- 158: Daily_Status, Site , Tue 31-Oct-2006 13:00:08 MST, Daily Status 10/31/06
10/31/06: A final quick summary:
On site: Steve Oncley, Kurt Knudson, Chris Golubieski. We expect AJ to arrive
today.
IOP#7 ended with a whimper. 3 of Dave's people spent the night in the crater,
but only got 9 soundings with one tethersonde (as opposed to over 100 with 3
sondes during earlier IOPs) because of high winds. Our tower data didn't see
drainage flows develop.
Dave has now declared the end of operations. He has spent the morning tearing
out many of his "Hobos" and the 3 who were in the crater have been packing up
their tent.
Thus, ISFF has started teardown. sw is completely down and packed now. We also
went into the crater this morning and helped Sebastian start to remove sensors
from the radiative flux divergence tower at floor. [While there, we also
installed TP01 cabling in "flr"'s logger to be able to get 2 days of Csoil
values.]
Our understanding is that Lou was going to start dismantling the ISS radiosonde
system after this morning's 9AM sounding was complete.
Minor problem:
For the second day in a row, "covar" crashed on wl causing missing values in last night's web plots. restarting the adam data collection worked to get the
values updated again. Local storage of raw data appears to have been continuous
(no data were lost).
- 153: Daily_Status, Site , Mon 30-Oct-2006 10:49:44 MST, Daily Status 10/30/06
10/30/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623), Chris Golubieski (303-250-7949), and
Kurt Knudson (303-579-1130). Steve Semmer (and Abby) are driving back today.
IOP#7 scheduled for tonight.
Weather: clear, moderate winds.
Problems:
RH at eu.5m appears to be not fixable.
RH at el.3m appears to be not fixable.
u* plots very intermittent
Todo:
A few more soil samples
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.6 - 12.5 V
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.1A]
peak Isolar ~ 13 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- will download today
- aster: /data 88% full [4G free]
- local Pocketec is 86% full [8G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 75% full [15G free] with all October data
GPS: good
Pressure: Good
Prop vane (rim & sw): normal
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: normal -- need calibrations.
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: flr has been bad the entire project!
kh2oV: great -- 0.5--3.8V [but see below!]
kh2o: the great kh2oV now exceed Vo in some cases, so getting negative humidity!
w'kh2o': ok -- low fluxes and obviously strange stuff during rain 2 days ago.
h2o/w'h2o': good
co2/w'co2': good [new daily plot]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good
dir.rim: good
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: kink in profile at 1.5m
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
# All wl statistics died at 1100, but restart with "aup" this am
T.wl:
RH.wl:
spd.wl:
dir.wl:
u*.wl:
w'tc'.wl:
T.flr: good [0.5m sht died yesterday]
RH.flr: good [sht values bad when T>0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: kink in profile at 1.5m
RH.el: 5m will be dead for rest of project since no spare
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: 3m went bad again 3 hours after we worked on it yesterday
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 151: Daily_Status, Site , Sun 29-Oct-2006 09:26:14 MST, Daily Status 10/29/06
10/29/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
IOP#6 tonight -- Oncley spent the night in the crater
Weather: Scattered cirrus, light winds.
Problems:
RH at eu.5m appears to be not fixable.
RH at el.3m appears to be not fixable.
u* plots very intermittent
power monitoring plot from wl down
Todo:
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.6 - 12.5 V
Iload ~ 2.0-2.5 A at crater sites other than eu [3.1A]
peak Isolar ~ 13 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- aster: /data 81% full [6.5G free]
- local Pocketec is 86% full [8G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 75% full [15G free] with all October data
GPS:
Pressure: Good
Prop vane (rim & sw): normal
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: normal -- need calibrations.
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: great -- 0.5--3.0V [but see below!]
kh2o: the great kh2oV now exceed Vo in some cases, so getting negative humidity!
w'kh2o': ok -- low fluxes and obviously strange stuff during rain 2 days ago.
h2o/w'h2o': good
co2/w'co2': good [new daily plot]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good
dir.rim: good
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: kink in profile at 1.5m
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.wl: good
RH.wl: kink in profile at 1.5 m
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: looks like a 1? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values bad when T>0]
spd.flr: jet last night at 1.5m at 0100
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: kink in profile at 1.5m
RH.el: 5m bad
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: 3m bad
spd.eu: nice drainage reverse profile
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 149: Daily_Status, Site All, Sat 28-Oct-2006 10:48:10 MST, Daily Status 10/28/06
10/28/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
IOP#6 tonight -- Oncley will spend the night in the crater!
Weather: Scattered cirrus, light winds.
Problems:
RH at eu.5m appears to be not fixable.
RH at el.3m appears to be not fixable.
u* plots very intermittent
Todo:
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.6 - 12.5 V
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.1A]
peak Isolar ~ 13 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- will download today
- aster: /data 78% full [7G free]
- local Pocketec is 86% full [8G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 75% full [15G free] with all October data
GPS: sw died about 1100 yesterday -- typed "return" at it and got it restarted this AM
Pressure: Good
Prop vane (rim & sw): normal
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: normal -- need calibrations.
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: great -- 0.5--3.2V [but see below!]
kh2o: the great kh2oV now exceed Vo in some cases, so getting negative humidity!
w'kh2o': ok -- low fluxes and obviously strange stuff during rain 2 days ago.
h2o/w'h2o': good
co2/w'co2': good [new daily plot]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good
dir.rim: good
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: kink in profile at 1.5m
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.wl: good
RH.wl: kink in profile at 1.5 m
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: looks like a 1? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values bad when T>0]
spd.flr: jet last night at 1.5m at 0100
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: kink in profile at 1.5m
RH.el: 5m will be dead for rest of project since no spare
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: 3m went bad again 3 hours after we worked on it yesterday
spd.eu: nice drainage reverse profile
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 145: Daily_Status, Site , Fri 27-Oct-2006 14:55:24 MST, Daily Status 10/27/06
10/27/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
A light day, with a visit to Walnut Canyon and the crater Museum.
Weather: Sunny and warmer and not a lot of wind, but forecasts of strong gusts
have deferred IOP6 to Saturday.
Problems:
RH at eu.5m appears to be not fixable.
RH at el.3m appears to be not fixable.
u* plots very intermittent
Todo:
Try theodolite shoot of rim prop and sonic boom angles.
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.6 - 12.5 V
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.1A]
peak Isolar ~ 13 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- downloaded yesterday
- aster: /data 78% full [7G free]
- local Pocketec is 86% full [8G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 75% full [15G free] with all October data
GPS: good
Pressure: Good
Prop vane (rim & sw): rim now using spare prop back at 10m, but still
occasionally has lower speed than sonic -- must be real.
Dir now okay (was off by 270-41deg for a day).
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: normal -- need calibrations.
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: great -- 0.5--3.2V [but see below!]
kh2o: the great kh2oV now exceed Vo in some cases, so getting negative humidity!
w'kh2o': ok -- low fluxes and obviously strange stuff during rain 2 days ago.
h2o/w'h2o': good
co2/w'co2': good [new daily plot]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good
dir.rim: good
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: kink in profile at 1.5m
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.wl: good
RH.wl: kink in profile at 1.5 m
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: looks like a 1? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values bad when T>0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: good
RH.el: 5m will be dead for rest of project since no spare
spd.el: kink in profile at 1.5m
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: 3m went bad again 3 hours after we worked on it yesterday
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 139: Daily_Status, Site , Thu 26-Oct-2006 15:18:24 MST, Daily status 10/26/06
10/26/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
Weather: Clear and cold this morning, but there was a downpour just after we left
yesterday.
Problems:
el logger (again) died yesterday in the afternoon (despite a battery change).
We have now connected it via cable (instead of radio) and it has stayed up.
RH at eu.5m seems to have been cured at least temporarily by reseating the probe.
RH at el.3m appears to be not fixable.
u* plots very intermittent
Todo:
Try theodolite shoot of rim prop and sonic boom angles.
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.6 - 12.5 V
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.1A]
peak Isolar ~ 13 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- today is download day
- aster: /data 78% full [7G free]
- local Pocketec is 81% full [12G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 69% full [18G free] with all October data
GPS: good, rim and eu died in downpour but came back.
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations. Nice dip in pressure
as a trough went through yesterday.
Prop vane (rim & sw): spare prop is now nearly the same level as sonic and reading about
the same. Will switch back today. [Why is dir WWW plot mostly empty?]
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good. WWW plots now working.
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: Need calibrations. No effect from rain yesterday or the day before!
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: again dropped during last night's rain, but all came up even better than
after yesterday's kleaning!
kh2o: see above
w'kh2o': ok
w'h2o': ok?
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good [prop installed near sonic height reads about the same]
dir.rim: good [will be bad since didn't set angle in new prop]
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m? (Only by ~1%)
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: looks like a 1? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values bad when T>0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: good
RH.el: 5m will be dead for rest of project since no spare
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: 3m better after we reseated probe today
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 137: Daily_Status, Site , Wed 25-Oct-2006 17:07:12 MST, Daily status 10/25/06
10/25/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
Weather: Scattered clouds, but breezy
Problems:
el logger dies in afternoon, battery change didn't fix it. We suspect a temperature
related problem.
RH bad at 1.5&3m at eu and 1.5&5m at el, seemingly no way to fix (no spares)
u* plots very intermittent
Actions:
Verified that el TRH profile order was not as expected -- configuration changed
Cleaned all but rim krypton (needed after rain)
Todo:
Try theodolite shoot of rim prop and sonic boom angles.
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.5 - 12.5 V, el now okay
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.3A]
peak Isolar ~ 12 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- local storage to be downloaded tomorrow
- aster: /data 69% full [10G free]
- local Pocketec is 70% full [18G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 69% full [18G free] with all October data
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): spare prop is now nearly the same level as sonic and reading about
the same. Will switch back tomorrow.
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good. WWW plots now working.
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: Need calibrations. Still no effect from yesterday's rain.
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: were quite low during and after rain, so we cleaned all but rim today. Now good
kh2o: see above
w'kh2o': ok
w'h2o': ok?
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good [prop installed near sonic height reads about the same]
dir.rim: good [will be bad since didn't set angle in new prop]
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m? (Only by ~1%)
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: looks like a 1? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values good since T>0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: channels were switched, now fixed. profiles better (but still some strange jogs)
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6 -- timing is related to rain
(corrosion seen on connector)
spd.el: 0.5m sonic didn't die today, we'll keep watching
dir.el: see spd.el
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: good
! 1.5 & 3m RH bad since 13:00, Oct 8 -- timing is related to rain
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 125: Daily_Status, Site , Tue 24-Oct-2006 17:51:42 MST, Daily Status 10/24/06
10/24/06
On site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
Weather: Overcast, scattered showers today
Problems:
east-lower logger drops out completely in the afternoon, but recovers.
RH bad at 1.5&3m at eu and 1.5&5m at el [bad cables?]
u* plots very intermittent
Actions:
Replaced el logger battery, couldn't replace radio since spare wasn't completely configured
Data downloaded today
Completed first round of soil moisture gravimetric & TRIME measurements (except TRIME@flr)
Todo:
Try theodolite shoot of rim prop and sonic boom angles.
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.5 - 12.5 V, el now okay
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.3A]
peak Isolar ~ 12 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- all sites were exchanged today
- aster: /data 69% full [10G free]
- local Pocketec is 70% full [18G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 63% full [21G free] with all October data
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): rim speed still slightly lower than sonic. Have installed spare at 3m
to check.
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: I think good, but apparently I've made a mistake in S+ code.
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: Need calibrations (negative at el and wl, but core samples weren't negative!)
Haven't seen today's rain yet.
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: died in rain :(. The few that have recovered are at lower voltages (0.1-0.2)
kh2o: see above
w'kh2o': strange spike at 0200-0300 Az this morning
w'h2o':
! values from Licor are not being covared [why not?]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good [prop installed near sonic height reads about the same]
dir.rim: good [will be bad since didn't set angle in new prop]
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: looks like a 0.5? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m? (Only by ~1%)
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: looks like a 1? degC bias in tc.0.5m
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values good since T>0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: profile not monotonic -- Steve thinks channels may be switched!!
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6 -- timing is related to rain
(corrosion seen on connector)
spd.el: 0.5m sonic dies, have restarted it manually twice today
dir.el: see spd.el
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: good
! 1.5 & 3m RH bad since 13:00, Oct 8 -- timing is related to rain
spd.eu: inverted profile last night! Does this happen often??
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 117: Daily_Status, Site , Mon 23-Oct-2006 15:57:28 MST, Daily status 10/23/06
10/23/06
IOP#5 now complete. Dave and the rest of the METCRAX team are very happy since everything worked and
the winds cooperated for the first time. Bad weather is forecast that will shut operations down
for the next 4 days (and a cirrus shield has developed during today).
Still on site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623) and Steve Semmer (303-579-7860).
Lou just replaced Jason at ISS.
Problems:
east-lower logger drops out completely in the afternoon, but recovers.
RH bad at 1.5&3m at eu and 1.5&5m at el [bad cables?]
u* plots very intermittent
el logger dies sometimes in midday
Actions;
We just replaced the rim prop head, which seemed to have rough bearings (with higher-than-normal
start-up speeds).
Needs:
Try theodolite shoot of rim prop and sonic boom angles.
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = minimums 11.5 - 12.5 V, east lowest
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.3A]
peak Isolar ~ 12 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- all sites exchanged yesterday
- aster: /data 59% full [14G free]
- local Pocketec is 70% full [18G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 63% full [21G free] with all October data
- isff9 disk is in Boulder with data through 10/15.
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good [just replaced head in rim]
Rnet: Good
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good [WWW plots soon should not have problem with flr data]
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Good [our config/code has been modified to show reasonable data]
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: Need calibrations (negative at el and wl, but core samples weren't negative!)
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: 0.4-0.8 V
kh2o: Good
w'kh2o': 3m.wu looks odd from 2 nights ago
w'h2o':
! values from Licor are not being covared [why not?]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good [often higher than prop, though only by a little now that head was replaced]
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: good [often higher than prop, though only by a little now that head was replaced]
dir.rim: good
tc.rim: good
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m? (Only by ~1%)
spd.wl: good [now good after swapping serial port yesterday]
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values go bad when T<0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: profile not monotonic -- radiation error problem?
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6 -- timing is related to rain
(corrosion seen on connector)
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: good
! 1.5 & 3m RH bad since 13:00, Oct 8 -- timing is related to rain
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 113: Daily_Status, Site , Sun 22-Oct-2006 09:57:43 MST, Daily Status 10/22/06
10/22/06
(I skipped yesterday's status, again as we were working in the crater.)
IOP#5 scheduled for tonight.
Now on site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623 [I got a new battery, so I'll keep this number]),
Steve Semmer (303-579-7860)
Problems:
RH bad at 1.5&3m at eu and 1.5&5m at el [bad cables?]
sonic at rim misbehaving; kh2o S/N 1394 in base
u* plots very intermittent
Rlw plot at flr uses Eppley code rather than Kipp&Zonen?? [will look at dat functions]
el logger dies sometimes in midday
Need to:
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric [Trime had to be charged]
Ask Sebastian about RFD values
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations; staying up
Vbatt.rad = 11.5 - 13.5 V, east lower lowest
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.3A]
peak Isolar ~ 12 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- all sites exchanged 2 days ago -- will do again today
- aster: /data only 50% full [16G free] after deleting data before 10/10.
- local Pocketec is 70% full [18G free] with all data
- another local Pocketec is 60% full [24G free] with all October data
- other Pocketec should have been brought to Boulder by Charlie with all data through 10/16?
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower:
! The logger values aren't what our config expects, but Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and wl
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: ~0.3-0.8 V
kh2o: Good
w'kh2o': 3m.wu looks odd from 2 nights ago
w'h2o':
! values from Licor are not being covared [why not?]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: looks okay, but don't trust since 1/2 of raw data are 8000 [will replace today]
dir.rim: see "spd.rim"
tc.rim" see "spd.rim" -- values are 20deg high
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m? (Only by ~1%)
spd.wl: good [now good after swapping serial port yesterday]
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: good
RH.flr: good [sht values go bad when T<0]
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: profile not monotonic -- radiation error problem?
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6 -- timing is related to rain
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: good
! 1.5 & 3m RH bad since 13:00, Oct 8 -- timing is related to rain
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 99: Daily_Status, Site , Thu 19-Oct-2006 16:20:32 MST, Daily status 10/19/06
10/19/06
IOP#3 last night, next (#4) scheduled for tomorrow night
We've said byebye to Tom.
Now on site: Steve Oncley (303-579-4623 [this could change]), Steve Semmer (303-579-7860)
Problems:
RH bad at 3&5m el and eu [bad cables?]
no sonic or kh2o at rim [being shipped now]; kh2o S/N 1394 in base
w'kh2o' in NetCDF files only for flr; no w'h2o' plotting
u* plots very intermittent
Bad TRH fan at 2m.flr?
Need to:
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
Power:
V batt = minimums 12.3-12.5 V at all battery-powered stations
Vbatt.rad = 11.5 - 13.5 V, east lower lowest
Iload ~ 2.1-2.6 A at crater sites other than eu [3.3A]
peak Isolar ~ 12 A at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
- all sites exchanged yesterday
- aster: /data is 94% full [2G free] with only October data after yesterday's downloads
[we will delete more old data when we get acknowlegement from Gordon that data came
back via Charlie]
- local Pocketec is 65% full [20G free] with all data
- other Pocketec should have been brought to Boulder by Charlie with all data through 10/16?
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower:
! The logger values aren't what our config expects, but Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and wl
Gsoil: good
Cvsoil: good
kh2oV: ~0.3-0.8 V [no krypton at sw--normal, or rim--waiting for sonic shipment]
kh2o: ~ 6-10 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o':
! values from non-flr sites are not being covared [why not?]
w'h2o':
! values from Licor are not being covared [why not?]
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m? (Only by ~1%)
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good [fixed dat.Vazimuth problem]
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: occasional local maximum at 2 m [bad fan?]
RH.flr: local minimun at 5 m
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good [fixed dat.Vazimuth problem]
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: local maximum at 3 m
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6; I don't trust 5m either
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: good
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8; I don't trust 5m either
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 95: Daily_Status, Site All, Wed 18-Oct-2006 09:51:05 MST, Daily status, 10/18/06
10/17/06
Stats_proc started on adams at 13:30 10/17/06
IOP tonight (Wednesday)
Problems:
RH bad at 3m el and eu
no sonic or kh2o at rim; kh2o S/N 1394 in base
w'kh2o' in NetCDF files only for flr; no w'h2o' plotting
u* plots very intermittent
Need to:
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at all stations
Vbatt.rad = 11.5 - 13.5 V, east lower lowest
Iload ~ 2.2-2.6 amps at crater sites other than eu
peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
aster: 99% of 34G drive (Data has been copied to pocketek on isff)
sw: 19% of 3.7G thumb drive
rim: 4% of 3.8G thumb drive
wu: 18% of 3.8G thumb drive
wl: 2% of 55G pocketek
flr: 19% of 3.7G thumb drive
el: 2% of 55G pocketek
eu: 19% of 3.7G thumb drive
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower:
! Still not plotting these correctly, but Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and wl
Gsoil: good
! Cvsoil not a happy camper when trying to plot on aster
kh2oV: ~0.3-0.5 V
! but no data from sw??
kh2o: ~ 6-10 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o':
! only seeing data from the floor station
w'h2o':
! Splus complains
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: strong direction shear below 5 m
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: occasional local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: local minimun at 5 m
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: strong direction shear below 5 m
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: local maximum at 3 m
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: good
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 94: Daily_Status, Site All, Tue 17-Oct-2006 15:15:02 MST, Daily status 10/17/06
10/17/06
Charlie left and Steve Semmer arrived yesterday.
stats_proc not running on adams since 08:25 10/16/06, so no data for QC
replaced inverter at repeater site
No IOP until Wednesday night.
Problems:
RH bad at 3m el and eu; but appears okay at eu for the moment
no sonic or kh2o at rim; kh2o S/N 1394 in base
w'kh2o' in NetCDF files only for flr
u* plots very intermittent
Need to:
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
data storage:
aster: 99% of 34G drive (Gordon to move data to pocketek on ISFF)
sw: 13% of 3.7G thumb drive
rim: 3% of 3.8G thumb drive
wu: 12% of 3.8G thumb drive
wl: 1% of 55G pocketek
flr: 8% of 3.7G thumb drive
el: 1% of 55G pocketek
eu: 8% of 3.7G thumb drive
- 87: Daily_Status, Site All, Mon 16-Oct-2006 14:05:53 MST, Daily status, 10/16/06
10/16/06
Yesterday, we restarted the etherant at eu, retrieved the high rate data,
and measured the sonic boom heights and azimuths (see logbook for data).
repeater appears to have stopped at 08:25(!) 10/16; restarted ~11:15.
No IOP until at least Wednesday night.
Charlie left this morning; Steve Semmer arriving this evening.
Problems:
RH bad at 3m el and eu; but appears okay at eu for the moment
no sonic or kh2o at rim
w'kh2o' in NetCDF files only for flr
u* plots very intermittent
Need to:
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
Archive sonic configurations
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at all stations
Vbatt.rad = 11.5 - 13.5 V, east lower lowest
Iload ~ 2.2-2.6 amps at crater sites other than eu
! peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except eu
data storage:
aster: 99% of 34G drive (Gordon to move data to pocketek on ISFF)
sw: 8% of 3.7G thumb drive
rim: 2% of 3.8G thumb drive
wu: 7% of 3.8G thumb drive
wl: 1% of 55G pocketek
flr: 8% of 3.7G thumb drive
el: 1% of 55G pocketek
eu: 8% of 3.7G thumb drive
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and wl
Gsoil: good
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup; apparently need s/n's for cal coefficients.
kh2oV: ~0.3-0.5 V
! but no data from sw??
kh2o: ~ 4-10 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o':
! only seeing data from the floor station
w'h2o':
! Splus complains
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: strong direction shear below 5 m
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: local minimun at 5 m
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: strong direction shear below 5 m
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: local maximum at 1.5 m
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: max at sfc
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8
but looks good after 23:30, Oct 15
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 76: Daily_Status, Site All, Sun 15-Oct-2006 10:27:07 MST, Daily status, 10/15/06
10/15/06
Problem summary:
Fuel leak from generator at base
eu stopped transmission at 19:45 10/13
repeater appears to have stopped at 08:25 10/15
RH bad at 3m el and eu
no sonic or kh2o at rim
w'kh2o' in NetCDF files only for flr
u* plots very intermittent
Need to:
Measure sonic angles
Measure sensor boom heights
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
Archive sonic configurations
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at crater and rim stations
Vbatt.rad = 13 V
Iload ~ 2.2-2.6 amps at crater sites other than eu
! peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except eu
USB data storage:
sw: 12% of 3.7G thumb drive
rim: 3% of 3.7G thumb drive
wu: 1% of 55G pocketek
wl: 1% of 55G pocketek
flr: 1% of 55G pocketek
el: 1% of 55G pocketek
eu: no data transmission
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and wl
Gsoil: good
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup; apparently need s/n's for cal coefficients.
kh2oV: ~0.2 V
kh2o: ~ 10-15 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o': only seeing data from the floor station
w'h2o': Splus complains
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: good
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: good
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
No eu data after 19:45, 10/13/06
T.eu: good
RH.eu: max at sfc
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 73: Daily_Status, Site All, Sat 14-Oct-2006 12:45:00 MST, Daily status, 10/14/06
10/14/06
Blustery wind and rain showers today. No IOPs planned until later in the week.
Visited rim and sw sites to get rad/soil sensor serial numbers
Problem summary:
eu stopped transmission at 19:45 10/13
RH bad at 3m el and eu
no sonic or kh2o at rim
no w'kh2o' in NetCDF files
u* plots very intermittent
Need to:
Measure sonic angles
Measure sensor boom heights
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
Archive sonic configurations
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at crater and rim stations
Vbatt.rad = 13 V
! Iload ~ 3.2 Amps at eu, 2.2-2.6 amps at other crater sites
! peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except eu
USB data storage:
sw: 12% of 3.7G thumb drive
rim: 3% of 3.7G thumb drive
wu: 1% of 55G pocketek
wl: 1% of 55G pocketek
flr: 1% of 55G pocketek
el: 1% of 55G pocketek
eu: no data transmission
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and ~0 at wl
Gsoil: good
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup; apparently need s/n's for cal coefficients.
kh2oV: 0.3-0.9 V
kh2o: ~ 6-9 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o': only seeing data from the floor station
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
u*.sw: good
w'tc'.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: good
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: good
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.el: good
No eu data after 19:45, 10/13/06
T.eu: good
RH.eu: max at sfc
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data, even in 30 min avg
w'tc'.eu: good
- 65: Daily_Status, Site All, Fri 13-Oct-2006 13:58:55 MST, Daily status, 10/13/06
10/13/06
Yesterday we fixed Tcase.in at east lower (loose wire in Campbell data logger)
and picked up the local data storage from all sites.
We also trouble-shot the erratic RH at 3m on east lower and concluded that
the problem is in the wiring of the 50Y to the logger. We also tried the same
procedure at east upper but the intermittent RH at 3 m was okay at that time.
Problem summary:
RH bad at 3m el and eu
no sonic or kh2o at rim
no w'kh2o' in NetCDF files
u* plots very intermittent
Need to:
Measure sonic angles
Measure sensor boom heights
Take soil moisture samples with Trime and gravimetric
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at crater and rim stations
Vbatt.rad = 13 V, except wu at 12 V
! Iload ~ 3.2 Amps at eu, 2.2-2.6 amps at other crater sites
! peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except eu
USB data storage:
sw: 6% of 3.7G thumb drive
rim: 2% of 3.7G thumb drive
wu: 1% of 55G pocketek
wl: 1% of 55G pocketek
flr: 1% of 55G pocketek
el: 1% of 55G pocketek
eu: 1% of 55G pocketek
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
Tsurf: Good
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
! Splus complains about missing Bpyrg and Swcor
Rlw.out: Good
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good
Qsoil:
! negative at el and ~0 at wl
Gsoil: good
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup; apparently need s/n's for cal coefficients.
kh2oV: 0.3-0.9 V
kh2o: ~ 6-9 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o': only seeing data from the floor station
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: good
dir.sw: good
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: good
RH.wu: good
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: good
u*.wl: lots of missing data
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: local minimum at 5 m
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
u*.flr: lots of missing data
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: good
RH.el: max at sfc
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu:
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data
w'tc'.eu: good
- 64: Daily_Status, Site All, Fri 13-Oct-2006 13:25:46 MST, Daily status, 10/12/06
10/12/06
Second IOP occurred last night.
Known problems:
Tcase.out bad at el
RH bad at 3m el and! eu
no or kh2o sonic at rim
Today, we will check out the Tcase problem as possible caused by a loose
terminal screw in the radiation/soil logger; try again to fix the
intermittent RH problem (if it cooperates by being bad when we are there);
and pick up the local data storage.
Gordon and I tried to fix the u* plotting problem by eliminating a mix of
sonic and geographic coordinates in the dat function.
- 63: Daily_Status, Site All, Fri 13-Oct-2006 13:22:02 MST, Daily status, 10/11/06
10/11/06
Charlie and I fixed TRH007 by resoldering the 50Y connection to the PC board. I reinstalled it at 1.5m on wu yesterday afternoon. On Monday, Charlie replaced the kh20
on the crater floor with the one from the rim.
Known problems:
Vbatt.2m.sw looks phony because there is a diesel generator there!
Tcase.out bad at el; no spare Rlw available (perhaps from rim?)
RH bad at 3m el and! eu
no sonic at rim
- 51: Daily_Status, Site All, Mon 09-Oct-2006 14:41:07 MST, Daily status, 10/9/06
10/9/06
Yesterday we installed the new PSU sonic (376?) at sw. There is no sonic
at the rim site and none in sight.
I also plugged in the Tsurf at sw which some dope forgot to do.
Charlie and Kate are installing the former rim kh2o (sn 1397)
on the crater floor, swapping usb local storage, retrieving serial numbers,
and attempting again to fix the 3m el RH. I will try to fix the TRH from
1.5m wu, which is at the base.
Problem summary:
Vbatt.2m.sw looks phony; perhaps not enabled on TRH
Tcase.out bad at el; no spare Rlw available (perhaps from rim?)
1.5m TRH retrieved from wu
RH bad at 3m el and! eu
no sonic at rim; installed sonic at sw today
kh2o bad at floor; being replaced today by rim sensor
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at crater and rim stations
sw looks strange because there is a generator there
* Vbatt.rad.sw is not needed since no battery there
! Iload ~ 3.2 Amps at eu, ~2.3 at other crater sites
! (note that Iload at wl increased by 2 amps after adding a fifth sonic)
! peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except NA at eu
USB data storage:
Currently being retrieved by sneaker net.
GPS: good
Pressure: Good; proper relative amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane (rim & sw): Good
Rnet: Good,
! but intermittent; local data storage cleans this up at all stations but sw
Tsurf: see Rnet
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
! Splus complains about missing Bpyrg and Swcor
Rlw.out:
! Tcase.out bad at el
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good, but see Rnet
Qsoil: good, but see Rnet
Gsoil: good, but see Rnet
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup; apparently need s/n's for cal coefficients.
kh2oV: 0.3-0.6 V
! floor kh2o being replaced today
kh2o: ~ 10 gm/m^3 last night
w'kh2o': no covariances
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: very intermittent from telemetered data
dir.sw: very intermittent from telemetered data
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: okay
RH.wu: okay
! removed TRH at 1.5m yesterday
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
u*.wu: lots of missing data
w'tc'.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl: good
dir.wl: strong direction shear below 5 m
u*.wl: lots of missing data
w'tc'.wl: good
T.flr: local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: local minimum at 5 m
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: strong direction shear below 5 m
u*.flr: lots of missing data
w'tc'.flr: good
T.el: good
RH.el:
! 3m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
u*.el: lots of missing data
w'tc'.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu:
! 3m RH also bad since 13:00, Oct 8
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
u*.eu: lots of missing data
w'tc'.eu: good
- 48: Daily_Status, Site All, Sun 08-Oct-2006 15:42:25 MST, Daily Status 10/7/06
We are now calculating 5-minute means of all variables on the stations and
transmitting them to our base station over the local network. This seems to
satisfy the constraints of the station cpu capability and the network
bandwidth, and will give us real-time quality control.
Yesterday we installed the rim sonic, sn 0673, at 0.5 m on wl. Unfortunately,
this seemed to push the processing at that site over the edge, since
the data_stats indicate lost samples. However, the data that did get archived
appear to be valid. Charlie is continuing to test.
We also removed the 1.5m TRH from west upper (T = -40 C)
for exploratory surgery at the base.
Today we installed a new sonic (sn 378 loaned from PSU) at southwest.
We also expect delivery next week of a recalibrated (NCAR) sonic from Campbell
to replace the sonic on the crater rim.
Problem summary:
Tsurf was not plugged in at sw; now plugged in
Tcase.out bad at el
1.5m TRH retrieved from wu
RH bad at 3m el
no sonic at rim; installed sonic at sw today
Power:
V batt = 13.5-14.0 V at crater stations
* Vbatt.rad.sw is not needed since no battery there
! Iload ~ 3.2 Amps at eu, ~2.3 at other crater sites
! (note that Iload at wl increased by 2 amps after adding a fifth sonic)
! peak Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except NA at eu
USB data storage:
sw: 21% of 4GB
rim: 2% of 4GB
wu: 1% of 55GB
wl: 1% of 55GB
flr: 1% of 55GB
el: 1% of 55GB
eu: 1% of 55GB
GPS: okay, no covars for rim; Charlie fixed xml file
Pressure: Good; proper amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane: Good
Rnet: Good,
! but intermittent; local data storage cleans this up at all stations but sw
Tsurf: see Rnet
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
! Splus complains about missing Bpyrg and Swcor
Rlw.out:
! Tcase.out bad at el
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good, but see Rnet
Qsoil: good, but see Rnet
Gsoil: good, but see Rnet
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup??
kh2oV: 0.3-0.6 V
! floor = 10^-5 V, except 0.05 V at 08:00 - 10:00
kh2o: ~ 10 gm/m^3 last night; floor at 14 gm/m^3 during above period
T.sw: good
RH.sw: good
spd.sw: no sonic
dir.sw: no sonic
T.rim: good
RH.rim: good
spd.rim: no sonic
dir.rim: no sonic
T.wu: okay
RH.wu: okay
! removed TRH at 1.5m yesterday
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
0.5 m sonic installed yesterday
spd.wl: 0.5 m sonic installed yesterday
dir.wl: strong direction shear below 5 m
T.flr: local maximum at 2 m
RH.flr: good
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: strong direction shear below 5 m
T.el: good
RH.el:
! 3 m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6;
Charlie tightened terminal screws in UofU logger, but did not help
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: Charlie tighted terminal screws in logger to fix 1.5m RH
spd.eu: good
dir.eu: good
- 36: Daily_Status, Site All, Sat 07-Oct-2006 11:09:40 MST, Daily status, 10/7/06
We are now calculating 5-minute means of all variables on the stations and
transmitting them to our base station over the local network. This seems to
satisfy the constraints of the station cpu capability and the network
bandwidth, and will give us real-time quality control. We will slowly attempt
to increase the on-station processing, e.g. to calculate momentum, virtual heat,
and moisture fluxes.
Yesterday we removed the 0.5 m sonic at west lower (bad) and the sonic at the
crater rim (to be installed at sw). We also installed a TRH that was
repaired at the base at 1.5 m at wl. Unfortunately, the TRH at 1.5 m at wu,
which we repaired on a previous site visit has returned to its state of
reporting a temperature of -40 C.
Today we plan to install a new sonic (loaned from PSU and expected by FedEX
this morning) at 0.5 m on wl and the former rim sonic at sw, prior to a
possible IOP tonight. We also expect delivery of a second recalibrated (NCAR)
sonic from Campbell next week to replace the sonic on the crater rim.
Problem summary:
Tsurf bad at sw
Tcase.out bad at el
1.5m TRH bad at wu
RH bad at 3m el and 1.5m eu
no sonics at 1.5m wl, rim, and sw (two to be installed today)
9/10/07, TWH: This should have been 0.5m wl, rim, sw
sonic temporarily bad at 1.5m eu; okay for the moment
Power:
V batt ~ 13.5 V at crater stations
* Vbatt.rad.sw is not needed since no battery there
! Iload ~ 3.2 Amps at eu, ~2.3 at other crater sites
! Isolar ~ 10 amps at crater stations, except NA at eu
GPS:
Charlie recycled power at wl; data_stats indicates still running
! Alt, Lat, Lon not covared
Pressure: Good; proper amplitudes for station elevations
Prop vane: Good
Rnet: Good
Tsurf:
! sw is less than 1 deg C
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rlw.in: Good
Rlw.out:
! Tcase.out bad at el
RFD tower: Sebastian seems happy
Tsoil: good, but very intermittent
Qsoil: good, but very intermittent
Gsoil: good, but very intermittent
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup??
T.wu:
! 1.5m bad again
RH.wu: okay
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
T.wl: good
RH.wl: local minimum at 1.5 m ?
spd.wl:
! 0.5 m sonic removed
dir.wl: strong direction shear below 5 m
! 0.5 m sonic removed
T.flr: good
RH.flr: local minimum at 5 m
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: strong direction shear below 5 m
T.el: good
RH.el:
! 3 m RH is ratty after 20:00, Oct 6
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu:
! 1.5 m RH is ratty after 04:00, Oct 7
spd.eu:
! 1.5 m sonic is bad, 05:00 - 11:00, Oct 5, but now appears okay
dir.eu: good
! 1.5 m sonic is bad, 05:00 - 11:00, Oct 5, but now appears okay
- 25: Daily_Status, Site All, Fri 06-Oct-2006 16:38:46 MST, Sensor QC inventory
Power:
V batt Looks good at all crater stations
* Vbatt.rad.sw is not needed since no battery there
! Iload = 3.4 Amps at eu, ~2.3 at other crater sites
! Isolar = NA at eu
GPS:
! Quit at wl at 20:30 local, 10/3/06
Pressure: Good
Prop vane: Good
Rnet: Good
* Plot all 7 horizontal Rnets and all 4 slope parallel
Tsurf:
! sw is less than 1 deg C
Rsw.in: Good
Rsw.out: Good
Rpile.in:
! floor is less than 1 W/m^2 on 10/3-4/06,
but started agree with others around 22:30 local 10/5/06
Rpile.out: good
Tcase.in: good
Tcase.out:
! el bad
* Plot RFD tower separately; need calibration coefficients
Tsoil: good
Qsoil: good
Gsoil: good
! Cvsoil: not found in lookup??
! T.wu: 1.5m bad again
RH.wu: okay
T.wl: 0.5 m installed today; no data yet
RH.wl: 0.5 m installed today; no data yet
T.flr: good
RH.flr: local minimum at 5 m
T.el: good
RH.el: good
T.eu: good
RH.eu: local minimum at 1.5m
spd.wu: good
dir.wu: good
! spd.wu: 0.5 m bad
! dir.wu: 0.5 m bad
spd.flr: good
dir.flr: good
spd.el: good
dir.el: good
spd.eu: good
spd.el: good
- 18: Daily_Status, Site All, Fri 06-Oct-2006 09:16:17 MST, Daily status 10/6/06
METCRAX daily status, 10/6/06
Yesterday, we enabled the radiation/soil logger on the rim, connected the
Everest Tsurface at sw, and fixed the TRH that we removed from wl on 10/4.
Charlie also enabled the computation of means at all stations late yesterday.
Unfortunately, the stations on the crater floor, rim, and west upper appear to
have crashed during the night.
The plans for today were to enter the crater to install the repaired TRH,
remove the 0.5 sonic, and replace the gps at west lower.
We would also retrieve the data and try to find the pieces to get the
fuel cell going.
Finally we plan to move the sonic from rim to the sw site.
Unfortunately it is raining...
We hope that CSI will ship a PSU sonic to us today, but we won't get it
until Monday.
wu: crashed last night
wl:
missing TRH @ 1.5 m, but repaired yesterday at the base
bad sonic @ 0.5 m
GPS inoperative
flr:
crashed last night
fuel cell needs to be enabled, although Vbatt seems okay
el: okay
eu:
Iload is ~3.3 amps compared to 2.2-2.4 amps for other crater stations
Isolar is missing at eu??
rim:
crashed last night
sw:
connected Tsurface yesterday, but data are bad
missing sonic; will install the sonic from rim
need to enter Rnet coefficients in logger
need to enter prop boom angle
logger data are generally intermittent
need to measure anemometer boom angles
need to inventory kh2o serial numbers
still have not looked in detail at all sensor outputs
- 10: Daily_Status, Site All, Thu 05-Oct-2006 10:49:31 MST, Daily status 10/5/06
wu: okay
wl:
missing TRH @ 1.5 m
bad sonic @ 0.5 m
GPS inoperative
flr:
fuel cell needs to be enabled, although Vbatt seems okay
el: okay
eu: okay
rim:
logger transmission needs to be enabled?
sw:
need Tsfc connector swap; should be coming today
missing sonic
need to enter Rnet coefficients in logger
need to enter prop boom angle
need to measure anemometer boom angles
still have not looked in detail at sensor outputs