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- 75: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 24-Mar-2002 16:23:23 GMT, Sounding Launch#36 032402 1715z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020324
launch time UTC: 1715
Sonde coef tape #:110207610
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Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : 2.1
RH % : 93
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 862
Temp C : 2.1
RH% : 92
Wind Spd m/s : 2.9
Wind Dir deg : 24
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overcast light drizzle
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: clouds starting to brake up.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 863
Temp C : 4
RH % : 79
Wspd m/s 2:
Wdir deg : 3
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7 stas at launch back at 750 intermittently. There is no difference between the project sondes and those sent out by Ned re the gps lock up.
Weather drying out warming up and more blue sky
- 74: DAILY, Site trademark, Sun 24-Mar-2002 14:31:42 GMT, Daily Log 032402
Trademark:
All platforms up
Overcast with light mix of rain and snow.
Soundings being made.
Clouds starting to break up getting warmer and appearing to dry out a bit 18z
- 73: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 24-Mar-2002 14:13:36 GMT, Sounding Launch #35 032402 1430
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020324
launch time UTC: 1430
Sonde coef tape #:152164709
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Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : 1.7
RH % : 96
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : 1.5
RH% : 92
Wind Spd m/s : 1.2
Wind Dir deg : 348
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overcast light rain
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: light mixed rain snow
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : 1.3
RH % : 95
Wspd m/s :2.1
Wdir deg : 41
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6 sats at launch 5 back at 857 but then bouncing in and out until approx 770mb.
- 72: DAILY, Site trademark, Sat 23-Mar-2002 22:50:24 GMT, Daily log 032302
All platforms up
IOP day 5 -7 launches
Clouds breaking up through the day ,getting warmer , rh dropping
a couple of showers during the night none of the forecasted rain during the day.Light winds with short periods of stronger gusts.
Running prof in rain mode will most likely change back tomorrow morning at both sites.
- 71: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 23-Mar-2002 22:36:38 GMT, Sounding Launch#34 022302 2315z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020323
launch time UTC: 2315
Sonde coef tape #:110207609
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Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 8.6
RH % : 37
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 8.9
RH% : 39
Wind Spd m/s :5
Wind Dir deg : 287
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination :
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For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 8.7
RH % :37
Wspd m/s :5.6
Wdir deg : 219
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Sonde from boulder
Launch button pushed after release
- 70: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 23-Mar-2002 21:01:35 GMT, Sounding Launch#33 032302 2118z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020323
launch time UTC: 21
Sonde coef tape #:152164708
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Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 8.7
RH % : 42
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 7.5
RH% : 46
Wind Spd m/s : .3
Wind Dir deg : 286
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broken cloudly
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km : 16
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Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 9
RH % : 39
Wspd m/s : 6.3
Wdir deg : 225
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project sonde
7 sats before launch
some back at about 790 but not solid until 670. A lot of time with just 3 sats
so far nothing is consitent enough to make a call on. . Even the sondes sent out do lose all lock at release.Once they have been up they seem to aquire the same number of sats.
- 69: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 23-Mar-2002 19:20:34 GMT, Sounding Launch #32 032302 2015
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Site Name: tragemark
date yymmdd: 020323
launch time UTC: 2015
Sonde coef tape #:110207608
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 10
RH % : 39
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 7.9
RH% : 45
Wind Spd m/s :3.8
Wind Dir deg : 334
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overcast
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Termination Pressure mb : 150
Termination Altitude km : 13
Reason for Termination : to make next sounding
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 7.1
RH % : 50
Wspd m/s 1.7:
Wdir deg : 322
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One of the sondes Ned sent
6 - 7 before launch in and out at 838mb in solid 810 mb.
- 68: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 23-Mar-2002 16:18:00 GMT, Sounding Launch#31 032302 1650z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020323
launch time UTC: 1650
Sonde coef tape #:152164710
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Pressure mb : 857
Temp C : 7.5
RH % : 54.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 5.1
RH% :66
Wind Spd m/s :1.9
Wind Dir deg : 39
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broken low level cloud
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Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 6.1
RH % : 59
Wspd m/s .3:
Wdir deg : .1
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This sounding made with one of the original sondes for the project 4-5 sats before launch. Lost them at launch back around 800mb in and out for a short period then in solid. good flight.
- 67: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 23-Mar-2002 16:17:50 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template
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- 66: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 23-Mar-2002 03:38:44 GMT, Sounding Launch #30 032302 04z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020323
launch time UTC: 4z
Sonde coef tape #:110207611
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Pressure mb : 857
Temp C : 8.6
RH % : 45
For Surface Data
Pressure mb :858
Temp C : 8.3
RH% : 44
Wind Spd m/s : 5.8
Wind Dir deg : 218
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dark and windy
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Termination Pressure mb : 100mb
Termination Altitude km : 16
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Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : 7,8
RH % : 55
Wspd m/s :5.7
Wdir deg : 187
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This launch was one of the sondes Ned sent. Note: Rack was recabled to read paper tape.
At loaunch 2.2ms winds was able to use trailer as wind block so a smooth launch
6 sats before launch lost at launch. Back at about 856 but until approx 700mb in and out no solid lock.
- 65: DAILY, Site trademark, Fri 22-Mar-2002 20:16:00 GMT, daily log 032202
Trademark:
Changed from rno_i to rno_r2 at approx 19:10z
Windy 11ms gusts warm 16c dry 13%rh pressure dropping
Broken cloud cover slowly thickening
Note recabled glass rack so I can use some of the sondes Ned sent.
Washoe:
Partly cloudy winds picking up pressure dropping
Changed to rain par file at approx 1810z
- 64: DAILY, Site trademark, Thu 21-Mar-2002 18:30:19 GMT, daily log 032002
Washoe
generator serviced Ups's acted fine carried load.
No rass at 1800z con.
All platforms working
Trademark:
All platforms working
Weather at both sites pretty much the same: high cloud light winds and warm.
Did not change to rain mode par file no precip.
- 63: DAILY, Site trademark, Tue 19-Mar-2002 20:20:45 GMT, Daily Log 031902
Trademark
Noon local weather: clear and sunny
870mb 13c 20%rh .8ms 349drgrees
All platforms working
Washoe
Noon local weather
little high thin cloud sunny
10c 33%rh 1.5ms 148 degrees
Aspirator fan replaced at 19:30z
- 62: DAILY, Site trademark, Tue 19-Mar-2002 17:06:20 GMT, Daily Log 031802
Weather at both sites clear and sunny very light winds
Trademark: Changed to inversion mode par file [ rno_i ] at approx 17:10z
Washoe: Changed to inversion par file [ rno_c } at approx 19:10z
asprator fan still down rep[lacement should arrive tomorrow
- 61: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Mon 18-Mar-2002 16:35:02 GMT, Sounding Launch#29 031802 1700z
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Site Name:trademark
date yymmdd: 020318
launch time UTC: 1700
Sonde coef tape #:152165003
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 868
Temp C : -2.5
RH % : 48
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 869
Temp C : -3
RH% : 49
Wind Spd m/s :.37
Wind Dir deg : 169
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clear and sunny
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km :
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Pressure mb : 869
Temp C : -2.4
RH % : 42
Wspd m/s 1.3:
Wdir deg : 179
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Todays launch was into clear sunny skies with only 2 msd winds and a very smooth release and yet all gps was lost on the sonde until 650mb.Above 600 7 sats locked up
- 60: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Mon 18-Mar-2002 04:29:47 GMT, Sounding Launch #28 031802 5:00z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020318
launch time UTC: 500
Sonde coef tape #:152164912
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 862
Temp C : -2.3
RH % : 73
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 862
Temp C : -2.2
RH% : 69
Wind Spd m/s :4.4
Wind Dir deg : 3.6
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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light snow flurries
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 100mb
Termination Altitude km : 16k
Reason for Termination :
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Pressure mb : 863
Temp C : -2.3
RH % : 76
Wspd m/s 3.2:
Wdir deg : 357
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See notes in todays Daily log.
- 59: DAILY, Site trademark, Mon 18-Mar-2002 04:23:08 GMT, Daily Log 031702
Some light snow flurries no reall acumalation
Broken cloud cover most of the day
All platforms at both sites working
Aspirator fan at Washoe still out
As always winds higher at Washoe then at trademark
At Trademark watched the 18z data transmission appeared to work , Will check with Gary. Washoe appeared to have gotten a little more snow yesterday then trademark did.
Soundings : Both soundings today had very poor recovery of gps sats. Both launches were smooth releases in under 5ms winds with at least 6 sats before launch. The only thing different that I could see was the various pockets of snow flurries in the area This is the worst I've seen during this project. All sondes have been from the same shipment.Neither sonde had solid lock below 600mb. Some outside interfrence has got to be effecting the gps here this system was used in Improve with no problems and I can't believe everything was affected in transit .
- 58: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 17-Mar-2002 16:22:44 GMT, Sounding Launch #27 031702 1715z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020317
launch time UTC: 1715
Sonde coef tape #:152164915
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 859
Temp C : 0
RH % : 51
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 859
Temp C : -.16
RH% : 45
Wind Spd m/s :5
Wind Dir deg : 40
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Termination Pressure mb : 147
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : balloon burst
Post-Termination Weather Description: no real change from before launch
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 859
Temp C : .5
RH % : 36
Wspd m/s 3.3:
Wdir deg : 273
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Good gps on sonde prior to launch. Lost at launch not in solidly again til approx 600 mb. Relatively smooth launch surface wind 5 to 6 ms. This is the longest recovery time I have seen during project. Once above 600 pretty much a solid 6-8 sats.Ballon burst at 147mb
- 57: DAILY, Site trademark, Sun 17-Mar-2002 04:15:42 GMT, Daily Log 031602
Early morning broken cloud cover building in the late morning with snow flurries between approx 18 and 19 z at both sites. Became windy in the early afternoon with both winds and clouds breaking up in the late afternoon.
All platforms at both sites working
RH/T aspirator at washoe down
ldi stopped at trademark still collecting moments data.
Two sounding were done 12 hours apart first at 1715z 031602 and the second at 5:15z 031702
- 56: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 17-Mar-2002 04:14:55 GMT, Sounding Launch#26 0317 0515z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020317
launch time UTC: 0515
Sonde coef tape #:152164814
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 860
Temp C : -1.4
RH % : 55.10
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : -.66
RH% : 58.6
Wind Spd m/s :1.4
Wind Dir deg : 124
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dark
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 284
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : lost signal
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : -2.9
RH % : 64
Wspd m/s :1.1
Wdir deg : 67
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lost gps at 325mb lost ptu shortly after this .just after launch saw battery come out of package. It stayed connected but being out of the package may have started to freeze and lose power once it got to higher altitude.
- 55: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 16-Mar-2002 18:17:08 GMT, Sounding Launch #25 031602 1715z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 0203126
launch time UTC: 1715
Sonde coef tape #:152164815
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Pressure mb : 859
Temp C : -1
RH % : 44
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 859
Temp C : -.9
RH% : 58
Wind Spd m/s :2.4
Wind Dir deg : 60
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broken cloud
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Termination Pressure mb :100
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination :
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Pressure mb : 859
Temp C : .8
RH % : 59
Wspd m/s :2
Wdir deg : 73
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good flight
- 54: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 16-Mar-2002 02:40:09 GMT, Sounding Launch #24 031602 0315z
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Site Name: trademark
date yymmdd: 020316
launch time UTC: 3:15
Sonde coef tape #:152164810
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Pressure mb : 857
Temp C : -1.3
RH % : 80
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : -.9
RH% : 82
Wind Spd m/s :1.4
Wind Dir deg : 46
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Dark
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: dark
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858
Temp C : -1.4
RH % : 81
Wspd m/s :3.9
Wdir deg : 25
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Good launch winds in and out early but locked in quickly. winds calm
- 53: DAILY, Site trademark, Sat 16-Mar-2002 02:28:28 GMT, Daily Log 031502
All platforms working.
This morning fine , clouds increasing this afternoon snow flurries arond 4 to 5 pm local time
Washoe
Changed par file from inversion mode to rain mode at 031602 01:10z.
Asperator fan on rh/t xarm working in morning was found not to be working at approx 5pm local . To late to get anyone in Boulder to ship new one Approx 7pm Boulder time.
Trademark:
Changed to rain mode at approx 031602 02:10z
Will make one sounding this evening.
- 52: DAILY, Site trademark, Sat 16-Mar-2002 02:20:22 GMT, Daily Log 031402
Yesterday afternoon unforecasted snowfall in the afternoon appears more snow at the trademark drive site then at washoe. Approx 2 inches at trademark.At both site the profiler data discs were changed and backups made . Also the cell phones were changed at each site
Weather cleared up during the day.
- 51: DAILY, Site trademark, Thu 14-Mar-2002 16:41:10 GMT, Daily Log 031302
Two soundings were made the first at 6:15am local.very windy at launch. Above 350mb wind speeds of 75 to 60 m/s were reported. Again lost sounding early at approx 250 mb this was due to wind slowing ascent rate and wind direction taking sounding behind mountains.
The second sounding was tracked to 50mb no problems as upper air winds had died down from earlier flight.
All systems at both sites working fine. Winds died down during the day. Clouds increased.
Late in the afternoon snow bands moved into the area for a couple of hours. These were not forecasted by the news station and as such both systems were still in the inversion mode. As thye did not last for long did not change to rain par file. Approx 2 inches of snow fell.
More helium was ordered should be delivered tomorrow.
- 50: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 13-Mar-2002 16:37:30 GMT, Sounding Launch #23 031302 1715z
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Site Name:trademark
date yymmdd: 020313
launch time UTC: 1715
Sonde coef tape #:152164811
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 2
RH % : 36
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 1.5
RH% : 38
Wind Spd m/s :6
Wind Dir deg : 295
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Termination Pressure mb : 50
Termination Altitude km : 20
Reason for Termination : weak signal
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 2.4
RH % : 31
Wspd m/s 3:
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35 cubic feet of helium used
- 49: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 13-Mar-2002 13:46:39 GMT, Sounding Launch #22 031302 1415z
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date yymmdd: 020313
launch time UTC: 1415
Sonde coef tape #:152164812
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Pressure mb : 864
Temp C : -1,4
RH % : 50
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Pressure mb : 864
Temp C : -1.2
RH% : 49
Wind Spd 4.8
Wind Dir deg1 : 15
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Termination Pressure mb : 230
Termination Altitude km : 10
Reason for Termination : lost signal
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Pressure mb : 864
Temp C : -2
RH % : 56
Wspd m/s 3.2:
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At 350 mb saw winds of 70ms with 8 sats
very high winds aloft saw 60+ ms a lot of the time.
- 48: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 13-Mar-2002 03:57:55 GMT, Sounding Launch#21 031302 0515z
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date yymmdd: 020313
launch time UTC: 0515
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Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : 7.3
RH % : 36
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Pressure mb : 861
Temp C : 7.2
RH% : 33
Wind Spd m/s :5
Wind Dir deg : 223
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Termination Altitude km : ?
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Temp C : 6.8
RH % : 30
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On this flight also losing signal early 2 db at 400 mb this time I'm pretty certain that sonde is being taken behind the hills before it is high enough. An ascent rate has been around 1.5 ms for several minutes even put 37 cubic feet in it this time but wind speeds are around 50ms. 10 second data locked up at 494 mb raw data coming in is up to 360mb
- 47: DAILY, Site trademark, Wed 13-Mar-2002 01:29:29 GMT, Daily Log 031202
Washoe:
Everything running
Generator serviced put a clary ups on the front end of the best ups and systems stayed up while work on the generator was done. I think Steve's problem was that it was one of the advantage ups on the front which I've come to the decision are junk
Changed to rno_c [inversion mode]par file at approx 18z
Trademark:
Everything up.
Changed to inversion mode at approx 21z
Will be making 2 soundings tonight one at 02:15z and another at 05:15z
Weather:
Bothsites were much the same partly cloudy in the morning getting heavy late morning into early afternoon then starting to break up
high temps 8 to 10 rh early 60 decreaseing to about mid 30's
presure dropping to around 847
very windy at both site 8 up m/s
Wind data appears much better since change to inversion par file.
- 46: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 13-Mar-2002 01:24:12 GMT, Sounding Launch #20 031202 0215z
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date yymmdd: 020313
launch time UTC:0215
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Pressure mb : 862
Temp C : 8.1
RH % :42
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 863
Temp C : 8.3
RH% : 40
Wind Spd m/s : 8
Wind Dir deg : 163
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Termination Pressure mb : approx 410
Termination Altitude km : 7
Reason for Termination : lost signal
Post-Termination Weather Description: windy
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Pressure mb : 862
Temp C : 8.2
RH % : 41
Wspd m/s 7.5:
Wdir deg : 165
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windy just cleared the power lines
l;ost signal at approx 410mb either weak battery or due to slow ascent rates lost the sonde behind the mountains.
- 45: DAILY, Site trademark, Mon 11-Mar-2002 20:55:30 GMT, Daily Log 031102
Washoe: Sun appears to have gone down shortly after I left yesterday missing surface met from approx 19z of the 10 to 17z of the 11 all profile data on sun so it appears it went down and restarted pretty much right away but did not resart injesting surface met.
Hazy with some high cloud temps light winds
Tested large ups today voltage out still high when on wall power132v when unpluged ran a radio , light and rass amp for 2 hours with no problem putting out about 125v. Going to do some more testing tomorrow when generator is going to be serviced
Called trailer transit and order trucks for Sat the 30th.
Trademark
All platforms appear to be working fine
prof 69%
need to get autorun in startup menu.
temp from -3 to 15 rh 37%$
light winds 1 ms from 179
hazy with some high cloud.
Both systems still running in rain mode par file
- 44: DAILY, Site trademark, Mon 11-Mar-2002 20:44:26 GMT, Daily Log 031002
Made a sounding at approx 1700z . good sounding
Trademark:
windy 9ms , heavy clouds in the morning starting to break up during afternoon
Temp around 5 c rh 71%
Note rain guage showing tips I believe these were caused by the wind will try to stake post down. Also top of guage was missing in morning found it in the weeds
Platforms all appear to be working well
Prof disc 63%
Washoe:
Windy up to 18ms gusts
light blowing rain
presure 848 - 846
temp 5c
cloudy breaking up in the after noon
again rain guage showing tips believe it to be wind shaking pole
- 42: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 10-Mar-2002 16:30:34 GMT, Sounding Launch #19 031002 1700z
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date yymmdd: 020310
launch time UTC: approx 17z
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 6.9
RH % : 59
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 5.5
RH% : 63
Wind Spd m/s : 8.7
Wind Dir deg : 176
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windy rough seas
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Termination Altitude km :
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 5.4
RH % : 70
Wspd m/s :9.2
Wdir deg : 169
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strong winds right towards the power lines
good flight
- 41: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 10-Mar-2002 06:05:51 GMT, Sounding Launch #18 031002 2nd launch
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date yymmdd: 020310
launch time UTC: 5:50 approx
Sonde coef tape #:152164913
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 8
RH % : 25
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 7.9
RH% : 28
Wind Spd m/s : 8.9
Wind Dir deg : 167
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lost first launch negative ascent rates
Attempted 2 sondes from a different box of 10 but from same batch both gave bad ptu eg one gave -278 c and the other 226 have to check the whole box.
this sounding also went through a period of slow ascent and no winds to about 700mb .Suspect very strong winds bouncing sonde around. Winds still intermitant.
- 40: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 10-Mar-2002 04:25:08 GMT, Sounding Launch #17 031002 0515
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date yymmdd: 020310
launch time UTC:
Sonde coef tape #:152164911
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Pressure mb : 864
Temp C : 8.3
RH % : 25.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 8.5
RH% : 22
Wind Spd m/s : 7.2
Wind Dir deg : 145
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very windy ; blowing right toward power lines
teerminated negative ascent rate.
- 39: DAILY, Site trademark, Sat 09-Mar-2002 20:45:26 GMT, Daily Log 030902
Trademark: Partly cloudy winds started picking up at approx 20 45z
3 morning soundings made to look at inversion.
Changed profiler par file from rno_i to rno_2 at 21:10z
Winds went from below 1ms to gusts of over 9 ms
Washoe:winds picked up at 3z
temperture climbed 5c very quickly at approx 20z
- 38: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 09-Mar-2002 20:01:49 GMT, Sounding Launch #16 030902 2015
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date yymmdd: 020309
launch time UTC: 2015
Sonde coef tape #:152164910
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 8.4
RH % : 41
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 866
Temp C : 7.5
RH% : 38
Wind Spd m/s : 1
Wind Dir deg : 237
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high light cloud cover
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Termination Pressure mb : 100mb
Termination Altitude km : 16
Reason for Termination : g
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Pressure mb : 865
Temp C : 11.7
RH % : 24
Wspd m/s : 9.6
Wdir deg : 223
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* sats by sonde before launch at launch lost them all sounding was up[to almost 700mb before regaining winds. Smooth launch
Very fast ascent rate have to check regulator system.
- 37: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 09-Mar-2002 16:43:05 GMT, Sounding Launch #15 030902
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date yymmdd: 020309
launch time UTC:
Sonde coef tape #:152164909
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Pressure mb : 868
Temp C : 0.8
RH % : 57
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 868
Temp C : .14
RH% : 64
Wind Spd m/s : .001
Wind Dir deg : 256
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light high cloud
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Termination Pressure mb : 100
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination :balloon burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
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Pressure mb : 867
Temp C : 3.7
RH % : 52
Wspd m/s : .9
Wdir deg : 266
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lost winds at launch back in at 80 sec.
- 36: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 09-Mar-2002 13:45:49 GMT, Sounding Launch #14 030902
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date yymmdd: 030902
launch time UTC: 14:15
Sonde coef tape #:152164908
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Pressure mb : 867
Temp C : -2.27
RH % : 74
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 868
Temp C : -2.4
RH% : 75
ind Spd m/s : 1.2
Wind Dir deg : 233
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Its dark and scary outside
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Termination Pressure mb : 142
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : weak signal lots of noise bad data
Post-Termination Weather Description: high thin cloud
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 868
Temp C : .2.4
RH % : 85
Wspd m/s :.001
Wdir deg : 94
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11 sats on mwg
8 on sonde before launch
Lost them at launch in and out for about 5 min couldn't have made a smoother release wind only .3 m/s
At approx 45 min into flight mwg down to 8 sats sonde also on 7 did have 8
Signal on rx went to 0 at approx 200 mb sonde 84km out ascent rate 3 m/s still tracking.mwg down to 6 sats
At about 155mb started to get lots of noise on rx sonde 98km. Q numbers really jumped.
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- 34: DAILY, Site trademark, Fri 08-Mar-2002 20:19:50 GMT, Friday 08 Mar-2002 Daily Notes
Overall: A clear sunny day. No IOP but tomorrow morning we will go after
the inversion breakup (IOP #4) and tomorrow night into Sunday may be a
melting layer event as IOP #5.
TRADEMARK SITE:
Minimum temperature -9; maximum +4C, dew point -12 to -2. Winds were as high
as 8 m/s yesterday evening but less than 2 m/s most of today. Sunny and
cloudless, RASS datat to 700-1200 m. Profiler winds look quite good today.
WASHOE SITE:
Missing data overnight because of generator shutdown. Maximum temperature
today was +4C and the dew point ranged from -7 to 0C. Wind speed decreased
from 10 m/s early to less than 2 m/s later in the day. A few early clouds, but
mostly sunny. Rass to 700 m. Profiler winds light in the afternoon.
SOUNDINGS:
No launches today.
OTHER NOTES:
Washoe Lake generator ran low on fuel last night. The hand pump would not
work. United could not respond until the morning so I shut down the site
from 0715Z (1115 pm) through fixed at 1640Z (9:40am). So:
NO DATA FROM WASHOE LAKE 0715-1640Z.
Lou arrived today. So the site is his beginning Saturday.
Note that we changed from Rain mode (RNO_R2) to inversion mode
(RNO_I at Trademark and RNO_C at Washoe Lake) between 00:30 and 01:30
this afternoon (Mar 9).
- 33: DAILY, Site trademark, Fri 08-Mar-2002 20:13:31 GMT, Thursday 07 Mar-2002 Daily Notes
Overall: Winds slowing today, but still alot of snow aloft, and sometimes
reaching the ground. No soundings today. Snow drifted by aloft and the
locations of it reaching the ground was very variable.
TRADEMARK SITE:
Minimum T of +2, max of +8. Dew point -3 to +2. Winds are about 10 m/s
until 03Z and then light from 03-16Z (up to 10 m/s again after). Cloudy
with a few sporadic periods of snow. RASS coverage 700-100 m. Profiler
still in RNO_R2 mode.
WASHOE SITE:
Minimum T of 0C, and a high today of +5C. The dew point was between -4
and +2C. Moderate winds today, 4-7 m/s with some periods of 15 m/s from
the SW. Mostly cloudy all day with periods of snow reaching the surface.
Rain gauge showed alot. Can the wind vibration be tipping it? I recall
this problem at CASES99?. RASS coverate 400-700 m. Profiler has periods
of missing winds (no consensus) but alot of structure in winds measured.
SOUNDINGS:
No launches today.
OTHER NOTES:
Washoe Lake site power problem late this evening. See note fo 08 March.
- 32: DAILY, Site trademark, Fri 08-Mar-2002 19:24:52 GMT, Wednesday 06 Mar-2002 Daily Notes (IOP #3)
Overall: IOP #3 is intended to study the melting layer as the first of two
short waves traveling down the trough bring some rain/snow to the
Sierra. Soundings are scheduled for 06Z, 15Z, 18Z, 20Z, and 03Z tomorrow
relying on the NWS for 12Z and 0Z soundings. Also a good day to train teams
of students to do launches.
TRADEMARK SITE:
Minimum T of +6, max of +12. Dew point -5 to +3. Winds are about 10 m/s
from the S (SE to SW) most of the day. Cloudy, some rain. Precip showing
on the gauge 13-14Z. RASS generally 500-700 m today and alot of profiler
winds missing (lack of consensus, so see if NIMA does better).
WASHOE SITE:
Minimum T of +4, and a high today of +9C. The dew point was between -3
and +4C. Very windy most of the day, 6-12 m/s from the SW. Cloudy with
some rain, recorded as beginning at 03Z. Rass coverage 300-900 m. The
profiler nicely captures the stronge SW winds aloft.
SOUNDINGS:
A learning experience for all.
06Z (0522): trained Prof. Hallett.
15Z (1454): trained Mark and Pete. The first sonde tried, system could not
download coefficients to the rack. Tried another sonde. This one had bad
GPS (you could hear the problem from the sound). Third sonde was successful.
18Z (1740): trained Dorothea and Lupita.
21Z (2054): (final training Dorothea and Lupita. On this release, a downdraft
blew the radiosonde into the power lines. It broke free but fell in the
field to the north. Future launched with south winds will require that
we walk into that field and release on the north side of the lines.
Put up a second sonde which lost GPS in the first minutes and did not
recover, so no winds aloft.
03Z (0216 March 7): final training fro Mark and Pete. Interesting feature in
this sounding. The sonde vertical velocity went negative several times
in the stratosphere, suggesting it was going through a large amplitude
vertically propagating gravity wave.
Overall we went through three extra/failed sondes. But did get good data for
all scheduled times and did train two teams for future launches.
OTHER NOTES:
Profiler still in RNO_R2 (rain) mode at both sites.
I think the profiler caught a few periods of melting layer structure,
mostly around 9 pm LT (5Z, and after the last 03Z sounding). Next expected
IOP will be Saturday night or Sunday.
- 31: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Thu 07-Mar-2002 01:54:48 GMT, Sounding #13 07 Mar-2002 03Z (0216Z)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020307 launch time UTC: 0216
SONDE coef tape #:152164907
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 856.0
Temp C : +5.5
RH % : 68.7
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 856.5
Temp C : +5.6
RH% : 66.7
Wind Spd m/s : 6.7
Wind Dir deg : 163
Pre-Launch note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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low cloud base, carson range obscured.
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Termination Pressure mb : 146.9
Termination Altitude km : 13.6
Reason for Termination : lost signal
Post-Termination Weather Description:
cloudy, rain stopped, windy.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 857.39
Temp C : 3.9
RH % : 85.7
Wspd m/s : 2.77
Wdir deg : 257
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Successful launch.light wind, low clouds. balloon altitude had periodic dip,
possibly associated with waves aloft.
- 30: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 06-Mar-2002 21:06:32 GMT, Sounding #12 06 Mar-2002 21Z (2054Z)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020306
launch time UTC: 2054
SONDE coef tape #:15216490x
Operator: Steve
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Pressure mb : 857.3
Temp C : +9.6
RH % : 72.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 857.7
Temp C : +8.4
RH% : 75.6
Wind Spd m/s : 5.3
Wind Dir deg : 222
Pre-Launch note conditions not observable by automatic systems
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light rain, windy.
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Termination Pressure mb : 82.4
Termination Altitude km : 20.1
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
cloudy, rain stopped, windy.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 857.37
Temp C : 9.17
RH % : 62.6
Wspd m/s : 6.42
Wdir deg : 156.1
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Successful launch.light rain, windy, clouds. We lost the GPS wind information.
First release into wires. Adjusted frequency of second sonde to avoid first
signal.
Launch by Dorothea and Lupita. Coached by Steve.
- 29: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 06-Mar-2002 17:49:38 GMT, Sounding #11 06 Mar-2002 18Z (1740Z)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020306
launch time UTC: 1445
SONDE coef tape #:152164901
Operator: Steve
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Pressure mb : 859.04
Temp C : +9.84
RH % : 67.30
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 859.5
Temp C : +9.0
RH% : 69.8
Wind Spd m/s : 8.1
Wind Dir deg : 220
Pre-Launch note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Rain stopped.Windy.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 85.4
Termination Altitude km : 17.0
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
cloudy, rain stopped, windy.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858.0
Temp C : 10.2
RH % : 57.3
Wspd m/s : 9.6
Wdir deg : 214
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Successful launch.
Launch by Dorothea and Lupita; coached by Steve.
- 28: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 06-Mar-2002 15:46:58 GMT, Sounding #10 06 Mar-2002 15Z (1454Z release)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020306
launch time UTC: 1454
SONDE coef tape #:152164903
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 860.74
Temp C : +6.65
RH % : 84.80
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 861.3
Temp C : +6.3
RH% : 84.8
Wind Spd m/s : 2.1
Wind Dir deg : 147
Pre-Launch note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Light rain. Calm
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 207.4
Termination Altitude km : 11.5
Reason for Termination : lost signal
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Light rain, calm
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 860.6
Temp C : 6.7
RH % : 85.2
Wspd m/s : 4.5
Wdir deg : 178
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Two bad sondes. Finally launched at 1454. Note that Zeb sounding at 1428 is
not valid.
Launched by Mark and Pete; coached by Steve.
- 27: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Wed 06-Mar-2002 05:45:46 GMT, Sounding #9 06 Mar-2002 06Z (0522 Z release)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 0203036
launch time UTC: 0522
SONDE coef tape #:152164713
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 863.85
Temp C : +8.26
RH % : 59.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 863.8
Temp C : +8.1 (fan fixed)
RH% : 58.5
Wind Spd m/s : 6.8
Wind Dir deg : 188
Pre-Launch: note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Scattered cumulus humilis; slight rain prior to launch.
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Termination Pressure mb : 46
Termination Altitude km : 20,9
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Windy
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 863.73
Temp C : 8.6
RH % : 58.63
Wspd m/s : 8.3
Wdir deg : 166
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Launch by John Hallett; coached by Steve.
- 26: RADAR, Site trademark, Tue 05-Mar-2002 17:51:23 GMT, RARAR Data lost 00-1730 Z March 5
The profiler PC rebooted itself around 1730 (9:30am) while I was
drilling new holes for reflectors. The SPC files was lost so no data
will be available from 0000-1730 Z March 5. Except the serial moments
should be ok.
- 25: DAILY, Site trademark, Tue 05-Mar-2002 16:42:13 GMT, Tuesday 05 Mar-2002 Daily Notes
Overall: Clouds building a little today. We replaced the anemometer
at Washoe Lake and also got communications working there with a cell
connection rather than the Freewave to the Park HQ. First launch of IOP3
will happen later tonight at 6Z (0515 launch) on March 06.
TRADEMARK SITE:
Minimum T of -4, max of +16. Dew point -12 to -5. Winds pretty calm,
increasing to 10 m/s from the SW after 20Z. Some clouds, thicker
cirrus and some wave clouds. RASS to 800 m with an inversion last night,
Profiler winds good to 1500-2000 m.
WASHOE SITE:
Minimum T of +6 (warm overnight!), and a high today of 14C. The dew point
varied from -13 to -4C. Winds calm for much of the day but some windy
periods. Wave clouds (less cloud cover than at Trademark this morning)
and a lot of high clouds. RASS to 300-500 m, Many missing profiler
winds (did not find a consensus?).
OTHER NOTES:
PROFILER MODE CHANGE: Changed Washoe Lake profiler to RNO_R2 mode at 2320 Z
Changed Trademark Drive profiler to RNO_R2 at 0000 Z (6 Mar).
Par file RNO_R2 is a rain mode whthout ICRA so I can sample with
60 m resolution to 5 km. Wide Nyquist, 50% vertical beams. 60 min cns.
Profiler PC crashed (related to using impact drill?) losing SPC file
so no SPC data from 00-0730Z (March 5, DAY 056). There should still
be SOAP moments available.
Replaced wind head at Washoe Lake at 2230 Z (a lot of help from Greg
McCurdy). The wind directions problem has not recurred today.
Worked with Gary to start data transmission through the cell phone
modem . This too is now working and seems to be solid since we
started up at 2100Z. I transferred to hast 2 days of data back to
Boulder.
The differences in wind and temperature overnight between Trademark and
Washoe Lake could be interesting to study.
- 24: SURFACE, Site trademark, Mon 04-Mar-2002 17:20:18 GMT, Anemometer direction errors - Washoe Lake site: 24 Feb - 05 Mar
The Washoe Lake surface met anemometer direction is intermittantly
failing. Times so far are listed below. Symptom is that the wind
directions becomes nearly constant, slowly drifting over time. Visual
comparison with the actual wind head direction confirms the descrency.
I looked at the Improved ISS2 data and did not see this problem (but
there were a few high wind periods when I was not sure).
The first time I tested. the problem dissapeared after a few Sun
reboots and cycling the power on the Campbell. However, the second
time I tested this, nothing corrected the problem. Most likely the
first time was coincidence and the problem is in the hardware rather
than software. (I did check the Campbell wiring for loose wires.)
FIXED AT 2230 on 5-Mar-2002
Times with suspect wind direction:
24 Feb 2230-2400
25 Feb 0000-0800; 1600-2400
26 Feb 0000-0700; 1630-2400
27 Feb 0000-0515; 1830-2400
28 Feb 0000-0415; 1545-1615; 1730-2400
01 Mar 0000-0230; 1830-2400
02 Mar 0000-0215; 1545-2400
03 Mar 0000-0345; 1530-1830; 2230-2400
04 Mar 0000-0200; 1615-2400
05 Mar 0000-0215; 1800-2230 (Replaced at 2230)
Discussion with Greg McCurdy suggested that the cable is bad rather then
the sensor. Could be the potentiometer in the wind head direction or could
be a bad wire/connection in one of the cable wires.
- 23: DAILY, Site trademark, Mon 04-Mar-2002 17:18:58 GMT, Monday 04 Mar-2002 Daily Notes
Overall: Today we set up the DRI met tower. This is not an ISS system but
should provide interesting data. Winds were set up at 3 levels, temperature
at three levels (not the same) and there is one level with a humidity sensor.
Thicker cirrus this morning.
Weather:
Clear again today with thicker cirrus, especially in the morning. Winds were
generally light, with a few short "bursts" seen at the Washoe Lake site.
Trademark: min temperature last night was -8, and max today was +15C.
Dew point was between -9 and -12C. Winds were light, less than
4 m/s through the day. RASS measurements to 700-900 m and
profiler winds sometimes to 1500 m and to over 2000 m for a few
hours.
Washoe: minimum temperature of -5C; maximum of _13C and dew point between
-13 and -7C. Surface winds were light, but bursts at 1430-1730 and
from 2100 to 2400. RASS to 500-1000m parts of the day and profiler
winds sometimes to 1500 m
OTHER NOTES:
Moved flagging to protect DRI met tower.
- 22: DAILY, Site trademark, Mon 04-Mar-2002 17:09:20 GMT, Sunday 03-Mar-2002 Daily Notes IOP #2 (ends)
GENERAL: We finished IOP #2 with an overnight sounding. Then it became
a day for equipment repairs and failures. Clear and sunny with another
pretty good inversion.
Launches at 0Z, 12Z (March 3) yesterday evening and overnight.
WASHOE SITE SPECIFIC:
The generator was shut down for service at 17Z. At that time the UPS
did not keep power to the CPU's. When the generator was restarted the UPS
alarmed. So the CPU power strip was plugged into wall power (until this
afternoon, see note further in this entry). The CPU's are in wall circuit #3
and the monitors were moved to circuit #7. In the afternoon at 0130Z I shut
down all systems and routed the CPU's through the small UPS (IPM?) to be
used just for power conditioning.
Because of hard shut down at 17Z we lost the profiler SPC file. Should
still have SOAP moments.
TRADEMARK DRIVE WEATHER: minimum temperature -10C last night; maximum +12 and
the dew point was around -12. Surface winds were up to 6 m/s yesterday
afternoon but were below 3 m/s for all of today. Profiler winds to 1300 m
and RASS to 600-800 m.
WASHOE LAKE WEATHER: min temperature was -6C, max was +10, dew point about
-13 today. Surface wind speeds reached 6 m/s part of the day. No clouds all
day. Rass measurements to 600 m, and profiler winds to about 1 km.
OTHER NOTES:
Lost profiler SPC file 0000-1730 Z as noted above.
Installed replacement JAZ on profiler PC. Works fine, but AutoRun not working.
Noticed wind direction intermittant failure. See log entry on Surface Met,
At 17Z, people are flying a remote controlled glider near the
ISS. I did not see any extra clutter in the profiler though.
- 21: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site trademark, Sun 03-Mar-2002 12:59:09 GMT, Notes and contact numbers
Information for Lou:
Phone Numbers:
OPS Message: 775-674-7002
NWS desk: 775-673-8107 (call to setup coordinated launch)
NWS switchboard: 775-673-8100
extension 516: x516 gets to balloon launch shed for coordination of release
Reno ATC Tower: 775-348-8840 (call before every launch, when ready to launch)
Washoe Pk HQ: 775-687-4319
John Hallett: 775-674-7013 (office)
775-747-0776 (home)
John Lewis: 775-674-7077 (office)
John Bowen: 775-674-7044 (office)
Greg McCurdy 775-359-4979 (home)
Who is who:
John Hallett is the PI.
John Lewis is co-PI and does weather analysis/forecasting. He leaves
the OPS message.
David Kingsmill (co-PI)
Darko Koracin (co-PI)
Vanda Grubicek (?) (co-PI)
John Bowen is in charge of the DRI met tower at Trademark drive
Jack Gilles is also associated with the DRI met tower
Student teams trained for soundings:
Project status/Launch times:
Washoe Lake State Park:
The park HQ is often not staffed because the people there work outside
around the park. You can often find someone to let you into the HQ if
you look at the park areas and campground.
Eric Johnson (park manager)
Donna (one of the rangers)
Anne (Americore volunteer - lives in camper near HQ)
NWS Reno:
Al Cox - senior person, also does some launch shifts.
Mary ?? - head of NWS Reno office
Mark - does some launch shifts
Rudy - does some launch shifts
FAA:
??
??
Wind profiler parameter files
Soundings: coefficients file so far has been the "3" file. Can't see this with
the default mask in file chooser.
Call the FAA TOWER before each launch. Preferable outside just before release.
They may ask you to wait a couple of minutes or call back in a couple of
SYSTEM STATUS NOTES:
AutoRun backup to Jaz is not working at Trademark. I have been moving files
by hand every day or two.
EQUIPMENT NOTES:
Used all 5 reflectors from ISS2 (Washoe Lake) at ISS3 (Trademark) site.
Broken surface met aspirator fan (Trademark) is labelled broken and on
shelf above Sparc.
- 20: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site trademark, Sun 03-Mar-2002 11:54:48 GMT, SOUNDING GPS LOSSES
A couple of problems with GPS:
We lose lock on launch every time, and so are not getting the
lowest winds. Has typically recovered about 500 m up, which is a couple
of minutes later. Have tried no motion prior to launches and very gentle
releases without success.
On one flight ( 0516 Z Mar 1) we had good lock before launch, but lost
it and never recovered, so no winds. The software seemed to give up,
with no change in the number of satellites tracked. Mike suggests
rebooting the GLASS pc before each sounding, and I have subsequently done
this.
On two flights we were getting good winds (after the initial loos
and recovery) but above 10 km on 11:18Z 02-Mar, and above 8.5 km on
23Z 02-Mar the sonde reported 0 satellites tracked and we lost all
winds above.
(The next launch at 12Z on 03-Mar lost lock for 800 m at launch and
then was ok to burst).
Why?
Ned: Other observations on the GLASS realtime plots: The minimum temperature
on the T plot is -50 C. This is way too warm, and we cannot see the
tropopause temperature or often any values in the stratosphere. The max
wind speed of 50 m/s is sometimes too small to show part of the data.
- 19: SURFACE, Site trademark, Sun 03-Mar-2002 11:51:36 GMT, Replaced sfc met aspirator fan 00:30 Z Mar 03 2002 (16:30 LT Mar 02).
Replaced the aspirator fan for ths surface met T/RH sensors.
- 18: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 03-Mar-2002 11:02:23 GMT, Sounding #8 03 Mar-2002 1200 (1115 Z)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020303
launch time UTC: 1115
Sonde coef tape #:152164712
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 874.8
Temp C : -7.2
RH % : 74.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 874.5
Temp C : -7.7 (fan fixed)
RH% : 76.5
Wind Spd m/s : 0.5
Wind Dir deg : 093
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Clear moon. Cold, nearly calm.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 70
Termination Altitude km : 18.4
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Still clear. Light winds.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 871.1
Temp C : 5.9
RH % : 22.5
Wspd m/s : 3.9
Wdir deg : 048
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COORDINATED SOUNDING WITH NWS.
Lost GPS for lowest 800 m.
Tracked down after burst for sensor time constant information.
- 17: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sun 03-Mar-2002 00:10:21 GMT, Sounding #7 03 Mar-2002 0000 (23:40 Z on 02 Mar)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020302
launch time UTC: 2340
Sonde coef tape #:152164711
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 871.6
Temp C : 9.6
RH % : 21.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 871.4
Temp C : 11.9 (but fan is broken)
RH% : 15.1
Wind Spd m/s : 3.5
Wind Dir deg : 125
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Clear, no clouds, warm.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 37
Termination Altitude km : 22.3
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Clear. Light winds.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 871.1
Temp C : 5.9
RH % : 22.5
Wspd m/s : 3.9
Wdir deg : 048
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PSEUDO COORDINATED SOUNDING WITH NWS., WE WERE 30 min late.
Lost GPS and winds at 8 km. Why?
- 16: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 02-Mar-2002 11:09:49 GMT, Sounding #6 02-Mar-2002 12 Z (11:15 Z)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020302
launch time UTC: 1115
Sonde coef tape #:152164804
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 871.1
Temp C : -7.1
RH % : 76.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 870.8
Temp C : -8.8
RH% : 78.8
Wind Spd m/s : 0.9
Wind Dir deg : 298
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Clear, cold, nearly calm, dark.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 46.5
Termination Altitude km : 20.8
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Calm, cold, dark.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 872.1
Temp C : -8.2
RH % : 72.3
Wspd m/s : 0.1
Wdir deg : 241
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COORDINATED SOUNDING WITH NWS.
Lost lock at launch again, this time for just 450 m. Then recovered.
Sonde lost GPS again near 9500 m so no winds above.
Tracked descent for a short time.
- 15: DAILY, Site trademark, Sat 02-Mar-2002 00:52:39 GMT, Saturday 02-Mar-2002 Daily Notes IOP #2 (begins)
Overall:
IOP #2 merges with IOP #1. Soundings continue (last of IOP #1 was yesterday
afternoon at 0Z Mar 02), with launches at 12Z last night, 0Z (Mar 3) this
afternoon at a final sonde will be overnight at 12Z (Mar 3).
Weather:
Clear again today with a few cirrus in the early afternoon. Winds were
nearly calm overnight, abd about 2 m/s during much of the day.
Trademark: min temperature last night was -10, and max today was +12C.
Dew point was typically -15C. Winds were light overnight
and increased to about 2 m/s during the day. Very weak
profiler signal today, with just a few winds aloft in the afternoon.
Maybe NIMA will recover more winds.
Washoe: min -7C max +6; dew point around -14 (so much colder than Trademark).
light winds at the surface all day, no clouds. RASS measured to
about 500-700 m; profiler winds to 600-1200m.
OTHER NOTES:
Replaced surface met aspirator fan this afternoon (00:30 Z Mar 3).
Also see log entry describing GLASS GPS loss of winds on some flights.
- 14: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Sat 02-Mar-2002 00:28:43 GMT, Sounding #5 02-Mar-2002 00 Z (23:15 on 01 Mar 2002)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020302
launch time UTC: 0000
Sonde coef tape #:152164803
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
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Pressure mb : 865.9
Temp C : 8.8
RH % : 16.9
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 865.9
Temp C : 10.1
RH% : 13.2
Wind Spd m/s : 3.4
Wind Dir deg : 025
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Clear and sunny. Winds picked up to 4 m/s from the N or NE.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 35.7
Termination Altitude km : 22.6
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Light breeze. Sunny late afternoon, no clouds.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 866.0
Temp C : 5.9
RH % : 19.4
Wspd m/s : 4.3
Wdir deg : 012
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COORDINATED LAUNCH WITH NWS
Lost lock at launch again, this time for just 300 m. Then recovered.
Three students helped with launch and toured site.
- 13: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 19:00:12 GMT, Sounding #4 01-Mar-2002 18 Z (17:15 Z)
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020301
launch time UTC: 1715
Sonde coef tape #:152164802
Operator: Steve
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Pressure mb : 867.6
Temp C : 1.1
RH % : 35.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 868.2
Temp C : 1.6
RH% : 34.0
Wind Spd m/s : 2.4
Wind Dir deg : 155
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
Clear and sunny. Light winds, variable direction.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 29.8
Termination Altitude km : 23.7
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Winds picked up a little during flight, to 5 m/s. Sunny, no clouds.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 867.5
Temp C : 6.5
RH % : 18.9
Wspd m/s : 4.4
Wdir deg : 096
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Lost lock at launch again for several minutes. Recovered at about 2 km.
(700 m AGL).
Had 5 students help with launch and tour site. Good GPS at release (5 sats)
but lost lock again. Was smooth release. It takes so long to recover that
I wonder if there is some local effect causing problems.
- 12: RADAR, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 12:27:17 GMT, RARAR PARAMETERS: DISCUSSION
UPDATE: 05 Mar 2002: Created an additiona PAR file: rno_r2. This may be
a better rain mode for melting layer study. The RNO_M PAR file was
modified to do MEAN spectral averaging instead of ICRA. Then there is
enough dsp memory to sample 82 ranges up to 5.0 km. So we can see the
melting layer with 60 m resolution and see higher. Only compromise is
if birds are present.
So TWO PRIMARY MODES ARE RNO_I in inversion/clear weather and
RNO_R2 for rain, melting layer, or fronts (with rain) study.
(END UPDATE).
WASHOE LAKE:
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Because the clutter is worse in yvery and y-sou, we are using 3-beam sets
(xvert, x+eas, y+nor). Also, I set up a RASS consensus time of 7 minutes
to get better temperature profiles.
TRADEMARK DRIVE
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At this site there is a lot of clutter in all beams. I am using a 3-beam
sequence mostly for consistency with the Washoe Lake site.
rno_r rain mode
rno_m melting layer mode
rno_f fronts mode
rno_i inversion mode
rno_c chinook mode
rno_t test mode
rno_tr test RASS mode
We should try using melting layer mode in mose rain situations. and inversion
mode in most clear air situations. The test modes should be run occasionally
(once each week?) to check that beam switching is working well.
If second trip echoes are seen while in melting layer mode, then consider
changing to rain mode. If the winds are noisy while in melting layer or rain
mode, then consider changing to fronts mode.
If the winds are aliased while in inversion mode, the consider switching
to chinook mode.
BUT changes should be kept to a minimum because it will cause NIMA to crash
for that day.
- 11: RADAR, Site washoelake, Fri 01-Mar-2002 12:20:52 GMT, RARAR PARAMETERS: WASHOE LAKE
I have set up several parameter files for different weather. See discussion
in seperate radar log entry.
For all parameter files:
LAT: 39.25 N
LON: 119.81 W
ALT: 1566 m
ID Code: 502 (ISS2)
BEAMS:
NAME AZ ZEN CODE CLUTTER ON 02-22-2002 (Friday)
yvert 13 0 22 a lot of clutter to far ranges
xvert 103 0 21 fairly clean
y+nor 13 21 38 light clutter to 700 m
y-sou 193 21 26 a lot of clutter to far ranges
x+eas 103 21 25 light clutter to 500 m
x-wes 283 21 37 light clutter to 500 m
Conclusion is to use: yxert. x+. y+ in 3 beam sequence.
RXBW DELAY (ns)
CLKPER: 100 ns 400 1000
PRETR: 2000 700 1100
POSTTR 0 1700 1700
PREBLNK: 2000 3300 2000
POSTBK: 600
SYNC: 200
RASS USES 2048 pts; parameter set 4;
Air signal: -9.2 to 9.2 m/s
T signal: -15C to 25C (change to -20C on 01-Mar)
acoustic: -18C to 28C (change to -23C on 01-Mar)
RASS CNS time is 7 min (55%; 2.0 m/s); don't subtract clear air.
RASS PAR SET #4
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IPP 20
PW 400
NCODE 0
NHTS 25
DELAY 1800
SPACE 400
NCI 10
NSPEC 24
NFFT 2048
SCALE 409.6
DWELL 30
HT L 0.12
HT H 1.56
IPP 2.68
PULSE 60
PARAMETER FILES
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rno_t test - cycle through all beams; no RASS
rno_tr test RASS - continuous RASS
rno_r rain mode - high altitude, 50% vertical dwells; wide Nyquist
rno_c chinook mode (high winds) - 60 m resolution, large Nyquist, short IPP.
rno_i inversion mode - short IPP, 60 m resolution, 30 min cns; 50% vertical
rno_m melting layer mode - 50% vertical, 60 m, wide Nyquist
rno_f fronts mode - long IPP, wide Nyquist.
(see PAR files for details).
- 10: RADAR, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 11:56:37 GMT, RARAR PARAMETERS: TRADEMARK DRIVE
I have set up several parameter files for different weather. See discussion
in seperate radar log entry.
For all parameter files:
LAT: 39.45 N
LON: 119.74 W
ALT: 1351 m
ID Code: 503 (ISS3)
NOTE: Bean names do not match directions because of change (fix) in
directions in Feb 25 (before project begins). Winds should be correct
after 20Z on Feb 25.
BEAMS:
NAME AZ ZEN CODE CLUTTER ON 02-24-2002 (Sunday)
(calm surface wind conditions)
yvert 175 0 22 clutter on scope to 1 km, but data look ok.
xvert 265 0 21 similar to yvert. but stronger clutter and spurs
y+wes 175 21 38 clutter in lowest 700 m
y-eas 355 21 26 similar to y+
x+nor 265 21 25 strong clutter to 800 m; strong spurs
x-sou 85 21 37 similar to x+
The noise level on the scope will "pulse" frequently, raising the noise
level of the spectra. This maybe because of the cell tower nearby.
Checking clutter a little later (Feb 24) with surface winds about 4 m/s:
Looks like yvery has slightly less clutter than xvert.
y+ and y- about the same, y- maybe a touch less so use it in 3-beam sequence.
x+ and x-: x- is just slightly better, but still all have a lot of clutter.
Conclusion is to use: yvery. x-. y- in 3 beam sequence.
RXBW DELAY (ns)
CLKPER: 100 ns 400 1000
PRETR: 2000 700 1100
POSTTR 0 1700 1700
PREBLNK: 2000 3300 2000
POSTBK: 600
SYNC: 200
RASS USES 2048 pts; parameter set 4;
Air signal: -9.2 to 9.2 m/s
T signal: -15C to 25C (change to -20C on 01-Mar)
acoustic: -18C to 28C (change to -23C on 01-Mar)
RASS CNS time is 7 min (55%; 2.0 m/s); don't subtract clear air.
RASS PAR SET #4
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IPP 20
PW 400
NCODE 0
DELAY 1800
SPACE 400
NCI 10
NSPEC 24
NFFT 2048
SCALE 409.6
DWELL 30
HT L 0.12
HT H 1.56
IPP 2.79
PULSE 60
PARAMETER FILES
---------------
rno_t test - cycle through all beams; no RASS
rno_tr test RASS - continuous RASS
rno_r rain mode - high altitude, 50% vertical dwells; wide Nyquist
rno_c chinook mode (high winds) - 60 m resolution, large Nyquist, short IPP.
rno_i inversion mode - short IPP, 60 m resolution, 30 min cns; 50% vertical
rno_m melting layer mode - 50% vertical, 60 m, wide Nyquist
rno_f fronts mode - long IPP, wide Nyquist.
(se PAR files for details).
- 9: DAILY, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 11:40:55 GMT, Friday 01-Mar-2002 Daily Notes IOP #1
Overall:
IOP today with 5 sonde launches (0Z, 6Z, 12Z, 18Z, 0Z). The IOP caught
the end of yesterday's dust storm (PV max), and the subsequent 24 hours.
If there was much of an inversion it would be completely fresh after the
strong winds.
Weather:
Clear today with some cirrus in the afternoon. Winds decreased last evening
and were light overnight. Picked up again during the day.
Trademark: min temperature last night was -9, and max today was +10C.
Dew point was -8C early, and dried further to -17 (very dry).
Profiler winds (a lot of clutter) showed a turn fron Easterky
to Southerly early this morning.
Washoe: min T was -8; max T was +4; dew point of -10 before 16Z and falling
steadily to -20 by 24Z. The peak of the wind storm was yesterday
afternoon around 03 Z with surface winds greater than 10 m/s, later
winds were less than 3 m/s. Radiation shows very clear with just
a little afternoon cirrus. Profiler winds were weak and easterly
with coverage to 1 km (weak signal). RASS to 500 m.
OTHER NOTES:
Rebooted the SUN twice at Trademark around 1950 to get comms working. Needed
the second kick to get Campbell data. Comms worked for a short time and then
stopped again. Did not ingest profiler moments again until 0015Z
Also rebooted twice at Washoe. This did not fix comms problem. I need to
swap the old, slow modem back in later.
- 8: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 10:59:37 GMT, Sounding #3 01-Mar-2002 12 Z (11:15 Z)
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CLASS LAUNCH LOG version:951116
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020301
launch time UTC: 1115
Sonde coef tape #:152164801
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 868.3
Temp C : -6.5
RH % : 65.7
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 868.1
Temp C : -6.8
RH% : 64.7
Wind Spd m/s : 2.0
Wind Dir deg : 172
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
No clouds visible. Dark. Chilly.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 57.5
Termination Altitude km : 19.5
Reason for Termination : sufficient data
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Chilly and calm.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 868.3
Temp C : -6.8
RH % : 68.9
Wspd m/s : 0.8
Wdir deg : 233
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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COORDINATED LAUNCH WITH NWS
Lost lock at launch for several minutes. Recovered at about 2 km. (700 m AGL).
- 7: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 05:34:22 GMT, Sounding #2 01-Mar-2002 06 Z (05:15 Z)
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020301
launch time UTC: 0515
Sonde coef tape #:152164806
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 866.0
Temp C : 0.7
RH % : 36.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 866.2
Temp C : 0.3
RH% : 39.3
Wind Spd m/s : 4.6
Wind Dir deg : 004
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
No clouds visible in starlight/moonlight. Wind less strong.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 97
Termination Altitude km : 16.3
Reason for Termination : sufficient data
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Surface wind continued to decreased since launch. Still many stars and moon.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 866.4
Temp C : -3.1
RH % : 45.5
Wspd m/s : 0.8
Wdir deg : 060
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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Ground receiver had 10 GPS satellites before launch and for start of
ascent. Sonde lost lock on launch, eventually regained 4 sondes, but
then ground receiver has 0 sondes for the rest of the ascent. So:
NO WINDS THIS FLIGHT. Mike suggests rebooting PC and cycling power on
rack before each launch.
- 6: SOUNDING, Site trademark, Fri 01-Mar-2002 00:05:38 GMT, Sounding #1 01-Mar-2002 00 Z (23:24 Z on Feb 28 2002)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Reno Trademark Drive
date yymmdd: 020228
launch time UTC: 2324
Sonde coef tape #:127552009
Operator: Steve
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 858.9
Temp C : 14.5
RH % : 13.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 859.1
Temp C : 13.2
RH% : 14.2
Wind Spd m/s : 8.7
Wind Dir deg : 021
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
No clouds in sight, not even cirrus. Clear and breezy. Gusty with blowing dust.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 56.4
Termination Altitude km : 19.7
Reason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination Weather Description:
No change in weather since launch. Some gusts strong enough to mildly
shake the trailer.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 858.9
Temp C : 11.0
RH % : 14.2
Wspd m/s : 10.3
Wdir deg : 017
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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COORDINATED LAUNCH WITH NWS 00Z SONDE NORTH OF RENO. They released 30 seconds
after we released.
Prep and launch done by four students. John Hallett and John Lewis also
present.
GLASS program could not find coefficients on disk so I had to enter them
by hand. (WHY?)
Lost GPS on release - was a a very rough release. Recovered after several
minutes. Maybe slow recovery because of high wind speeds.
- 5: DAILY, Site trademark, Thu 28-Feb-2002 22:08:10 GMT, Thursday 28-Feb-2002 Daily Notes
Overall:
The winds were calm overnight but increased steadily during the day. A
short wave (potential vorticity maxima) came in from the north bringing
the wind and a dust storm. Six car accident on 395 this evening (early
on Mar 01 UT) blamed on visibility.
Began IOP with sonde launches at 3:15 pm local. Described in tomorrow's
log entry.
Weather:
Clear today. Winds increased beginning at 17Z to a maximum of about 10 m/s
late afternoon (2Z). Minimum temperature last night was -7C and todays high
was +14C. JH says there was a shallow inversion seen from DRI this morning.
I saw diffuse haze without a defined top at 18Z.
Trademark: min temperature last night was -7, and max today was +14C.
Dew point was -8C early, and dried further to -13 as the
wind from the north swept in. Winds were light overnight
and increased to about 10 m/s by afternoon.
Many profiler winds were bad - no signal in the dry air. With
sporadic good winds.
Washoe: min T -5C, max T +13, dew point between -7 and -10 today. Surface winds
were less than 2 m/s early, rising steadily to 10 m/s between 18 Z and
24Z. No cirrus today. RASS coverage to 700 m.
OTHER NOTES:
Installed board to solidify first step in stairs to trailer at Trademark.
Modified aspirator with GPS slot.
- 4: DAILY, Site trademark, Wed 27-Feb-2002 17:20:20 GMT, Wednesday 27-Feb-2002 Daily Notes
Overall:
Good inversion day, but spend working with Boulder on software issues.
No soundings today.
Weather:
Cirrus all day, but less after 23Z (3pm). Inversion this morning 16Z seen from
DRI was thicker than Rattlesnake peak by about 20%. Broke up later in the
day (based on visuals of haze). Some construction activity this morning.
Bruce (site construction supervisor) stopped by for a tour of the site.
Trademark: min temperature last night was -6, and max today was +15C.
winds were light, mostly less than 2 m/s. with variable direction.
dew point around -5C. (all just like yesterday).
Profiler winds light, with a lot of clutter overnight
below 500 m. At night signal is very very weak and POP is picking
up the spurs. NIMA should shine here. Direction at 1 km rotates
from NW to NE to E to SE to E.
Washoe: min T was -3C, max +12C, dew point -4C overnight and drying to
-10C for part of the day. Sfc wind about 1 m/s from the SW (variable)
until 17Z, and then 3-5 m/s steady from the SW. Profiler winds
at 1 km begin from the N and rotate from the E. RASS to around 800 m.
Profiler shows circulation Northerly to Easterly shift (at 1 km).
Three students visited for a short time this afternoon. They will be back to
demo the first launch tomorrow afternoon.
OTHER NOTES:
Added flags to many tie-downs at Trademark. Still need to bring reflectors
from Washoe.
Replaced the modem at Washoe Park HQ. Comms there seem ok (still - apparently
they started working correctly with the other modem, too).
Fueled the generator at 20Z, it was down to 1/4 of the main tank. United
visited to fix the hand pump. Appt to shut down/service generator at
9am Sunday.
Comms at Trademark are now suspect. They work well sometimes but other times
the link is broken mid-stream.
- 3: DAILY, Site trademark, Tue 26-Feb-2002 18:51:58 GMT, Tuesday 26-Feb-2002 Daily Notes
Overall:
1. I plan to use this TKLOG (at Trademark) for daily notes applicable to
both sites.
2. Visual observation of inversions is by the depth of apparent pollution
in the air against tall buildings (Hilton) or Rattlesnake Peak or
the surrounding mountains.
3. NOTE: Profiler beam directions were not correct during Monday test
sonde. Fixed later Monday morning.
DAILY NOTES:
First day of operations. Both sites collecting data, but several problems
with plots and comms to work out.
Summary: Inversion day, no soundings, construction (pouring concrete) this
morning, but not too much activity.
Weather:
Cool overnight, cirrus this morning with an inversion seen at 7am which
appears to have been broken up at 11am observation. Cirrus all day, as seen
also in solar. Dip at 23:30 is when sun went behind a thin wave cloud.
Trademark: min temperature last night was -6, and max today was +14C.
winds were light, mostly less than 1 m/s. with variable direction.
dew point around -5C.
Profiler winds light below about 800 m, with clutter overnight
below 500 m. Looks like spurs; maybe NIMA will clean it up. But
why only at night. I need to come by late and check it out.
Washoe: min temperature -3C, max +11, dew point was 6C most of the day.
Surface winds from the WNW (1-6 m/s), except from S at 4 m/s between
6Z and 16Z. RASS measured to 700-800 m. Profiler winds light, seen
to above 1 km. At 1km they shift: from E early, from W later in day.
Max profiler wind about 7 m/s at 800 m at 20Z.
SODAR: Winds very light, measured up to 200-250 m.
NOTES:
First 2pm planning meeting today: Forecast is for high pressure and inversions
for the next many days, We plan soundings at 0Z, 6Z, 12Z, 18Z on Thursday night
and Friday (29 Feb). Students will be here for 0Z (Thursday afternoon).
List of things to work on:
flagging cables
wooden step
web page
plot_latest_sounding (Bill's GLASS plot)
Washoe comms
NIMA
SOAP plots
SODAR height coverage
Washoe JAZ
- 2: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 27-Jun-2000 13:01:25 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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SITE INFO
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Site Name:
date yymmdd:
launch time UTC:
Sonde coef tape #:
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb :
Temp C :
RH % :
For Surface Data
Pressure mb :
Temp C :
RH% :
Wind Spd m/s :
Wind Dir deg :
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description ( visibility, sea state, cloud coverage and cloud type,
rain, virga, etc. )
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb :
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
For Surface Data
Pressure mb :
Temp C :
RH % :
Wspd m/s :
Wdir deg :
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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- 1: LOG, Site none, Tue 11-Apr-2000 15:53:29 GMT, Logbook created
initial log file /iss/home/iss/tklog.log created by USER iss