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Station Notes - Sparta (20m Tower) 
 
 
05/11/2023: Station Maintenance:                                         [1330] 
 
            - routine station maintenance, including: 
               - checked anemometer (bearings good) 
               - checked battery (13.64 V) 
               - checked soil sensor cables (good) 
               - checked solar panel (14.10 V) 
               - cleaned battery box 
               - replaced leaf wetness sensor [standard]* 
               - replaced tipping-bucket rain gauge 
 
               * there is no canopy sensor at this site 
 
 
 
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08/18/2022: Station Maintenance:                                         [1655] 
 
            - routine site maintenance, including: 
               - checked anemometer (bearings good) 
               - checked battery (13.24 V) 
               - checked pyranometer (cleaaned, adjusted level) 
               - checked soil sensor cables (good) 
               - checked solar panel (21.95 V) 
               - checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level) 
               - checked wind vane (properly aligned) 
               - cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield [1.5m] 
               - cleaned solar panel 
               - tested leaf wetness [standard] (good)* 
 
               * there is no canopy sensor at this site 
 
 
06/22/2022: Station Maintenance:                                         [1635] 
 
            - routine site maintenance, including: 
               - checked anemometer (bearings good) 
               - checked battery (13.6 V) 
               - checked pyranometer (adjusted level) 
               - checked soil sensor cables (good) 
               - checked solar panel (14.3 V) 
               - checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (cleaned, leveled) 
               - checked wind vane (properly aligned)  
               - cleaned atmp/relh sensors and radiation shields [10cm, 1.5m] 
               - cleaned solar panel 
               - removed leaf wetness [canopy] (not installed in canopy) 
               - tested leaf wetness [standard] (good)* 
               - weed removal 
   
 
05/05/2022: Station Maintenance:                                         [1500] 
 
            - routine site maintenance, including: 
               - repair tipping-bucket rain gauge  
 
            NOTE: canopy sensor is not install within a canopy 
 
 
  
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08/19/2021: Station Maintenance:                                         [1230] 
  
            - routine site maintenance  
 
 
06/15/2021: Station Maintenance:                                         [1225] 
 
            - replaced modem 
 
 
05/05/2021: Station Maintenance:                                         [1630] 
 
            - Corrected tipping-bucket rain gauge installation / mount 
 
 
 
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06/30/2020: Logger / Station Maintenance:                                [1410] 
 
            - routine maintenance  
            - replaced battery cable 
 
 
 
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11/13/2019: Logger Maintenance:                                          [1811] 
 
            - logger was manually reset (communication issue) 
 
 
10/17/2019: Logger / Station Maintenance:                                [1310] 
 
            - replaced logger (CR3000 -> CR3000) 
            - added PakBus modem 
            - loaded logger program: wmt-bbcbT 
 
 
 
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05/08/2017: Station Maintenance:                                         [1400] 
 
            - Repaired "20m Air Temperature" sensor 
 
 
04/23/2017: Data Archive Reset:                                          [----] 
 
            - Reset Start of Data Archive: 
 
                  First data report:   April 23, 2017 (Day=113) 00:00 
 
 
04/22/2017: Station Maintenance:                                         [----] 
 
            - complete sensor installation 
 
 
04/17/2017: LoggerNet Adjustment                                         [1045] 
 
            - changed data-collection to 5-minutes (from 15-minutes) 
 
 
xx/xx/xxx: Station Online:                                               [xxxx] 
 
            - Station added to Enviroweather/MAWN Web Site 
 
 
03/07/2017: Data Archive Reset:                                          [----] 
 
            - Reset Start of Data Archive: 
 
                  First data report:   XXX XX. XXXX (Day=XXX) XX;XX ???? 
 
 
03/06/2017: Data Collection Enabled                                      [1800] 
 
            - Data Collection and Data Archive for new station begins: 
 
                  First data report:   March 07, 2017 (Day=066) 00:00 ???? 
 
 
03/06/2017: Station Setup                                                [1730] 
 
            - Loaded MAWN Program:   WMT-BBCBT 
                                      WMT => Station ID (Williamsburg 20m tower) 
                                        B => CR1000/MI (Logger/State) 
                                        B => CS616 (Soil Moisture) 
                                        C => HMP155A (Temp/RH) 
                                        B => LWS-L (Leaf Wetness) 
                                        T => 20m Tower Station 
 
            - Now able to collect raw weather data. 
 
 
 
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