - 46.1 g = 92.3 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  92.3 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              72.3 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 130.9 g - 46.0 g = 84.9 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  84.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              70.5 g

6-9 cm net weight in tupperware = 111.5 g - 43.0 g = 68.5 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  68.4 g
       spilled!

Arrived 17:25.

Primary purpose: to do a soil sample.

Also installed new nidas software, and swapped usb disk.

Cleaned radiometer domes.

Left 17:50

15:40 MST, station 2

Trime:  
moisture  TDR
15.0 Vol%   47.0
14.9        47.0
14.8        46


Soil
Some (e.g. large rock) of these samples were lost, so they should not be used 
for bulk density, only for gravimetric moisture.

Tub #1  0-3cm		133.4 gm - 46.4 gm = 87.0 gm
in foil tray		 95.1 gm -  8.0 gm = 87.1 gm
dry soil				   = 84.9 gm

Tub #1  3-6cm		135.8 gm - 46.4 gm = 89.4 gm
in foil tray (tared)	                     89.1 gm
dry soil				   = 79.9 gm

Stn2, tub B, 6-9cm	 85.8 gm - 43.0 gm = 42.8 gm
in foil tray (tared)	                     42.5 gm
dry soil				   = 37.9 gm


Left:  15:55 MST

15Jul06 11:25 - 12:20

Purpose: Station appeared down beginning last night a 9pm after our visit
there.

Data System:
	The data files were on the usbdisk but we need to look at them a bit.
	GOES and it's stats_proc were down.
	Saw many errors in the messages/adam logs including goes length mis-
	match, wrong sequence number, stats_proc late messages and many
	gps errors of the type "clk_fault".  The statsproc for goes had died.
	See logs in: /data/projects/CuPIDO/logs/st2_071506_[adam,sys].log
	Looked at gps with minicom and daq off....seemed rather unusual with
	a lot of 2-5 char appearing short messages and then some normal ones.
	Checked software install and it appears OK in comparison with the
	source usbdisk; ie the upload last night seemed good.
	Just for giggles did a full box power cycle.
	Upon rebooting everything came back, goes looked good, etc.
	Note that in the ~5 hours since then even the periodic outages we
	had been noticing in the goes data (late messages in statsproc)
	have gone away for now.

Soil Sample Collected in tupperware for Dr.Oncley's enjoyment back in Boulder.

Moved Electric Fencer.
	Based on a hunch, moved fencer away from the solar/goes stand so that
	the ground rod is not dual-use with the goes surge arrester....perhaps
	that wide-band noise from the pulsing was clobbering the goes-sio.
	Better config. now, but must check this later since the new ground
	was just twisted tightly around one of the rebar fence posts and that
	could oxidize and mess up the fencers ground

14Jul06 14:00 - 17:30

Purpose: Intermittent outages last night / routine maintenance

BD was 044, now set 041 per slight adjustment in tower alignment

14Jul06 14:00 - 17:30

Purpose: Intermittent outages last night / routine maintenance

CSAT pointing towards 130 degrees now after slight shift in tower alignment

14Jul06 14:00 - 17:30

Purpose: Intermittent outages last night / routine maintenance

14:40 krypton cleaned, kh2o #1385 (must be 1395 and i couldn't read it correctly)
values went from .35 to .6vdc

14Jul06 14:00 - 17:30

Purpose: Intermittent outages last night / routine maintenance

15:05 Radiometers Cleaned.

~15:45 Tsfc re-aimed to be away from the large mesquite bush to a more representative spot on the ground.

14Jul06 14:00 - 17:30

Purpose: Intermittent outages last night / routine maintenance

DAQ was running.  USB was at 40% full since 3jul.

Installed new software,
Memory Error: Eep Block 0x002a0000 taken from free block had.. 0x0000064!!"
similar to what was seen at station 6 yesterday.  otherwise ok
Uploaded data

NOTE: Tower lowered 14:40 - 15:46 on 2 occassions
during cleaning and repositioning of the tsfc.

Other
Installed electric fence.....horses observed hanging around today.

Installed pvc cable feedthrough (vents) for goes box and raised it.
Antenna alignment very good.   SE110 1007

Trime measurements were highly variable (the following are means of multiple
samples at 6 individual locations near the current sensors:
Site 1: 16.2%
Site 2:  7.0
Site 3: 14.0
Site 4: 9.2
Site 5: 9.3
Site 6: 14.1 

Gravimetric sample (this sample was relatively easy).

Gravimetric results (g):
Layer    Sample   Weight
        cntnr wt   in cntnr
 0-3cm   25.2       92.9 (not a good sample due to rocks that fell out)
 3-6cm   41.5      148.7 
 6-7.8cm 5.3        69.9 (bag) (Estimate of lost volume 2 mm)

To the oven
All tin weights were 1.5g and are included in the weights
0-3cm by tin (D1-D3)
      Before  After
      Cookng  Cooking  Difference
   D1  20.5  19.7  -0.8
   D2  20.6  19.7  -0.9
   D3  24.5  23.5  -1.0

3-6cm by tin (E1-E3)
   E1  30.7  26.3 -4.4
   E2  42.0  35.7 -6.3
   E3  31.0  27.0 -4.0

6-7.8cm by tin (B1 and B2)
   B1  25.2  21.8 -3.4
   B2  30.6  25.9 -4.7

At 1445LT we noted the following serial numbers:
TP01 200242
Pyr.in 970378
Pyr.out 940187
HFT H993562
Tsoil STP97003
Pyg.out EP31978
Pyg.in EPP31976
NetRad Q99258

The GOES Xmitter was elevated off the bottom of the cooler, and holes were drilled in the cooler.

The latest software was installed and the USB stick (data download) was exchanged. The data was copied to Aster this evening.

Weepholes were drilled in the lower plate of the electronics box as well.

RMY at 046 (the value of 044 in the system was left unchanged)
CSAT at 133