- 178: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 04-Mar-2001 01:06:11 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #76 - Clutter tests
Log: Tape0103031803.log
Backup Tape #76
03-Mar-2001_22-15-03.cor
to 04-Mar-2001_00-30-02.tms.gz
Contains before/after removal of corrugations to test effect on clutter.
- 177: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 04-Mar-2001 00:51:10 GMT, Final MAPR Level Measurement
04 Mar 00:45Z (03 Mar 17:45 LT)
Found side pointing toward 230 degrees to be 2 mm low (ie. level).
Found side pointing toward 140 degrees to be 5 mm low from a 1.5m level.
This is level within 0.2 degrees. (Good job leveling Bill!)
This should be re-checked by Mike, Lou.
- 176: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 22:44:41 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #75
Log: Tape0103031534.log
Backup Tape #75
03-Mar-2001_12-15-03.cor
to 03-Mar-2001_22-05-10.cor
- 175: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 22:35:31 GMT, MAPR Clutter tests
03 Mar:
22:35 (15:35 LT) Started MAPR in time-series mode to get baseline data.
Some traffic on the snow driving course. Some traffic on road to north.
23:20 (16:20 LT) Stopped MAPR, removed corrugations.
23:34 Restarted in time-series mode without corrugations.
Much less traffic on snow driving course. Still traffic on road.
00:30 Mar 04 (17:30 LT Mar 03) Stopped MAPR. End of test.
Data is on Snowfall MAPR tape #76.
Antenna and RASS are clear of snow..
At 22:35Z:
Forward Power 107.43%
VSWR 3.27:1
- 174: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 21:08:35 GMT, Sounding Launch #27 03 Mar 20:55Z (13:55 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010303
launch time UTC: 2055Z
Sonde coef tape #: 908509710
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde [INSIDE TRAILER -- SEE COMMENTS AT END]
Pressure mb : 784.5
Temp C : 20.3
RH % : 74.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : none
Temp C : none
RH% : none
Wind Spd m/s : none
Wind Dir deg : none
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Sunny. High cloud
sunny..
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : N/A
Termination Altitude km : N/A
Rason for Termination : end of test
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Sunny. High cloud.
summit.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : none
Temp C : none
RH % : none
Wspd m/s : none
Wdir deg : none
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
This is a test to see if we can receive a sonde transmitting from the gondola.
The idea to instrument the goldola next year. Note that we do not have GPS at
all (not important for test?).
Lost sonde while they were driving over to the ski area. Acquired again.
10-second data is "frozen". Maybe it thought there was a burst and so it gives
up. The raw data is still good.
Spotty signal at base (about 780 mb). Then good signal until (maybe) flat spot
in hill (751-747 mb). Then good to top, about 715 mb.
See data file C:\Glassdat\D200103032058.map for ascii listing.
- 173: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 21:01:25 GMT, Sounding Launch #26 03 Mar 20:21Z (13:21 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010303
launch time UTC: 2021Z
Sonde coef tape #: 908510215
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 785.2
Temp C : 2.61
RH % : 60.8
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : none
Temp C : none
RH% : none
Wind Spd m/s : none
Wind Dir deg : none
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Sunny. High cloud
sunny..
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 440 mb
Termination Altitude km : 6600 m
Rason for Termination : next experiment
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Sunny. High cloud.
summit.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : none
Temp C : none
RH % : none
Wspd m/s : none
Wdir deg : none
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
This was a launch mainly for the National Geographic camera crew. Note
that surface met was not working. Also terminated early for another test.
Very well tracked by MAPR, to 2km in light winds. Glass PC clock is
8 seconds ahead of ISS clock
- 172: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 16:21:51 GMT, Surface data failure
03 Mar 16:15 Z (09:15 LT) Solar sensors are clear of frost this morning.
Sureface data stopped working at about 16:45Z (11:45 LT). Havn't worked on
fixing it because of visitors and end of project. We should diagnose
before teardown.
- 171: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 16:20:51 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #74
Log: Tape0103030918.log
Backup Tape #74
03-Mar-2001_02-15-03.cor
to 03-Mar-2001_12-05-17.cor
- 170: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 16:10:02 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Mar-03).
03 Mar:
MAPR in correlation mode overnight, and continuing in correlation mode today.
Antenna and RASS are clear of snow
At 16:10Z:
Forward Power 116.74%
VSWR 2.92:1
END PROJECT AT 22:30Z (15:30 LT).
NEXT RUN SOME CLUTTER TESTS....
- 169: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 16:07:19 GMT, Weather today 03 Mar
03 Mar:
Overcast and chilly this morning. Cloud base is far above peaks, though.
Sunny by 10am and for the rest of the day.
Launched one sonde for National Geographic
Used another sonde to test reception from Gondola.
END PROJECT AT 22:30 Z.
(and begin clutter tests)
- 168: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 05:48:31 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #73
Log: Tape0103022012.log
Backup Tape #73
02-Mar-2001_16-15-03.cor
to 03-Mar-2001_02-05-09.cor
- 167: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Mar-2001 00:16:36 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #72
Log: Tape0103021442.log
Backup Tape #72
02-Mar-2001_06-15-00.cor
to 02-Mar-2001_16-05-18.cor
- 166: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 02-Mar-2001 21:39:38 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #71
Log: Tape0103020901.log
Backup Tape #71
01-Mar-2001_20-30-02.tms.gz
to 02-Mar-2001_06-05-16.cor
- 165: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Fri 02-Mar-2001 16:03:46 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
02 Mar 15:55 Z (08:55 LT) defrosted solar sensors. Incoming visible was
frosted.
- 164: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 02-Mar-2001 15:56:53 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Mar-02).
02 Mar:
MAPR in correlation mode overnight, and continuing in correlation mode today.
Antenna and RASS clear of snow
At 15:45Z:
Forward Power 124.19%
VSWR 2.85:1
- 163: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Fri 02-Mar-2001 15:55:32 GMT, Weather today 02 Mar
02 Mar: A dusting of snow at the hotel at 14Z (0700 LT). Sunny and mostly
clear by 15Z. Sunny all afternoon. A real nice day.
No operations planned.
- 162: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 02-Mar-2001 00:11:27 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #70
Log: Tape0103011436.log
Backup Tape #70
01-Mar-2001_14-15-00.tms
to 01-Mar-2001_20-30-02.cor
- 161: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 19:13:22 GMT, Sounding Launch #25 01 Mar 19:12Z (12:12 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010301
launch time UTC: 1912Z
Sonde coef tape #: 908510211
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 788.7
Temp C : -0.8
RH % : 69.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 788.4
Temp C : -2.4
RH% : 89.8
Wind Spd m/s : 1.6
Wind Dir deg : 195
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Light overcast. Not snowing. Can see gondola and
lodge. Mountain peak appears to be in light cloud. West side of sky is partly
sunny.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 49 mb
Termination Altitude km : 20618 m
Rason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Cloudy. No snow. Can see gondola, and lodge, but not
summit.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 788.0
Temp C :-0.9
RH % : 78.1
Wspd m/s : 0.8
Wdir deg : 074
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Could not get GPS lock from sonde. No winds.
Sonde has yellow paper coefficients tape, and package says RS80-15GH.
Is this a GPS sonde?
Tracked by MAPR. GLASS PC clock matches ISS time within 1 second.
- 160: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 18:02:09 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #69
Log: Tape0103010829.log
Backup Tape #69
01-Mar-2001_08-45-02.cor
to 01-Mar-2001_14-15-00.cor
- 159: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 16:08:41 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #68
Log: Tape0103010829.log
Backup Tape #68
01-Mar-2001_02-45-14.cor
to 01-Mar-2001_08-30-00.tms.gz
- 158: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 16:02:27 GMT, Temperature sensor anomaly?
I have noticed that the surface met is consistently 1-2 C colder than
the sonde in the aspirator.
- 157: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 16:01:55 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
01 Mar 16:00 Z (09:00 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. All upward viewing domes were covered with powder. Will probably become covered again soon.
- 156: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 15:49:24 GMT, Weather today 01 Mar
01 Mar: A little snow in the wee hours. Snowing at 14Z tapering off by
16Z.
Soundings at 15:35 Z and 19"12 Z.
Partly sunny in the afternoon.
The stream turned into a lake. Dug more flow channels. By 00:00Z (1700 LT)
the lake had mostly drained. Also all instruments clear of snow.
- 155: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 15:43:06 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Mar-01).
01 Mar:
MAPR in time series mode all night (forgot to return to cor after last night's
operations). Disk filled around 14:50 Z (07:50 LT) so no more data until
15:20Z (0820 LT). At that time, restarted in time series mode for another
intensive.
2105Z (14:05 LT) changed back to correlation-only mode.
Antenna and RASS have snow cover this morning. (Clear at 00Z (17 LT) check)
At 15:45Z:
Forward Power 122.47%
VSWR 2.89:1
- 154: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 15:38:52 GMT, Sounding Launch #24 01 Mar 15:35Z (08:35 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010301
launch time UTC: 1535Z
Sonde coef tape #: 933256013
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 788.9
Temp C : -3.0
RH % : 81.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.8
Temp C : -5.2
RH% : 94.3
Wind Spd m/s : 1.3
Wind Dir deg : 185
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Very light snow. Can see gondola and can just see
lodge (optical depth limited, not cloud base). Overcast but thin areas in cloud.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 92 mb
Termination Altitude km : 16641 m
Rason for Termination : burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Snow stopped during flight, but now (16:42Z) it is snowing
again. Can see gondola almost up to lodge.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 788.2
Temp C :-4.9
RH % : 92.9
Wspd m/s : 1.5
Wdir deg : 188
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight. Burst sooner than usual.
Tracked by MAPR. GLASS PC clock matches ISS time within 1 second.
- 153: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 06:00:14 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #67
Log: Tape0102282233.log
Backup Tape #67
28-Feb-2001_17-05-17.tms.gz
to 01-Mar-2001_02-30-00.cor
- 152: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 05:14:11 GMT, Sounding Launch #23 01 Mar 05:09Z (22:09 LT Feb 28)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010301
launch time UTC: 0509Z
Sonde coef tape #: 933152911
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 788.4
Temp C : -4.8
RH % : 91.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.3
Temp C : -5.7
RH% : 95.5
Wind Spd m/s : 0.9
Wind Dir deg : 191
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Dark. Moderate snow; can not see lodge lights.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 55 mb
Termination Altitude km : 19821 m
Rason for Termination : need to send up another
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Dark. Moderate snowfall tapered off during flight.
By 05:35 I could see lights of the lodge. By termination snow had stopped.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.2
Temp C :-5.8
RH % : 96.3
Wspd m/s : 0.0
Wdir deg : 77
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight.
Tracked by MAPR. GLASS PC clock is 1 second.behind ISS time.
- 151: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 03:39:35 GMT, Sounding Launch #22 01 Mar 03:36Z (20:37 LT Feb 28)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010301
launch time UTC: 0336Z
Sonde coef tape #: 935552215
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 788.6
Temp C : -3.2
RH % : 83.7
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.3
Temp C : -5.2
RH% : 93.7
Wind Spd m/s : 1.1
Wind Dir deg : 285
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Dark. Light snow; can not see lodge lights.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 71 mb
Termination Altitude km : 18250 m
Rason for Termination : need to send up another
Post-Termination
Weather Description: BVery light snow at surface. (Randy says alot of snow
at SPL). Dark.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.3
Temp C :-5.6
RH % : 95.6
Wspd m/s : 3.0
Wdir deg : 182
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight. Lost GPS lock for first few hundred meters.
Tracked by MAPR but not very high. GLASS PC clock is 1 seconds.behind ISS time.
- 150: REMINDERS, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 02:26:52 GMT, List of MAPR tapes which have been duplicated
#39 Tape0102190912.log
18-Feb-2001_14-45-15.cor
to 18-Feb-2001_2230-02.tms.gz
#40 Tape0102191144.log
18-Feb-2001_22-45-00.tms.gz
to /rass/19-Feb-2001_08-00-13.cor
#41 Tape0102191625.log
/rass/19-Feb-2001_08-00-13.tms.gz
to 19-Feb-2001_17-45-14.cor
#42 Tape0102191900.log
19-Feb-2001_17-45-14.tms
to 20-Feb-2001_00-05-08.tms.
#43 Tape0102200946.log
20-Feb-2001_00-05-08.cor
to /rass/20-Feb-2001_09-00-11.cor
#46 Tape0102211010.log
21-Feb-2001_05-45-16.tms.gz
to /rass/21-Feb-2001_15-00-11.cor
#47 Tape0102211435.log
21-Feb-2001_15-06-11.tms.gz
to 21-Feb-2001_20-45-01.tms.gz
#54 Tape0102241111.log
24-Feb-2001_07-45-16.cor
24-Feb-2001_16-45-03.tms.gz
#55 Tape0102241645.log
24-Feb-2001_16_45_03.cor
to 24-Feb-2001_22_45_02.cor
#57 Tape 0102251627.log
25-Feb-2001_07-45-12.tms.gz
to /rass/25-Feb-2001_17-00-13.cor
#63 Tape0102271043.log
27-Feb-2001_07-05-08.tms.gz
to 27-Feb-2001_12-30-00.cor
#64 Tape0102271547.log
27-Feb-2001_12-30-00.tms
to /rass/27-Feb-2001_22-00-11.cor
#66 Tape0102281121.log
/rass/28-Feb-2001_08-00-04.cor
to /rass/28-Feb-2001_17-00-13.tms.gz
#68 Tape0103010829.log
01-Mar-2001_02-45-14.cor
01-Mar-2001_08-30-00.tms.gz
#70 Tape0103011436.log
01-Mar-2001_14-15-00.tms
01-Mar-2001_20-30-02.cor
- 149: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Thu 01-Mar-2001 01:23:06 GMT, Brief surface met outage Mar 01 00:05-00:40 Z (1705-1740 LT)
01 Mar: Surface met data missing from about 00:05 to 00:40 Z (1705-1740 LT on
28 Feb). This was because of a reboot (needed to clear the modem).
- 148: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 28-Feb-2001 23:24:04 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #66
Log: Tape0102281121.log
Backup Tape #66
/rass/28-Feb-2001_08-00-04.cor
to /rass/28-Feb-2001_17-00-13.tms.gz
- 147: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 28-Feb-2001 18:09:19 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #65
Log: Tape0102280849.log
Backup Tape #65
/rass/27-Feb-2001_22-00-11.tms.gz
to 28-Feb-2001_07-45-12.tms.gz
- 146: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Wed 28-Feb-2001 16:17:20 GMT, Sounding Launch #21 28 Feb UT 16:30Z (09:30 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010228
launch time UTC: 1630Z
Sonde coef tape #: 933152915
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 789.6
Temp C : -7.1
RH % : 89.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 788.5
Temp C : -8.2
RH% : 94.2
Wind Spd m/s : 3.2
Wind Dir deg : 178
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Sunny, hazy, cold.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 50 mb
Termination Altitude km : 20446 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Became very foggy after launch. Burning off by 17:15Z.
Mostly sunny, a little haze, fog in valley at termination.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.6
Temp C :-7.4
RH % : 95.3
Wspd m/s : 3.1
Wdir deg : 189
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight,
Well tracked by MAPR. Strong sonde signal, weak air echoes.GLASS PC clock is
2 seconds.behind ISS time.
- 145: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Wed 28-Feb-2001 16:03:57 GMT, Weather today 28 Feb
28 Feb: Mostly sunny morning; some fog especially in town. Randy notes
easterly flow at SPL so we are doing a sounding to learn more about
its depth. More sun by 17:45 Z. Mostly sunny all day. Occasional high
overcast.
Soundings at 16:30 Z, 0336 Z, 0509 Z.
- 144: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 28-Feb-2001 16:00:59 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-28).
28 Feb:
MAPR in correlation mode through the night. Partly sunny this morning,
poor SNR. Randy is interested in a sounding of the easterly winds and
the inversion height. Not really an IOP, but put MAPR in tms mode
since we are launching.
MAPR collecting time series beginning at 15:48Z (0848 LT).
MAPR back to correlations only beginning at 18:05Z (11:05 LT).
Just a dusting of snow overnight. Sunny, partly cloudy all day. But cooler
and not much melting. Snow again in evening, beginning aloft at about 0200 Z
and at surface (light) about 02:45 Z Mar 1 (19:45 LT Feb 28)
Started time-series collection at 03:15 Z (Mar 1) (20:15 LT Feb 28).
At 16:05Z:
Forward Power 116.74%
VSWR 3.01:1
- 143: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 28-Feb-2001 01:25:45 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #64
Log: Tape0102271547.log
Backup Tape #64
27-Feb-2001_12-30-00.tms
to /rass/27-Feb-2001_22-20-11.cor
- 142: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 20:47:52 GMT, Possible data to try time-series/correlation clutter removal based on a_h
A thought:
There is some clutter in the lowest 4 gates, and good signal just above. This
data may be good to try the iterative clutter removal idea based on a_h value.
Try the datafile for: 27-Feb-2001_19-45-12.tms.gz
(maybe 20:45 better?)
- 141: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 20:43:45 GMT, Weather today 27 Feb
27 Feb: Some snow overnight. Light snow in the early morning. Partly sunny
by mid-morning. Partly sunny and occasional flurries throughout the afternoon.
One sounding today at 14:58 Z (07:56 LT).
The river flows.
- 140: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 20:01:10 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #63
Log: Tape0102271043.log
Backup Tape #63
27-Feb-2001_07-05-08.tms.gz
to 27-Feb-2001_11-30-00.cor
- 139: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 17:40:55 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #62
Log: Tape0102270803.log
Backup Tape #62
27-Feb-2001_01-05-07.cor
to /rass/27-Feb-2001_07-00-10.tms.gz
- 138: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 15:20:51 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
27 Feb 15:06 Z (08:06 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. All upward viewing domes were covered with powder.
- 137: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 15:18:14 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-27).
27 Feb:
MAPR in time series mode through the night,
Disk filled at 12:45Z (0545 LT). Need to remember to include RASS when
calculating disk use!
Restarted MAPR in time series mode at 15:05Z (0805 LT).
Changed to correlation only mode at 17:45Z (10:45 LT). (Sunny now).
Some snow last night. Antenna and RASS have snow cover. Powder with low water
content.
Partly sunny by mid-morning. Antenna and RASS clear of snow as of 20:30Z
(13:30 LT) check.
At 15:15Z:
Forward Power 117.93%
VSWR 2.76:1
- 136: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 15:17:22 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #61
Log: Tape0102261923.log
Backup Tape #61
/rass/26-Feb-2001_19-05-09.tms.gz
to 27-Feb-2001_01-05-07.tms.gz
- 135: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 15:15:39 GMT, Sounding Launch #20 27 Feb UT 14:58Z (07:58 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010227
launch time UTC: 1458Z
Sonde coef tape #: 935552207
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 791.01
Temp C : -2.3
RH % : 89.7
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.0
Temp C : -3.8
RH% : 96.8
Wind Spd m/s : 1.0
Wind Dir deg : 140
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Overcast. Very light flurries. Cloud base about 1/3
way up gondola.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 42 mb
Termination Altitude km : 21567 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Overcast, a few crystals falling. Cloud base rose after
launch, still below Lodge. But by termination, base was lower again, similar to launch time.
Cloud base is variable as I look toward the ski area. Breaking up?
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.5
Temp C :-2.8
RH % : 90.7
Wspd m/s : 0.6
Wdir deg : 331
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight,
Not tracked by MAPR (MAPR disk full error). But GLASSS PC clock is 5 seconds
ahead of ISS time.
- 134: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 27-Feb-2001 01:13:07 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #60
Log: Tape0102261422.log
Backup Tape #60
/rass/26-Feb-2001_09-00-17.tms.gz
to /rass/26-Feb-2001_19-00-08.cor
- 133: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 26-Feb-2001 20:10:43 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #59
Log: Tape0102260939.log
Backup Tape #59
/rass/25-Feb-2001_23-00-11.tms.gz
to /rass/26-Feb-2001_09-00-11.cor
- 132: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 26-Feb-2001 16:37:31 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-26).
26 Feb:
MAPR in correlation only mode through the night, and continuing.
Signals are weak. Antenna and RASS are free of snow, but its cool and dry.
.
Changed to time-series collection at 20:15Z (13:15 LT). Clouds aloft appear
to be descending. We don't expect snow until late tonight/early tomorrow,
but let's get some time series of the precipitating cloud.
MAPR PC locked up at 21:00 just when RASS started. Other activities were,
running in time-series mode, doing a tape backup. Restarted in time series
mode at 21:07 (also restarted tape backup). RASS stayed on for a couple of
minutes after restarting. Note: forgot to change directory to /data/mapr.
Stopped, moved data files to that directory, and restarted properly at 21:27Z.
At 16:30Z:
Forward Power 122.47%
VSWR 2.79:1
- 131: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Mon 26-Feb-2001 16:36:32 GMT, Weather today 26 Feb
26 Feb: Dry overnight. Bright with high overcast (Cirrus) this morning. High
clouds most of the day, lowering by mid-afternoon but not low enough.
Maybe tomorrow.
There is alot of dirt showing under the ice. I have dug a channel to
divert a pool of water away from the transmitter. Next year, if possible,
we should put the TX up on blocks.
- 130: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 26-Feb-2001 16:33:06 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #58
Log: Tape0102251922.log
Backup Tape #58
/rass/25-Feb-2001_17-00-13.tms.gz
to /rass/25-Feb-2001_23-00-11.cor
- 129: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 26-Feb-2001 02:18:18 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #57
Log: Tape0102251627.log
Backup Tape #57
25-Feb-2001_07-45-12.tms.gz
to 25-Feb-2001_16_45_01.tms.gz
and /rass/25-Feb-2001_17-00-13.cor
- 128: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Sun 25-Feb-2001 17:15:44 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
25 Feb 16:55 Z (09:55 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. All upward viewing domes were covered with powder.
- 127: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Sun 25-Feb-2001 16:18:52 GMT, Weather today 25 Feb
25 Feb: A couple of inches snow overnight. Flurries this morning.
Partly sunny in afternoon with scattered flurries.
We launched a sonde today: 16:00 Z (0900 LT).
MAPR in time series mode beginning 15:46 Z and ending at 23:30 Z
Cleared radiation sensors at 16:55Z.
- 126: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 25-Feb-2001 16:15:37 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-25).
25 Feb:
IOP began at (or before) 9am (16Z) launch. Randy and Doug collecting samples
earlier.
MAPR in correlation only mode through the night
MAPR to time series mode at 15:46 Z (0846 LT) through 23:20 Z
Paused MAPR from 23:30Z to 00:00Z (16:30-17:00 LT) to clear antenna of snow.
Back to correlation only mode. beginning 00:00 Z (26 Feb).
Note: Times of interest for IOP ended by 17Z, but collected more time series
so we have some clear air data also.
Cleared antenna of snow 23:30 Z
Light snow showers during morning. Partly sunny with occasional snow flurries
during afternoon
At 16:20Z:
Forward Power 117.93%
VSWR 2.85:1
- 125: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 25-Feb-2001 16:10:16 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #56
Log: Tape0102250347.log
Backup Tape #56
24-Feb-2001_22-45-02.tms.gz
to 25-Feb-2001_07_45_12.cor
- 124: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sun 25-Feb-2001 16:02:20 GMT, Sounding Launch #19 25 Feb UT 16:00Z (09:00 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010225
launch time UTC: 1600Z
Sonde coef tape #: 935552210
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 791.13
Temp C : -4.5
RH % : 77.6
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.0
Temp C : -6.7
RH% : 92.5
Wind Spd m/s : 0.5
Wind Dir deg : 231
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Overcast with very light flurries. Can see lodge.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 72 mb
Termination Altitude km : 18129 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Thin overcast; thicker over mountains, but cloud base is
above peaks.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.4
Temp C :-4.8
RH % : 87.5
Wspd m/s : 0.7
Wdir deg : 211
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight, except GPS lock spotty low.
Launched during RASS. GLASS PC clock 1 second ahead of ISS time.
- 123: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 25-Feb-2001 06:24:31 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #55
Log: Tape0102241645.log
Backup Tape #55
24-Feb-2001_16-45-03.cor
to 24-Feb-2001_22_45_02.cor
- 122: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 20:49:07 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #54
Log: Tape0102241111.log
Backup Tape #54
24-Feb-2001_07-45-16.cor
to 24-Feb-2001_16_45_03.tms.gz
Also, ran cleaning tape through drive#0
- 121: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 20:21:42 GMT, Sounding Launch #18 24 Feb UT 20:30Z (13:30 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010224
launch time UTC: 2030
Sonde coef tape #: 935552211
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 782.05
Temp C : -0.2
RH % : 64.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 780.9
Temp C : -2.2
RH% : 76.1
Wind Spd m/s : 2.6
Wind Dir deg : 305
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Some sun at the site (9/10 overcast). Snow has stopped.
Can see lodge but SPL is still in cloud.
.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 72 mb
Termination Altitude km : 18211 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Sunny at times; breaks in overcast mostly to west and
south; Cloud base to East at the lodge height.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 781.4
Temp C :-2.0
RH % : 75.2
Wspd m/s : 2.9
Wdir deg : 331
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight.
Maybe tracked sonde with MAPR. GLASS PC clock 3 seconds behind ISS time.
- 120: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 19:48:33 GMT, Weather today 24 Feb
24 Feb: Just a few flurries overnight. Flurries all morning, and overcast.
We launched two sondes today: 15:40 Z, 17:55 Z, and 20:30 Z.
Became partly sunny in early afternoon, although SPL still in cloud.
By late afternoon, clear in valley, cloud aloft over mountain but base above
SPL height.
Had vertical montion oscillation again from about 19:35 to 20:35 Z.
Sounding launched just after it died down.
MAPR in time series mode beginning 16:05 Z, ending 00:30 Z (25-Feb)
- 119: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 17:50:36 GMT, Sounding Launch #17 24 Feb UT 17:55Z (10:55 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010224
launch time UTC: 1755
Sonde coef tape #: 935552212
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 779.11
Temp C : -2.3
RH % : 75.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 779.7
Temp C : -3.8
RH% : 80.6
Wind Spd m/s : 4.5
Wind Dir deg : 270
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Moderate flurries at surface. Can see half way up
gondola. Can't see lodge. Orographic cloud is obvious. West side of valley
has lighter overcast than near goldola. Our site may be at edge of the
orographic cloud. Note: Wind at surface now from the west and much stronger.
About 4.5 m/s at launch, 7 m/s 20 min into launch.Storm peak lab is in cloud.
.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 89 mb
Termination Altitude km : 16835 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination
Weather Description: Snow has stopped. Overcast. Cloud base just below
lodge.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 780.4
Temp C :-3.2
RH % : 78.0
Wspd m/s : 6.8
Wdir deg : 275
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight.
Do not see sonde signature in MAPR w. For the record, GLASS PC clock 3 seconds
behind ISS time.
- 118: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 16:21:34 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
24 Feb 16:17 Z (09:17 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. All upward viewing domes were covered with powder.
- 117: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 16:00:46 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-24).
24 Feb:
IOP began at (or before) scheduled 8am (15Z) launch. Neglected to put MAPR
in tms mode (hectic with sonde problems) for ths start of it.
MAPR in correlation only mode through night.
In time series mode starting at 16:05Z (0905 LT) - Ending at 00:30 Z (25-Feb)
which is 17:30 LT
Snow on antenna and RASS (cleared RASS mid afternoon)
Light snow showers during morning. Partly sunny early afternoon.
At 16:05Z:
Forward Power 121.29%
VSWR 2.98:1
Had vertical oscillation again from 19:40 to 20:30 Z
- 116: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 15:52:47 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #53
Log: Tape0102240254.log
Backup Tape #53
23-Feb-2001_21-45-15.tms.gz
to 24-Feb-2001_07_30_01.cor
- 115: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 15:40:56 GMT, Sounding Launch #16 24 Feb UT 15:40Z (8:40 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010224
launch time UTC: 1540
Sonde coef tape #: 935552214
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 779.11
Temp C : -2.3
RH % : 75.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 778.2
Temp C : -3.7
RH% : 83.3
Wind Spd m/s : 4.6
Wind Dir deg : 246
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Overcast. Light snow. Can not see gondola, but that may
be horizontal visibility. Storm peak lab is in cloud.
.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 51 mb
Termination Altitude km : 20311 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination Weather Description: Cloud base below lodge. Can see 2/3 up
gondola.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 779.2
Temp C :-4.0
RH % : 80.7
Wspd m/s : 4.8
Wdir deg : 266
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorological features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight. Delayed 40 minutes because of problems reading tape. Had to run to
Walmart for compressed air. Ned, thanks for the advice.
Strong directional shear just below 7 km MSL.
1612 Z: snow stopped at surface. Can see half-way up gondola
Sonde tracked with MAPR. GLASS PC clock 1 second behind ISS time
- 114: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 24-Feb-2001 04:21:04 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #52
Log: Tape0102231624.log
Backup Tape #52
23-Feb-2001_11-45-15.tms.gz
to 23-Feb-2001_21_45_15.cor
- 113: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Fri 23-Feb-2001 23:25:34 GMT, Weather today 23 Feb
23 Feb: Dry overnight. Sunny all day. Small chance of snow this evening or
tomorrow. Alot more melting expected. A river runs through it.
MAPR in correlation-only mode.
Randy got a call that National Geographic will be visiting to do a story from
March 2-4.
Note interesting MAPR return:
Persistant upgraft starting at 0105Z (24 Feb), followed by snow aloft and
finally reaching the surface. Updraft dissapears by 02:25. Also there is a
"jet" in horizontal wind speed, and wind shear aloft (warm advection?).
- 112: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 23-Feb-2001 23:21:41 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #51
Log: Tape0102230847.log
Backup Tape #51
23-Feb-2001_01-45-13.tms.gz
to 23-Feb-2001_11_45_15.cor
Also ran cleaning tape through drive#1.
- 111: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 23-Feb-2001 15:47:27 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-23).
23 Feb:
In correlation only (windrass) mode this morning. No interesting weather expected until overnight or tomorrow.
At 15:45Z:
Forward Power 119.66%
VSWR 2.76:1
- 110: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 22-Feb-2001 23:44:25 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #50
Log: Tape0102222225.log
Backup Tape #50
22-Feb-2001_15-45-12.tms.gz
to 23-Feb-2001_01_45_13.cor
- 109: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Thu 22-Feb-2001 16:15:58 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
22 Feb 16:15 Z (09:15 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. All upward viewing domes were encrusted with snow.
Plots show increase in incoming solar, decrease in IR. Net decrease.
There was also an increase in IR (and net) at 15:45. Don't know why.
- 108: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 22-Feb-2001 16:11:51 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-22).
22 Feb:
In correlation only (windrass) mode this morning. No interesting weather expected until at least late afternoon.
At 16:15Z:
Forward Power 119.66%
VSWR 2.79:1
- 107: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Thu 22-Feb-2001 16:10:25 GMT, Weather today 22 Feb
22 Feb: A couple of inches overnight. Sunny in the morning. Randy says this
is the first time in a while that Storm Peak is out of cloud.
A whole lot of melting goin' on.
Visited the Lab today. Great lunch and views.
MAPR in correlation-only mode.
- 106: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 22-Feb-2001 16:04:43 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #48
Log: Tape0102220221.log
Backup Tape #48
rass/21-Feb-2001_21-00-11.cor
to 22-Feb-2001_05_45_15.cor
- 105: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 22-Feb-2001 03:49:17 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #47
Log: Tape0102211435.log
Backup Tape #47
rass/21-Feb-2001_15-00-11.tms.gz
to 21-Feb-2001_20_45_01.tms.gz
- 104: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 21:25:45 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #46
Log: Tape0102211010.log
Backup Tape #46
21-Feb-2001_05-45-16.tms.gz
to 21-Feb-2001_14_45_01.tms.gz
and /rass/21-Feb-2001_15-00-11.cor
- 103: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 17:13:47 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #45
Log: Tape0102210731.log
Backup Tape #45
20-Feb-2001_19-45-12.tms.gz
to 21-Feb-2001_05_45_16.cor
- 102: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 16:35:47 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
21 Feb 16:30 Z (09:30 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. All upward viewing domes were encrusted with snow.
Plots show large increase in incoming solar (and netrad)
- 101: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 15:50:51 GMT, Weather today 21 Feb
21 Feb: Snow overnight, since about midnight. 4 inches at site at 8am.
Snow off/on in and early afternoon (untill about 14:00 LT). Sunny at times.
MAPR in corr/tms (wind/RASS tms/corr) mode starting at 7:30 LT (14:30 Z) for an IOP.
Sonde launched at: 14:55Z (07:55 LT)
Again, the orange cone was plowed into the snow bank. Got the site in good shape
again but it took alot of shoveling.
Changed MAPR back to cor-only (no time series) at 22:30Z (15:30 LT)
- 100: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 15:48:13 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-21).
21 Feb:
Began maprrasstms at 14:30 Z (07:30 LT) because of another IOP.
At 16:00Z: Some snow on RASS and antenna
Forward Power 124.19% before clearing snow
VSWR 2.92:1 before clearing snow
Started correlation only (windrass) at 22:30Z. (15:30 LT)
- 99: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 15:09:05 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #44
Log: Tape0102202211.log
Backup Tape #44
/rass/20-Feb-2001_09-00-11.tms/gz and
20-Feb-2001_09-05-16.cor
to 20-Feb-2001_19_45_12.cor
- 98: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Wed 21-Feb-2001 14:58:42 GMT, Sounding Launch #15 21 Feb UT 14:55Z (7:55 LT)
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010221
launch time UTC: 1455
Sonde coef tape #: 935552206
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 794.32
Temp C : 0.7
RH % : 79.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 793.7
Temp C : -1.4
RH% : 93.5
Wind Spd m/s : 0.5
Wind Dir deg : 316
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Overcast. Was snowing 10 min before launch. 4 inches of snow on the ground. Can see gondola, then fog bank, then goldola, then cloud. Can not see lodge. Storm peak lab is in cloud.
.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 202 mb
Termination Altitude km : 11600 m
Rason for Termination : Lost signal (behind peak?)
Post-Termination Weather Description: Light snow, fog. Cloud base below lodge.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 794.3
Temp C :-1.4
RH % : 95.3
Wspd m/s : 0.2
Wdir deg : 324
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight. Lost GPS lock at launch and didn't recover until 2110 m MSL
Launched 5 min early to track before RASS began (but lost lock...).
For the record, GLASS PC clock 6 seconds ahead of ISS time
- 97: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 19:11:12 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #43
Log: Tape0102200946.log
Backup Tape #43
20-Feb-2001_00-05-08.cor to
20-Feb-2001_08-45-13.tms.gz
and /rass/20-Feb-2001_09_00_11.cor
- 96: REMINDERS, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 19:02:21 GMT, Notes for system changes/upgrades
Using this entry to list things which could be improved. Most are minor.
When RASS begins, ramp the volume over 3-seconds (Charlie has this on his list).
GLASS realtime software: for one sounding the 10-second data was just plain wrong. Altitude got stuck at 2225m. Pressure and all else in the RAW data looked ok.
GLASS realtime software. The U and V of the RAW data have the wrong sign (U and V are positive with flow towards the East and North). The 10-second data, including direction, were correct. The Zeb display was also correct. Ned notes that it is Vaisala who uses the (wrong) convention of U,V being FROM East,North.
GLASS software: The realtime T display doesn't show temperatures below -50C, so we can't locate the tropopause height. This would be useful information in realtime for some projects.
MAPR PC hung. Noted because the clock stopped, other pc could not access contour plot web page. Before crash it was running windrasstms, doing a backup tape, and running Bill's plot_latest_sounding.csh. (did this twice now).
On Bill's sounding plots it would be nice to have wind speed and direction in addition to the U,V which are there.
Zeb radiation plot: The axis labels are good, but the legend labels are misleading.
On all plots of sounding data, when is RH from saturation with respect to water and when with respect to ice?
MAPR: We need a RASS temperature display (web or zeb)
MAPR: could use a raw voltage output for the scope to examine clutter, etc.
(Mike says this must be done by Charlie after the signal is digitized and
mixed to baseband.).
GLASS: During the initialization, is the surface met that I accept used as the
grounding point for the data? If so, it can be a long time (15 min or more)
from the actual launch time. [Mike says that is the data used; so could a
way to update this be added?].
General: Get a triple-piont table for trailer. Surface met says the
temperature is about -2 C, but the ice is melting. Is it because of the lowe
than STP standard pressure or because of salt or other contaminants?
Also, get an ice crystal habit diagram for trailer..
MAPR real-time display: power spectra sign convention is reversed (display only)
It seems downward are negative values (left of zero), but DBS displays show it
to be positive (right of zero). DBS displays the "radial velocity" with the
convention that it is positive towards the radar (down).
Zeb raingauge display: It is labeled as mm and each trip appears to be 0.1 mm.
But Bill said each trip is actually 0.1 inch?
- 95: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 17:36:19 GMT, Weather today 20 Feb
Accidently overwrote this. Need to replace.
- 94: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 17:28:41 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
20 Feb 17:00 Z (10:00 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer.
- 93: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 16:50:08 GMT, Notes and modes for today (Feb-20).
20 Feb:
Mid level overcast at 8 am; sunny/partly cloudy by 10:30 am;
Much sun in the afternoon.
Snowing lightly again by 10pm LT (05Z Feb 21).
MAPR in correlation (wind/rass) mode. MAPR off for half-hour to clear antenna and RASS of snow.
The orange cone I placed in our driveway was swept into the snowbank by the plows. I guess they just didn't understand.
- 92: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 05:01:45 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #42
Log: Tape0102191900.log
Backup Tape #42
19-Feb-2001_17-45-14.tms to
20-Feb-2001_00-05-08.cor.tms.gz
- 91: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 20-Feb-2001 02:01:48 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #41
Log: Tape0102191625.log
Backup Tape #41
/rass/19-Feb-2001_08-00-13.tms.gz -
19-Feb-2001_08-05-10.cor to
19-Feb-2001_17-45-14.cor
- 90: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 21:23:50 GMT, Sounding Launch #14 19 Feb UT 20:00Z (15:00 LT)
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1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010219
launch time UTC: 2200
Sonde coef tape #: 973263300
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 790.72
Temp C : 1.8
RH % : 81.2
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 789.7
Temp C : 1.4
RH% : 93.4
Wind Spd m/s : 2.9
Wind Dir deg : 004
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Very light flurries, with some indirect sun. Can see more than half-way up gondola but can not see lodge. Storm peak is in cloud.
.
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 232 mb
Termination Altitude km : 11800 m
Rason for Termination : Lost signal (behind peak?)
Post-Termination Weather Description: Snow indensified during flight, now moderate. Visibility too poor to see any part of Mt. Werner.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.3
Temp C : 0.6
RH % : 97.9
Wspd m/s : 3.2
Wdir deg : 342
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight.
Launced just during start of RASS so probably not tracked by MAPR.
GLASS PC clock 1 second ahead of ISS time
- 89: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 21:19:59 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #40
Log: Tape0102191144.log
Backup Tape #40
18-Feb-2001_22-45-00.tms.gz -
19-Feb-2001_07-45-15.tms.gz - and
19-Feb-2001_08-00-13.cor in /RASS
- 88: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 18:48:51 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #39
Log: Tape0102190912.log
Backup Tape #39
18-Feb-2001_14-45-15.cor -
18-Feb-2001_22-30-02.tms.gz
- 87: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 18:39:34 GMT, Sounding Launch #13 19 Feb UT 18:20Z (11:20 LT)
=====================
CLASS LAUNCH LOG version:001016
=====================
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use arrows to navigate, NO CARRIAGE RET, except in comments + wx descriptions!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010219
launch time UTC: 1820
Sonde coef tape #: 937263302
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 794.63
Temp C : 2.3
RH % : 89.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.2
Temp C : -0.4
RH% : 98.7
Wind Spd m/s : 1.6
Wind Dir deg : 028
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Still moderate snow since about 14:30 (7:30 LT).
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : above 70 mb
Termination Altitude km : above 19000 m
Rason for Termination : Burst
Post-Termination Weather Description: Lighter snow; still low cloud; Gondola not visible
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 789.7
Temp C : 0.8
RH % : 96.7
Wspd m/s : 1.4
Wdir deg : 059
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Good flight.
Tracked by MAPR, GLASS PC clock 2 seconds ahead of ISS time
- 86: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 18:33:47 GMT, Sounding Launch #12 19 Feb UT 17:57Z (10:57 LT)
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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: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010219
launch time UTC: 1757
Sonde coef tape #:
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 791.72
Temp C : 0.6
RH % : 89.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.1
Temp C : -0.9
RH% : 98.5
Wind Spd m/s : 0.0
Wind Dir deg : 086
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Still moderate snow since about 14:30 (7:30 LT).
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 420
Termination Altitude km : 6800 m
Rason for Termination : forgot to hit LAUNCH at start. sending another
Post-Termination Weather Description: Still moderate snow
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.)
--------
Sounding mostly good. Forgot to hit LAUNCH at start. Did it to take some data while another was set up. Then terminated and launched another at 18:20. However, it looks like all the data was recorded and transferred to ZEB?
Tracked by MAPR, GLASS PC clock 2 seconds ahead of ISS time
- 85: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 16:51:07 GMT, Modes for today (Feb-19), a crash, and some missing files
19 Feb:
Another intensive day: Changed to collect time series from
16:05 Z (09:05 LT) through about 16:15 Z (09:15 LT) but
The backup failed overnight and the disk is nearly full so I have
stopped collecting time-series for now.
Restarted backup #39
I deleted these cor files to make room on disk. These should be times when there is also time-series data collected, so they are reproducable:
18-Feb-2001_22-45-03.cor
18-Feb-2001_23-45-13.cor
19-Feb-2001_00-45-03.cor
19-Feb-2001_01-45-13.cor
19-Feb-2001_02-45-15.cor
19-Feb-2001_03-45-13.cor
19-Feb-2001_04-45-14.cor
19-Feb-2001_05-45-14.cor
19-Feb-2001_06-45-17.cor
Also, profiler stopped once for unknown reason (disk space?). The mapr editor was displayed after it stopped. A second time MAPR did stop with a message of lack of disk space in the console.
Started time-series and correlation collection again at 19:05 (after backup was finished).
Also noted:
Forward Power 124.19%
VSWR 2.92:1
Cleared RASS speakers at 21:45 Z
Surface sensors are clear
Crash, bang: MAPR clock stood still in time at 3:48pm LT (22:48Z). I noticed this, and rebooted. Started data collection again at 23:19Z in windrasstms mode.
No clue's. MAPR was pretty busy at the time. Was running collecting time-series, also was doing a backup, and I had recently started to plot the latest sounding
(unfortunately, also had to restart the backup)
Stopped time-series mode at 20-Feb 02:05 Z (19-Feb 19:05 LT)
- 84: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 16:44:33 GMT, Sounding Launch #11 19 Feb UT 16:30Z (09:30 LT)
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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: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010219
launch time UTC: 1630
Sonde coef tape #: 937263110
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 790.9
Temp C : -0.6
RH % : 100.0
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 790.1
Temp C : -2.2
RH% : 98.8
Wind Spd m/s : 0.5
Wind Dir deg : 134
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Moderate snow since about 14:30 (7:30 LT).
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 233
Termination Altitude km : 10872 m
Rason for Termination : poor signal (maybe behind peak)
Post-Termination Weather Description: Moderate snow
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 792.7
Temp C : -1.2
RH % : 94
Wspd m/s : 0.3
Wdir deg : 146
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Sounding mostly good. Lost lock several times and especially above about 280 mb. Confirmed that Raw Wind U and V are negative of what they should be, but the 10-second data has them correct..
Tracked by MAPR, GLASS PC clock 2 seconds ahead of ISS time
Had videographer filming launch.
- 83: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 05:04:53 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #38
Log: Tape0102181830.log
Backup Tape #38
18-Feb-2001_04-45-14.cor -
18-Feb-2001_14-30-00.cor
- 82: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 05:02:44 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #37
Log: Tape0102180956.log
Backup Tape #37
16-Feb-2001_04-45-00.cor -
18-Feb-2001_04-30-01.cor
- 81: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 01:03:20 GMT, Changed mode to windrasstms
18 Feb:
An intensive day: Changed to collect time series from
19:45 Z (12:45 LT) through 01:15 Z (18:15 LT)
Also noted:
Forward Power 124.19%
VSWR 2.85:1
- 80: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 01:01:48 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
18 Feb 17:45 Z (10:45 LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer. Just a little frost this morning. Remained clear all day.
- 79: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Mon 19-Feb-2001 00:48:43 GMT, Weather today 19 Feb
19 Feb: Snowing this morning. Most snow 8am to 12 noon (15-19Z).
About 7 inches total, and still lightly snowing at 22:50
Had 1 minute of small (3mm?) hail at 19:55Z
Launched 4 sondes today:
16:30, 17:57, 18:20, and 22:00 Z (09:30. 10:57, 11:20, and 15:00 LT). The third was because of problems with the second launch, but that data looks ok, too.
MAPR in time-series and correlation mode from: 19:05 Z (12:05 LT) - 02:05 (20-Feb)
Also for 10-minutes earlier, but that was stopped because of disk space limits.
Also note that MAPR pc crashed at 22:48Z for about 30 minutes before restart.
Ending IOP at 22:45 Still snowing at surface and in cloud at lab, but as Randy said:"We've characterized this storm pretty well."
I will continue to collect time series for a few more hours since it is snowing nicely.
- 78: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sun 18-Feb-2001 23:35:13 GMT, Sounding Launch #10 19 Feb UT 00:00Z (17:00 LT on Feb 18 2001)
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
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SITE INFO
---------
Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010218
launch time UTC: 2030
Sonde coef tape #: 010560813
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 794.1
Temp C : -0.3
RH % : 82.7
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 792.4
Temp C : -1.7
RH% : 93.1
Wind Spd m/s : 2.1
Wind Dir deg : 130
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Light flurries; Top of goldola (lodge) visible, but top of Mt. Werner is in cloud
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 233
Termination Altitude km : 10872 m
Rason for Termination : poor signal (maybe behind peak)
Post-Termination Weather Description: Very, very light snow; dusk.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 792.7
Temp C : -1.2
RH % : 94
Wspd m/s : 0.3
Wdir deg : 146
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Sounding mostly good. Lost lock several times and especially above about 280 mb. Confirmed that Raw Wind U and V are negative of what they should be, but the 10-second data has them correct..
Tracked by MAPR, GLASS PC clock 2 seconds behind ISS time
- 77: SOUNDING, Site Steamboat, Sun 18-Feb-2001 20:03:01 GMT, Sounding Launch #9 18 Feb UT 20:30Z (13:30 LT)
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=====================
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
---------
Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010218
launch time UTC: 2030
Sonde coef tape #: 937263111
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 794.5
Temp C : -0.9
RH % : 66.4
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 792.9
Temp C : -2.85
RH% : 63.9
Wind Spd m/s : 0.9
Wind Dir deg : 034
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Hazy at surface, diffuse cloud base, full overcast
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 87
Termination Altitude km : unkonwn (see Comments)
Rason for Termination : Finished
Post-Termination Weather Description: Snow crystals at surface since 21:00Z
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 792.2
Temp C : 0.4
RH % : 83
Wspd m/s : 1.6
Wdir deg : 004
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Sounding mostly good. Lost lock once early. But during the flight the 10-second data was wrong. Altitude stuck at 2225m while raw data showed pressure decreasing normally. Also, in the RAW WIND data, U was eg. -30 when the winds were actually from the west. I suspect a sign error in the code.
Tracked by MAPR, GLASS PC clock 40 seconds behind ISS time.
- 76: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 18-Feb-2001 00:40:49 GMT, Changed mode to windrass
17 Feb:
At 18 Feb 00:14 UT changed MAPR mode to windrass.
Also noted:
Forward Power 124.19%
VSWR 2.79:1
- 75: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Sun 18-Feb-2001 00:33:18 GMT, weather today 17 Feb
17 Feb was a mostly sunny day as I drove up from Boulder. The esol is broken up this morning so maybe clouds before noon.
The site fared well unattended. RASS, profiler antenna, and radiation
stands are all clear. The cables are also not too frozen in.
Will need to shovel tomorrow.
I wonder if the snow gauges are working. MAPR shows snow on Feb 15 but the surface station archive shows no readings from the gauges?
- 74: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 18-Feb-2001 00:31:13 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #36
Log: Tape0102160818.log
Backup Tape #36
(Bill did this one from Boulder
*NOTE* Tape Drive 0 may be broken. The tape door will not latch closed.
- 73: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 21:46:36 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #35
Log: Tape0102131200.log
Manual backup: two tar files
1) /home/mapr,httpd,james
(includes FCA results, plots, and programs)
2) /data/mapr only tms files around sonde of 13 Feb 1655UT for CSU
- 72: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 21:45:44 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #34
Log: Tape0102131052.log
Includes data around sonde of 13 Feb 1655UT for CSU
- 71: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 21:45:10 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #33
Log: Tape0102130517.log
- 70: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 21:43:51 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #32
Log: Tape0102122240.log
- 69: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 20:55:17 GMT, Surface sens - snow & solar
13 Feb 2045
Topped up snow guages with oil and anti-freeze
Reset them by unplugging and replugging - both beeped as they should.
Leveled solar sensors - they had tilted again towards the south (about 10 deg).
- 68: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 19:56:11 GMT, MAPR Antenna tilt
13 Feb 20UT Checked MAPR antenna levels,
tilted about 0.9 deg towards south-west
Corrected - 2015UT
Wooden sides around bottom of antenna were a major pain,
next time make it out of polyethene!
- 67: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 19:27:46 GMT, MAPR - slow mode
Leaving the system for a few days.
13 Feb, 1920UT.
Put MAPR into a slower data collection mode, with shorter times series (256pts),
and longer dwells (1 minute). Cor files only.
Will probably collect less than 2GB per day.
Parameter file schedule: windless mode: windmodeless
- 66: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 18:45:59 GMT, MAPR : sounding and tests
Did extra RASS runs for 13 Feb 1655UT sounding
RASS runs at 1630, 1700, 1730.
Saw sounding balloon on MAPR - use for height calibration.
Flight was almost straight up for first 1 km.
Note Glass PC clock running 65 seconds fast.
RASS TESTS *********
1800-1805 Using DBS as acoustic source
1805-1813 Using Charlie's card
(afterwards left system on Charlie's card, previously had been on DBS).
MAPR HIGH RESOLN *********
1905-1910 High resolution, first gate 200m
1910-1915 first gate 400m
1920UT put into slow mode
Checking TX,
Duty cycle 6.7% FO 124.19% VSWR 2.66:1
Output at banana points on back of TX 2.270V
- 65: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 13-Feb-2001 17:13:01 GMT, Sounding Launch #8 13 Feb 1655UT 9:55am
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
---------
Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010213
launch time UTC: 1655
Sonde coef tape #: 937263109
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 788.4
Temp C : -6.25
RH % : 72.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 787.5
Temp C : -8.2
RH% : 80.2
Wind Spd m/s : 0.1
Wind Dir deg : 242
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Fine, lots of high cloud, widely scattered small lower
clouds
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POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 135
Termination Altitude km : 14
Reason for Termination : Finished
Post-Termination Weather Description: Cloud has cleared some
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 786.5
Temp C : -2.9
RH % : 68
Wspd m/s : 1.6
Wdir deg : 192
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Sounding requested by CSU's Bill Cotton and students who are visiting
the Storm Peak Lab, not for a snow sampling expt.
Conditions were fine at the lab.
Good flight, good gps lock. Sonde initially went straight up.
Had to pull paper tape thru several times.
Tracked by MAPR, GLASS PC clock 65 seconds fast.
Did extra RASS.
- 64: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 05:45:57 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #31
Log: Tape0102121710.log
- 63: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 05:14:34 GMT, MAPR locked up - reboot
MAPR locked up again. Seemed to happen gradually.
Last data processed by FCA collected about 0320UT - this file started about
5 minutes late for some reason. Then brief periods of data collected
intermittently over next couple of hours.
About 9:20pm (0420UT), tried to log in from hotel, could connect to armiss,
but not to mapr.
Arrived at 10:03pm to find clock stuck at 9:59pm, and stuck in winds mode
(should have been in rass).
Did hard reset 10:10pm (0510UT) and restarted mapr process.
Restarted okay.
Oscilloscope showed piraq was still running (well still transmitting
and showing gate pulses) thru the stall, and reboot, until near end of
reboot process when it was reset.
/var/log/messages showed several messages over couple of hours before boot
"mapr kernel: stuck on TLB IPI wait (CPU#0)"
- 62: DAILY, Site , Tue 13-Feb-2001 01:17:23 GMT, weather today 12 Feb
12 Feb mainly fine, scattered cloud and mild.
Stream is still flowing, with surrounding pools forming.
Lifted up more cables out of the ice on to blocks (including fire wood)
and also tied to trailer. Some cables really stuck - have to hope
for a thaw. Dug out snow bank in front of trailer.
Cleaned snow off MAPR radome.
CSU class visited with Bill Cotton, gave them a tour, then they went
up to the Sotrm Peak Lab for a couple of days.
Showed Melanie how to look after the system (basically only change tapes)
for a few days while we are gone.
- 61: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 13-Feb-2001 01:06:56 GMT, MAPR checks and tests
Various MAPR ops
Feb 13
0:15UT shutdown for several minutes to clear snow & ice from radome,
only a thin coating. No change in VSWR (2.7:1)
RASS TEST *********
1:00-1:05 RASS, acoustic source was DBS system
1:05-1:10 RASS, acoutic source was Charlie's card
matched output voltages - 15V AC on amp output
also matched temperature ranges -20C to +10C
Both sources gave clear RASS signal to 600m.
DBS perhaps slightly cleaner at 600m.
HIGH RESOLN TEST *********
1:10-1:15 Standard wind mode (100 m resoln)
1:15-1:20 High resoln wind mode (50m) first gate 200m
1:20-1:25 """"""""""""""""""""""""""" first gate 300m
1:25-1:30 """"""""""""""""""""""""""" first gate 200m
1:30- back to std winds mode
Difficult to tell if there was any change when the first gate changed
in high resoln mode - perhaps there was lifting up of an apparent
layer, but need more tests.
PULSE CODE TEST *********
1:45-1:50 Std winds mode - 4 bit code
1:50-1:55 1 bit code
1:55- 4 bit code
Signal reduced during 1 bit code by a few dB
- 60: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 12-Feb-2001 22:53:36 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #30
Log: Tape0102121111.log
- 59: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 12-Feb-2001 17:14:09 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #29
Log: Tape0102111857.log
- 58: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 12-Feb-2001 01:26:53 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #28
Log: Tape0102111530.log
- 57: DAILY, Site , Mon 12-Feb-2001 01:08:53 GMT, weather today 11 Feb - MAPR stream
11 Feb mainly fine, scattered low cloud and a little light snow.
Breezey at times. Last night about 1/2 inch of snow fell.
Carried out an IOP with 2 sondes, although the snow was a bit light.
This morning the lake had turned into an ice skating rink,
then later the dam broke. A drain hole opened up under the snowbank
and a stream ran from the carpark, under a snow gauge, and around the
end of the trailer.
Brought some firewood to lift cables out of the water, and zip-tied
others together and onto the trailer.
Lost some data when MAPR TX blanking came on early this morning for
some unexplained reason (see MAPR tklog entry), working ok now.
- 56: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 12-Feb-2001 01:05:32 GMT, MAPR Antenna tilt
With the thaw of the snow under the antenna the last few days,
it has developed a tilt of about 0.6 degrees towards the southwest.
If there is a 10m/s wind to or from that direction, it will
leak into the vertical motion by about 0.1 m/s.
Will try to fix this.
- 55: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 11-Feb-2001 23:24:04 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #27
Log: Tape0102111133.log
- 54: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 11-Feb-2001 22:38:49 GMT, Sounding Launch #7 IOP3 11 Feb 2212UT 3:12pm
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CLASS LAUNCH LOG version:001016
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2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
---------
Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010211
launch time UTC: 2212
Sonde coef tape #: 937263112
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 786.4
Temp C : -0.36
RH % : 69.8
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 785.4
Temp C : -1.8
RH% : 75.3
Wind Spd m/s : 4.4
Wind Dir deg : 284
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Wind gusts just before launch.
A couple of light snow showers before launch, cloud base
about 800m.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
POST TERMINATION
----------------
Termination Pressure mb : 200
Termination Altitude km : 12
Reason for Termination : Lost signal (mountain blocking?)
Post-Termination Weather Description: Breezey, low cloud (about 800m),
lifting a little
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 786.1
Temp C : -2.4
RH % : 73.6
Wspd m/s : 5.6
Wdir deg : 302
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
--------
Wind gusts just before launch. Had lock on 4 sats at launch, but
lost just after. During flight sonde often lost lock, so not many winds.
Started losing signal towards end of flight, probably mountain is blocking
signal.
Used 40 cu ft He, ascent rate 5-6 m/s.
- 53: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 11-Feb-2001 18:25:27 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #26
Log: Tape0102102052.log
- 52: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sun 11-Feb-2001 18:13:05 GMT, Sounding Launch #6 IOP3 11 Feb 1652UT 9:52am
=====================
CLASS LAUNCH LOG version:001016
=====================
=========>> Enter data after all colons (:) <<===========
1. Clone the original sounding log file.
2. Enter information before launch.
3. Enter post-termination data.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
SITE INFO
---------
Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010211
launch time UTC: 1652
Sonde coef tape #: 937263304
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 785.1
Temp C : -0.87
RH % : 72.5
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 783.8
Temp C : -2.1
RH% : 78.2
Wind Spd m/s : 2.2
Wind Dir deg : 1
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Clear, widely scattered small Cu, some scattered
higher level cirrus. Some fog around peaks.
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 140
Termination Altitude km : 13.6
Reason for Termination : Finished
Post-Termination Weather Description: More Cu clouds, though still scattered.
Fog on peaks lifted.
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 784
Temp C : 0.0
RH % : 58
Wspd m/s : 2.3
Wdir deg : 10
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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Flight initally striaght up, then drifted to NE. Balloon still visible
at 5km. Used 38 cu ft He, ascent rate about 4m/s.
- 51: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 11-Feb-2001 17:45:33 GMT, MAPR - TX shutdown
The MAPR shutdown about 13UT (6am) - called Mike.
Eventually discovered that for some unknown reason the blanking at the
TX was on.
Pushed the RF CTL button on the TX (turning off the blanking light)
and it started working again - from about 1730 UT.
FO (power out on laptop) started out at 105-108% jumping around a little,
an hour or so later it was 116%, then later it settled at 124%.
Meter on TX was flucuating slightly at about 3/4 FSD, but later settled at FSD.
VSWR is 2.6
Voltage at banana plugs on back of TX 2.385V.
- 50: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 10-Feb-2001 23:55:03 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #25
Log: Tape0102101216.log
- 49: DAILY, Site , Sat 10-Feb-2001 23:46:02 GMT, weather today 10 Feb - Lake MAPR
10 Feb sunny, scattered high cloud.
Parts of site turning into a lake, as snow on carpark melts
and drains towards site. Then it starts to refreeze.
Trying to keep cables out of water so they don't become stuck in
ice, but it's a battle.
Snowbank sagging, and solar sensor tilting, straightened and tried
to re-enforce bank below it.
Visited by a couple of CSU students (one an Aussie), here with a
class Randy has at the lab.
- 48: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 10-Feb-2001 17:08:01 GMT, MAPR - lockup
MAPR PC locked up during RASS at 10:01LT (1701UT),
Hard reset reboot. No error message in /var/log/messages around then.
Did extra RASS run at 1723UT.
Note hot-air balloon echoes 16-17UT.
- 47: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 10-Feb-2001 16:31:37 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #24
Log: Tape0102100509.log
- 46: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 10-Feb-2001 16:30:59 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #23
Log: Tape0102091808.log
- 45: DAILY, Site , Sat 10-Feb-2001 01:11:39 GMT, weather today 9 Feb
9 Feb sunny and cold. Frost last night.
- 44: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 10-Feb-2001 01:10:11 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #22
Log: Tape0102091308.log
Made a second copy of data on tape 21 (which reported an error,
but seems ok).
- 43: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 10-Feb-2001 01:08:51 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #21
Log: Tape0102090923.log
Tar reported an error, however a tar -t indicates that it is okay.
Made a second copy of this data to tape 22
- 42: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 09-Feb-2001 16:27:31 GMT, Missing data, extra RASS
Lost a couple of hours of data this morning, disk filled quicker than expected.
Did extra RASS run at 1610UT.
Also during afternoon, system locked up about 1530 MST, restarted 1650 with
hard reboot.
- 41: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 09-Feb-2001 16:26:07 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #20
Log: Tape0102081717.log
- 40: SURFACE, Site , Fri 09-Feb-2001 16:25:18 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
9 Feb 16:15UT (9:15LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer
- 39: DAILY, Site , Fri 09-Feb-2001 01:16:02 GMT, weather today 8 Feb
8 Feb a couple of inches of snow overnight and this morning, then clearing.
Did IOP2, just one sonde because Storm Peak lab not really in cloud.
Some more very light snow late afternoon.
- 38: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Fri 09-Feb-2001 01:13:38 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #19
Log: Tape0102081314.log
This and following tape have both winds and RASS data,
RASS data is in a sub-directory rass/
- 37: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 08-Feb-2001 20:04:52 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #18
Log: Tape0102080852.log
Includes RASS data 8 Feb 1 - 4 UT
Winds & RASS 0430 - 905
RASS signal gen tests 4 Feb 2322 & 2336
- 36: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 08-Feb-2001 18:48:26 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #17
Log: Tape0102072235.log
Includes RASS data 7 Feb 0:00 - 23:00
Winds 7 Feb 2330 - 8 Feb 0430
- 35: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 08-Feb-2001 18:43:01 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #16
Log: Tape0102071832.log
Includes RASS data 5 Feb 18:55 - 6 Feb 23:30
Winds 7 Feb 2030 - 2330
- 34: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 08-Feb-2001 18:25:46 GMT, MAPR RASS & sonde
Did extra RASS runs around time of sounding at 1645, 1700, 1715 UT,
back to hourly RASS afterwards, (accidently had speakers unplugged 19UT run,
so did another run at 1907UT).
Around launch time there was light snow, however it cleared soon after.
Sounding showed inversion from about 500m to about 1km.
There is cloud/fog from about half way up mountain to
(according to Randy at the peak lab) just below the peaks.
Took photos of this fog at 11:30am.
Last night about 2 inchs of snow fell.
Can see sonde on MAPR 2 hour plots around launch.
Maybe able to use for height calibration, but note that GLASS PC clock
is running about 55 seconds fast.
Did some high resolution tests on MAPR 2215 - 2230.
- 33: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Thu 08-Feb-2001 18:02:50 GMT, Sonde #5, IOP2, 10am MST, 1700UT
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd:
launch time UTC: 1704
Sonde coef tape #:937263313
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 786.08
Temp C : -9.12
RH % : 85.1
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 783.7
Temp C : -11.2
RH% : 85.8
Wind Spd m/s : 3.0
Wind Dir deg : 340
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Light snow and low cloud at launch, clearing later
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 95
Termination Altitude km : 16.4
Reason for Termination : finished
Post-Termination Weather Description: clear above, cloud/fog on mt (see below)
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 783.26
Temp C : -10.2
RH % : 78.8
Wspd m/s : 3.0
Wdir deg : 353
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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At end of flight, clear at site, cloud/fog from about halfway up mountain
to just below peaks and clear above (according to Randy) - probably corresponds
to inversion seen by sounding.
Ran RASS on MAPR at 15 minute intervals around launch.
- 32: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Thu 08-Feb-2001 01:15:20 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #15
Log: Tape0102071439.log
- 31: DAILY, Site , Thu 08-Feb-2001 01:11:50 GMT, weather today 7 Feb
7 Feb fine and partly cloudy with sunny periods, mild.
1/2 inch of snow last night, that froze, but not the predicted 3-6 inches of
snow during the day - although MAPR showed some snow falling aloft
that didn't reach the ground. Wind changed and picked up during afternoon.
Melanie Wetzel visited and took some photos.
- 30: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 07-Feb-2001 18:38:28 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #14
Log: Tape0102070823.log
Second copy of files on tape 13 (plus a few extra)
- 29: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 07-Feb-2001 18:37:16 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #13
Log: Tape0102062140.log
Write jobs reported "BAD ERROR" however a read of tape indicates it is okay.
Wrote second copy of these files to tape 14.
- 28: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 07-Feb-2001 16:12:03 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #12
Log: Tape0102061702.log
- 27: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 07-Feb-2001 15:59:10 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #11
Log: Tape0102061120.log
- 26: SURFACE, Site , Wed 07-Feb-2001 15:58:22 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors
7 Feb 15:30UT (8:30LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer
(1/2" snow overnight that froze)
- 25: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 07-Feb-2001 02:21:24 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #10
Log: Tape0102052146.log
- 24: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Wed 07-Feb-2001 02:20:29 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #09
Log: Tape0102051614.log
- 23: DAILY, Site , Wed 07-Feb-2001 02:17:46 GMT, weather today 6 Feb
6 Feb fine and partly cloudy. Inversion during morning, frost overnight.
None of the predicted snow - maybe tomorrow.
Took pictures of hot-air balloon over surface station,
it also appeared in MAPR data.
Mike went back to Boulder, taking mapr tapes 1-10 with him.
Saw a couple of foxes, they seem to have a den nearby.
- 22: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Tue 06-Feb-2001 18:11:56 GMT, changed the pressure sensor to a 1060 to 600 sensor calibrated for Steamboat
changed sensor, dld files and moved the old ones to old_3. Leaving
the other one here as a spare.
- 21: RADAR, Site , Tue 06-Feb-2001 16:57:17 GMT, MAPR high resolution & RASS
6 Feb Randy & Doug interested in inversion to study very fine aersols.
Would like to determine inversion height.
16UT - 2UT (9LT-19LT) running high resolution winds (50m to 2.6km) and
5 minutes RASS on half hour. Note hot-air ballon around 1615-1750.
Ran tms & cor much of the time, but had to cut back to cor only
to save disk space later while doing a backup.
Had a couple of VSWR fault message, but radar seems to be running ok.
- 20: SURFACE, Site , Tue 06-Feb-2001 16:55:45 GMT, Defrosted solar sensors temp/rh
6 Feb 16:40UT (9:40LT) defrosted solar sensors with hair-dryer
17:10UT (10:05LT) defrosted temp/RH
- 19: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 06-Feb-2001 01:12:28 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #08
Log: Tape0102041736.log
- 18: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 06-Feb-2001 01:11:06 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #07
Log: Tape0102041117.log
2nd copy of IOP1 data (first copy on tape #06)
- 17: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Tue 06-Feb-2001 00:53:19 GMT, RASS
Various RASS tests - eventually discovered new TX won't run
at 20microsecs IPP - set to 25 - also with new TX need to have sig1width set.
Seeing RASS echos to about 700m
Comparing DBS and Charlie's card for generating sound
DBS 0:33 Very clear RASS to 700m, weaker sig at 800m
Charlie 0:38 Clear to 700m, weak sig at 800m (700 not as clear as DBS?)
Need to do more tests
- 16: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Tue 06-Feb-2001 00:48:49 GMT, weather today
Partly cloudy and mild - not the predicted snowstorm.
Very light grappel around 5pm LT (Randy happened to be visiting
and identified it). Very nice gravity waves seen by mapr
during late afternoon.
- 15: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Mon 05-Feb-2001 17:33:49 GMT, Hum Sensor
Lou found an error in the RH sensor poly fit coefs. Change the
coefs to new and started the ISS. New RH measurements starting
now, old files copied into old_snowfall_dld_files2. The change
isn't a huge number in the overall measurement, I think.
- 14: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Mon 05-Feb-2001 00:49:44 GMT, weather today
The weather today had clouds running
through all day and sunny spots in between.
Very warm, with lots of melting.
Had a visit from his Waltness. He seems to
really be enjoying the new job, except for the
morning 4 am internet conference.
Put an extension on the cordless phone, assigned
the code of 00 for retrieving msgs, took site
pix and made up a site drawing. Also built a
snow woman. She's bald though.
Also shoveled, shoveled shoveled and checked the
sensors and fan. Borrowed a hand held temp/hum
and it agrees well with the surface station.
- 13: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Mon 05-Feb-2001 00:48:41 GMT, VSWR and RASS tests
Bill tested RASS and I tested vswr today. VSWR fine and
RASS is loud.
- 12: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Sun 04-Feb-2001 18:28:05 GMT, Installed Pressure Sensor Feb 3, Sat
Installed the new pressure sensor in the tower.
Checked the campbell program and noted the change
in the dld file. Pressure came up as 800mb. Same
as w/o sensor. Noted this morning that the pressures
are changing now. Last 2 sondes read a couple of
mb below sensor (802 vs. 805 or 796 vs. 800). Will
have to watch to make sure of consistent difference.
copied the new campbell snow1.* files into the campbell directory
and made a new directory for the old files under
the campbell directory.
Kept a copy of the new snow1.* campbell files on the
glass pc.
- 11: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 04-Feb-2001 18:22:50 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #06
Log: Tape0102031715.log
Includes IOP1 data, 2nd copy IOP1 data being made to tape #07
- 10: DAILY, Site Steamboat, Sun 04-Feb-2001 01:37:10 GMT, Weather IOP1
IOP1.
2-3 inch snow overnight, more during day, though gradually easing apart
from some showers around midday - which included some light grappel.
Cloud base about 1 km. Visiability in morning around 5 km, more later.
2 soundings, 15UT & 21UT.
- 9: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sun 04-Feb-2001 01:05:09 GMT, MAPR - IOP1 tms mode
MAPR running in time series (& cor) mode 3 Feb 1430 UT - 4 Feb 0045 UT
Off 4 Feb 0045 - 0105 UT to clear antenna of snow
- 8: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Feb-2001 21:40:37 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #05
log: Tape0102031207.log
- 7: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Feb-2001 21:31:27 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #04
log: Tape0102021923.log
- 6: RADAR, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Feb-2001 21:28:04 GMT, MAPR - backup tape #03
Log: Tape0102020658.log
- 5: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 03-Feb-2001 21:16:38 GMT, Sonde #4, IOP1, 2pm MST 2100 UT
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010203
launch time UTC: 2105
Sonde coef tape #:937263113
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 796.07
Temp C : 0.02
RH % : 85.3
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 796.07
Temp C : -1.4
RH% : 92.8
Wind Spd m/s : 0.6
Wind Dir deg : 125
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Snowing lightly (some grappel?) cloud about 1km
visability about 5km
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 143
Termination Altitude km : 14
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description: snow lighter
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 797.07
Temp C : -1.0
RH % : 91
Wspd m/s : 0.95
Wdir deg : 217
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COMMENTS (data quality, unusual meteorolical features, launch problems, etc.)
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Used 40 cu ft He
4 sats on launch, but lost for a while after launch
- 4: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Sat 03-Feb-2001 15:13:44 GMT, sonde #3, IOP1, 8am local, 1500 utc
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd: 010203
launch time UTC: 1510
Sonde coef tape #:937263314
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MET INFO
-------- For Sonde
Pressure mb : 797.7
Temp C : -2.0
RH % : 91
For Surface Data
Pressure mb : 797.7
Temp C : -3.1
RH% : 95.6
Wind Spd m/s : 0.5
Wind Dir deg : 190
Pre-Launch Note conditions not observable by automatic systems
Weather Description Snowing, visiability < 1km
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POST TERMINATION
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Termination Pressure mb : 150mb
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination : send data to the top
Post-Termination Weather Description:
Weather is still snowy, with a corn snow or graupel texture.
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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Shakey winds at the beginning. Stopped sounding early to send the data
to Mtn top lab.
- 3: SURFACE, Site Steamboat, Sat 03-Feb-2001 01:48:24 GMT, Moved the Solar Sensor Stand
Because of a lighting tower shadowing the solar sensor
in the late afternoon the sensors were moved to the south
on the top of a large snow bank. This happened approx 4-5
pm local steamboat time.
The snowbank was flatended around the base of the solar
tower so snow will appear on the flat surface.
- 2: SOUNDING, Site UMBS, Tue 27-Jun-2000 13:01:25 GMT, Sounding Launch Log Template only clone this entry
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SITE INFO
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Site Name: Steamboat Tennis Club
date yymmdd:
launch time UTC:
Sonde coef tape #:
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MET INFO
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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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Termination Pressure mb :
Termination Altitude km :
Reason for Termination :
Post-Termination Weather Description:
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Pressure mb :
Temp C :
RH % :
Wspd m/s :
Wdir deg :
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- 1: LOG, Site Steamboat, Tue 11-Apr-2000 15:53:29 GMT, Logbook created
initial log file /iss/home/iss/tklog.log created by USER iss