- 170: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Fri 10-Feb-2012 08:40:32 GMT, Profiler Orientation
Measured the profiler between x's and came out to 19". Seas are calm, not much rocking.
- 160: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Fri 03-Feb-2012 12:27:11 GMT, Profiler Orientation
Measuring the profiler on stabilized platform from 'x to x'.
20" was measured.
3.0m waves.
- 158: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Thu 02-Feb-2012 03:05:48 GMT, Profiler Orientation
Measurement of the profiler's orientation from 'x to x'.
20"
We are moving at 14 knots and normal seas (2.0m wave heights).
- 152: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Sun 29-Jan-2012 01:50:05 GMT, Profiler Orientation Check
So we are moving 8knts on a North-South line between 2N and 2S. Waters are kind of calm (1.5m) but they are choppy. Decided to check profiler to it's orientation and noticed that now it's on the "other side" of the marking with a distance of 'x' to be 15". Now it's closer than at the dock. This thing is all over the place.
Will keep checking during different ocean conditions.
- 73: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Tue 01-Nov-2011 13:35:44 GMT, weekly checks
95.75 cylinders of helium
468 balloons
1322.25 cable ties
410 sondes
- 64: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Tue 25-Oct-2011 09:02:42 GMT, weekly checks
balloon count 510
sonde count 451
lots-o-zip ties
helium 103 bottles (aprox. 515 launches)
GAUS antenna and GPS O.K.
water vapor GPS/WXT O.K.
radome visual check O.K.
SPN-1 looks O.K., dome needs to be cleaned at port (clean other radiometers on mast at same time)
webcam is secure and pointed up, cleaned window
stabilized platform looks O.K.,alignment marks O.K., normal moisture and corrosion
cables look O.K.
- 56: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Tue 18-Oct-2011 08:00:27 GMT, weekly checks
profiler/stabilized platform level and aligned
outside cables all look good
moisture/corrosion all normal
profiler radome looks O.K.
water vapor gps/wxt looks O.K.
gaus antenna and GPS looks O.K.
webcam - secure and pointed up and back
cleaned salt spray form window (minimal)
SPN-1 looks O.K.
radiosonde count 507
balloon count 568
helium count 113 bottles
ziptie count 1500 +- 200
checked and cleaned balloon bag
tools O.K.
stashed gear O.K.
- 47: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Tue 11-Oct-2011 07:26:13 GMT, weekly checks
profiler radome looks O.K.
Inspected inside of radome, antenna, cables and other hardware seem in good condition. No signs of water or corrosion at this time. No signs of wear on cables. Antenna stabilize platform keeping antenna steady and level, corners line up to marks on inside of radome.
water vapor GPS/WXT looks O.K.
Gaus ant and GPS look O.K.
Spn-1 looks O.K.
cleaned webcam window, it's secure and pointed up
radiosonde count 567
balloon count 632
zip ties one gazillion +- 20%
hellium 122 bottles (610 balloons @ 30 cuft/ balloon)
- 38: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Tue 04-Oct-2011 09:32:12 GMT, weekly checks
checked level of radar - lists slowly from side to side on both axis' (calmest seas yet of cruise)
lines up fairly well with marks on wall
everything looks dry, but there is of course corrosion.......
allcables look O.K.
visual check of radome looks O.K.
water vapor GPS/WXT looks O.K.
GAUS ant (krako) and GPS look O.K.
webcam was salt encrusted - cleaned, angle looks O.K.
SPN-1 looks secure
sonde count 658
balloon count 720 + partial box
helium 130 full + 1 partial bottle
Jen refuses to count partial bag of zip ties
plenty of hard hats and PFD's
polished wrenches and screw drivers
- 11: RADAR, Site ISS2-Revelle, Sun 04-Sep-2011 13:09:01 GMT, WInd Profiler settings
REVELLE WIND PROFILER SETTINGS
These are the settings I have left the wind profiler in at the Cocos.
The profiler is set with the Y26 side is pointed about 14 deg port of the bow
and inside the clutter screen, it is twisted a further 6 degrees to port
so that the y26 beam is actually pointed at 20 deg to port (ie, at 340 deg).
If the stabilized platform fails and the profiler has to be fixed to the frame
then the y26 beam will go back to 14 deg (ie 346 deg) so the parameter file
should be adjusted.
As of Sept 4 the settings are:
Parameter Set 1
IPP 50 PW 400 CODE 4 NHTS 68 DELAY 2700 SPACE 400 COHAVG 110 SPECAVG 32 NPTS 128
Scale 14.9m/s Dwell 29s Hgt 0.26 - 4.28 km IPP 7.11 km Pulse 60m
Parameter Set 3
IPP 86 PW 1700 CODE 2 NHTS 42 DELAY 5000 SPACE 1700 COHAVG 48 SPECAVG 44 NPTS 12
Scale 19.8m/s Dwell 29s Hgt 0.50 - 10.95 km IPP 12.23 km Pulse 255m
BEAM SEQUENCE
set 1: yV22, y+38, x-37, xV21 set 3: xV21 y+38 x-37
BEAM DIRECTIONS AZ & ZEN
yV22 160 0 22
xV21 250 0 21
y+38 160 21 38
y-26 340 21 26
x+25 250 21 25
x-37 70 21 37
PBX CLKPER 100nsec, PRETR 1000, POSTTR 1000, PREBLNK 1000, POSTBLNK 800, SYNCH 200
RXBW 400 DLY 1000 NSEC and 1700 1700