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Entry Date Title Site Author #Graphics
119 Wed 11-Jul-2001Heights of prop vanes and hygrothermometershorst
101 Thu 28-Sep-2000Correction to prop-vane anemometer azimuthshorst
68 Sat 16-Sep-2000Checked 1m wind directionhorst
64 Thu 14-Sep-2000reinstalled 1m propmartin
62 Wed 13-Sep-2000Swapped 1m and 4m propshorst
35 Wed 06-Sep-2000Prop.cor and flakey 4 meter propmaclean
27 Tue 05-Sep-2000Propvane azimuth angleshorst
21 Sat 02-Sep-2000Prop vane parameters; new alignmentmaclean


119: Prop vanes, Site , Wed 11-Jul-2001 10:39:34 MDT, Heights of prop vanes and hygrothermometers
The prop vanes and hygrothermometers were mounted at nominal heights
of 1, 2, 4, 7, and 10 m above the base of the towers.  

Since the prop vanes project above their booms, the booms were actually
mounted 50 cm lower than the desired heights.  The prop vanes project
18" + 0.5*(2.5") = 19.25" = 48.9 cm above the center of the booms.  Thus
the actual heights of the prop vanes above the base of the tower are
1.1 cm lower than the nominal heights.

Since the hygrothermometers hang below their booms, the booms were
mounted 50 cm higher than the desired heights.  The inlets to the
radiation shields are 16 5/8" + 0.5*2.5" = 17.875" = 45.4 cm below the
center of the booms.  Thus the actual heights of the hygrothermometer
inlets above the base of the tower are 4.6 cm higher than the nominal
heights.


101: Prop vanes, Site , Thu 28-Sep-2000 10:42:38 PDT, Correction to prop-vane anemometer azimuths
I used sun angle tables for Sept 4, 1999 for the prop-vane azimuth
measurements, rather than Sept 4, 2000.
Following are the corrections to be applied in post-processing:


Time	Height	Azimuth		Channel		Azimuth+180deg	Correction
(PDT)	(m)	(deg)		(daisy)		(deg)

09:35	10	130 55' 50"	204		310.9		+18'37"
09:55	7	129 57' 25"	205		310.0		+19'11"
10:15	4	132 30' 00"	206		312.5		+19'48"
10:30	2	131 48' 07"	207		311.8		+19'48"
10:45	1	132 45' 15"	208		312.8		+20'24"


68: Prop vanes, Site , Sat 16-Sep-2000 15:04:22 PDT, Checked 1m wind direction
Charlie and I checked the wind direction on the 1m prop vane
around 1450 PDT.  The data showed a 10 deg offset from the
other vanes.  However a recalibration using the jig to align
the vane with the boom showed no change.
64: Prop vanes, Site , Thu 14-Sep-2000 18:39:30 PDT, reinstalled 1m prop
Reinstalled the prop vane #1, which had been at 4m,
at 1m. the direction looked
okay in the lab, and so far the direction 
has been fine on the tower.

Checked parameters (twh):

sagebrush:$ASTER: rserial daisy 208
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0003    208   136  3279  250 00l\n\r
W:0003    168   110  3307  250 00w\n\r
\r
\n\r
W:0003    175   115  3327  250 00r\n\r
W:0003    223   146  3391  250 00s\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 486  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 312.8 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 041  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0003    258   169  2958  250 00^\n\r
W:0003    241   158  3089  250 00




62: Prop vanes, Site , Wed 13-Sep-2000 17:32:49 PDT, Swapped 1m and 4m props
Charlie and I removed the 4m prop and replaced it with the 1m prop
around 1500 PDT, September 13.
We entered the boom angle from the previous 4m prop, 312.5,
in the replacement prop.

sagebrush:$ASTER: rserial daisy 206
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0006     88    58   795  250 00P\n\r
W:0006     88    58   838  250 00R\n\r
\r
\n\r
W:0006     88    58   880  250 00U\n\r
W:0006     90    59   829  250 00X\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 255  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 312.5 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 323  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0006    100    66   928  250 00R\n\r
W:0006    105    69   914  250 00O\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)




35: Prop vanes, Site , Wed 06-Sep-2000 15:40:23 PDT, Prop.cor and flakey 4 meter prop
The prop vane azimuths have been entered in $ASTER/cal_files/prop.cor,
and the covars rerun to correct the data collected before the
azimuths were entered into the sensor.

The azimuth of the 4 meter prop (id=3) was measured as 312.5 deg.

On Sep 4 (logbook entry 21) we reset the zero of the 4 meter prop, and
the boom align value changed from 406 to 346 counts.  This is a difference of
60 counts, or 60 * 360deg/512cnt = 42.2 degrees.  So I entered
a value of 312.5 + 42.2 = 354.7 degrees into prop.cor for this prop.

This made the 4m prop agree with the others from Sep 2 14:00 GMT
to sep 5 16:30 GMT.

Prior to Sep 2 14:00 GMT however, the 4m prop direction was
61 degrees higher than the others, estimated from a time series plot..
It appears that the output of the prop suddenly jumped by 61 degrees
at that time.  To correct for this, the correction value in prop.cor
is 354.7 - 61.2 = 292.5 degrees from the beginning of the project
until Sep 2 14:00 GMT.
27: Prop vanes, Site , Tue 05-Sep-2000 10:41:18 PDT, Propvane azimuth angles
On September 4, I measured the azimuth angles of the prop-vane booms,
using a theodolite, properly oriented with known sun angles. 

Note: I used sun angles for year 1900 rather than year 2000.
The corrections are found in logbook entry 101.

The measured angles are:

Time	Height	Azimuth		Channel		Azimuth+180 deg
(PDT)	(m)	(deg)		(daisy)		(deg)

09:35	10	130 55' 50"	204		310.9
09:55	7	129 57' 25"	205		310.0
10:15	4	132 30' 00"	206		312.5
10:30	2	131 48' 07"	207		311.8
10:45	1	132 45' 15"	208		312.8

At 9:30 PDT, September 5, I entered the propvane boom angles 
as measured with the theodolile (~ 131 deg).

At 10:30 PDT, I changed the propvane boom angles to the measured values
plus 180 degrees (~ 311 deg).

Following are the serial sessions for changing channels 204-208.  
I lost the record of the session for changing channel 208.  
I have appended a query to channel 208.

sagebrush:$ASTER/projects/SGS00/ops1: rserial daisy 204
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0004    166   109  1803  250 00q\n\r
W:0004    164   108  1766  250 00l\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 502  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 130.9 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 316  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
d310.9\0x8\0x89\r
D310.9\0x8\0x89\r
\n\r
\n\r
Illegal value entered. Range 0--3600\n\r
d3109\r
D3109\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 502  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 310.9 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 060  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0004    282   185   232  250 00C\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:$ASTER/projects/SGS00/ops1: rserial daisy 205
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0002    327   215  1868  250 00k\n\r
W:0002    335   220  1853  250 00v\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 402  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 130.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 217  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
d3100\r
D3100\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 402  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 310.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 473  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0002    210   138    19  250 00]\n\r
W:0002    207   136  3576  250 00n\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:$ASTER/projects/SGS00/ops1: rserial daisy 206
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0003     32    21  1132  250 00f\n\r
W:0003     22    15  1077  250 00\\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 346  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 132.5 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 158  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
d3125\r
D3125\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 346  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 312.5 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 414  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0003    165   108   705  250 00D\n\r
W:0003    194   127   742  250 00@\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:$ASTER/projects/SGS00/ops1: rserial daisy 207
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0005    175   115  2570  250 00q\n\r
W:0005    179   117  2601  250 00p\n\r
W:0005    183   120  2580  250 00u\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 424  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 131.8 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 237  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
d3118\r
D3118\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 424  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 311.8 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 493  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0005    246   161   721  250 00E\n\r
W:0005    226   148   697  250 00v\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)


sagebrush:$ASTER/projects/SGS00/logbook: rserial daisy 208
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
recv socket open to chicory
W:0006    223   146    71  250 00X\n\r
W:0006    220   144    68  250 00W\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 255  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 312.8 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 322  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0006    201   132    11  250 00g\n\r
W:0006    237   155  3500  250 00s\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)













21: Prop vanes, Site , Sat 02-Sep-2000 12:12:48 PDT, Prop vane parameters; new alignment
Field notes about prop vane configuration
height	id	pitch of 
		installed prop
10m	4	305 (prop was calibrated on this sensor)
7m	2	305 (prop was calibrated on this sensor)
4m	3	306 (labeled as #005)
2m	5	306 (labeled as #001)
1m	6	306 (labeled as #003)


Ran rserial to display current prop vane parameters.
Then set the prop pitches for the 4m and 1m sensors to 306 per
the field notes.

Boom angles of prop vanes have not yet been determined.

*****************************************************
						orig	new
height	chan	id	boom	boom	true	prop	prop
			align	angle	north	pitch	pitch
10m	204	4	503	0.0	503	305
7m	205	2	402	0.0	402	305
4m	206	3	406	0.0	406	305     306
2m	207	5	420	0.0	420	306
1m	208	6	254	0.0	254	305     306
*****************************************************

Around 1730 PDT, Sept 3, we re-zeroed the vane angle using the jig to
align the vane with the boom.  After this operation, we had the following
parameters (twh) (note the big change on 4m):

*****************************************************
height  chan    id      boom    boom    true    prop    
			align   angle   north   pitch  
10m     204     4       502     0.0     502     305
7m      205     2       402     0.0     402     305
4m      206     3       346     0.0     346     306
2m      207     5       424     0.0     424     306
1m      208     6       255     0.0     255     306
*****************************************************


Actual rserial output (before and after pitch change) follows.

rserial daisy 204
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
connected to chicory
connected to chicory
W:0004    315   207  1103  250 00}\n\r
W:0004    280   184  1083  250 00q\n\r
W:0004    236   155  1059  250 00o\n\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 503  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 503  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r

clover:$ASTER: rserial daisy 205
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
connected to chicory
connected to chicory
W:0002     83    55   195  250 00b\n\r
W:0002     83    55   169  250 00a\n\r
W:0002     79    52   183  250 00c\n\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 402  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 402  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r

clover:$ASTER: rserial daisy 206
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0003    108    71   444  250 00X\n\r
W:0003    106    70   247  250 00Z\n\r
\n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 406  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 406  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r


clover:$ASTER: rserial daisy 207
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0005     71    47   647  250 00_\n\r
W:0005     62    41   647  250 00e\n\r
q\n\r
\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 420  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 420  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r


clover:$ASTER: rserial daisy 208
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0006    134    88   162  250 00Q\n\r
W:0006    129    85   155  250 00N\n\r
X\r
\n\r
Your choice of 32767 gives a data rate\n\r
slower or equal to 0.1Hz. \n\r
q\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 254  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 254  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r

*****************************************
After new alignment:
*****************************************

sagebrush:/data/clover: rserial daisy 204
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0004    254   167   757  250 00x\n\r
W:0004    259   170   808  250 00|\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 502  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 502  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0004    271   178   676  250 00w\n\r
W:0004    289   190   728  250 00v\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:/data/clover: rserial daisy 205
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0002    254   167   610  250 00F\n\r
W:0002    257   169   673  250 00x\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 402  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 402  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 305  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0002    244   160   680  250 00G\n\r
W:0002    251   165   669  250 00}\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:/data/clover:      rserial daisy 206
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0003    192   126   765  250 00~\n\r
W:0003    212   139   770  250 00E\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 346  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 346  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0003    243   159   717  250 00~\n\r
W:0003    238   156   743  250 00~\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:/data/clover: rserial daisy 207
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0005    194   127   529  250 00{\n\r
W:0005    206   135   571  250 00E\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 424  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 424  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0005    257   168   559  250 00s\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)

sagebrush:/data/clover:      rserial daisy 208
*** use ^d or ^c to terminate rserial
send socket open to chicory
receive socket open to chicory
W:0006    157   103   631  250 00G\n\r
W:0006    157   103   688  250 00{\n\r
Q\r
\n\r
Parameters \n\r
     Sample rate = 250 Hz\n\r
     Xmit rate   = 0250 samples\n\r
     Boom align  = 255  counts\n\r
     Boom angle  = 0.0 degrees\n\r
     True North  = 255  counts\n\r
     Prop Pitch  = 306  mm/rev\n\r
\n\r
\r
\r
\n\r
W:0006    154   101   581  250 00H\n\r
W:0006    139    91   533  250 00P\n\r
received interrupt signal (#2)
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