: Station Maintenance [1510]
- adjusted station tripod / footings
- adjusted soil moisture (0-30cm)
- replaced modem
belding — Maintenance Reports
: Station Maintenance [1440]
- tipping bucket rain gauge check
: Logger / Station Maintenance [1515]
- power upgrade:
- upgraded battery
- upgraded solar panel
: Logger / Station Maintenance [1120]
- routine site maintenance
- remounted leaf wetness sensor
: Logger / Station Maintenance [1255]
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR1000)
- added PakBus modem
- loaded logger program: bel-bbcb
: Station Maintenance [1425]
- routine station / site maintenance
: Station Maintenance [1415]
- annual station / site maintenance
: Station Maintenance [1900]
- repaired faulty tipping-bucket rain gauge:
- removed obstruction from funnel
: Station Maintenance [1035]
- annual maintenance
: Station Maintenance [0001]
- loaded logger program "bel-bbcb"
: Station Maintenance [1335]
- annual maintenance
- replaced air temp/relh sensor (HMP155 -> HMP155)
- sensor now connected to "continuous" power
: Station Maintenance [1140]
- correct ATMP/RELH wiring issue
- reload logger program (bel-bbcb)
: Station Maintenance [1220]
- Replaced ATMP/RELH sensor (HC2S3 -> HMP155A)
- Loaded new logger program (bel-bbcb)
: Station Maintenance [1610]
- Replaced Leaf Wetness Sensors (both sensors)
: Station Maintenance [1000]
- Remount Leaf Wetness Sensor (standard mount) [temp fix]
: Station Maintenance: [xxxx]
- Modem relay installed
: Station Modernization [1500]
- Station upgraded with new logger and serveral new sensors.
- loaded logger program "bel-bbbb"
- Due to upgrade, station was offline for the following:
06/02/2015 (d=153) 1505 - 06/02/2015 (d=153) 1700
- the "live" data updates were able to resume at:
06/03/2015 (d=154) 1550
: Station Maintenance [1305]
- replaced anemometer
- replaced both leaf wetness sensors
- weed removal
- due to faulty sensors, data was lost for the following:
- wind speed: 03/23/2015 (d=082) 2105 - 05/18/2015 (d=138) 1245
- leaf wet 0: 05/09/2015 (d=129) 1620 - 05/18/2015 (d=138) 1305
- leaf wet 1: 03/25/2015 (d=084) 0005 - 05/18/2015 (d=138) 1305
: Station Maintenance [1330]
- replaced logger battery
: Station Maintenance [1500]
- replaced solar radiation sensor
- tighened loose connection wires, epecially those
conected to tipping-bucket rain gauge.
: Station Maintenance [1250]
- routine annual maintenance
: Station Maintenance [1007]
- Moved data-colletion to new LoggerNet Server
- Loaded Logger Program: AACF (hourly cycle)
: Station Maintenance [1520]
- Replaced logger battery
: Station Maintenance [1240]
- General maintenance:
- replaced Leaf Wetness Sensor (standard mount)
: Station Maintenance [1200]
- Battery Replaced. Battery issues led to recent loss of
data.
: Station Maintenance [1105]
- Replaced Modem
: Station Maintenance [1100]
- Replaced battery
- Reset Logger Clock
- Due to recent battery/logger issues, data was lost for
the following time period:
12/23/2011 (d=357) 0305 - 12/29/2011 (d=363) 1105
: Station Maintenance [1445]
- Routine Spring Maintenance, including:
- Weed-Control (removal and herbicide application)
- Precipitation bucket cleaned.
- Canopy Leaf Wetness Sensor (LEAF1) checked.
- Ground Wire was cleaned.
: Station Maintenance [1030]
- Routine maintence, including:
- weed removal/applied Round-Up as well
- sensors all appeared to be ok
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - AACW (3-hour collection cycle) [0009]
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - AACW (3-hour collection cycle) [0003]
: Station Maintenance [1515]
- General station maintenance and system checks
: Data Quality
- Due to faulty leaf wetness (canopy) sensor, all canopy
sensor data was blanked out for the following time
period:
03/07/09 (d=066) 0900 - 03/09/09 (d=068) 1300
: Station Maintenace
- Leaf Wetness 1 (Canopy Wetness) Sensor was repaired
between 12:00 - 13:00.
: Station Maintenance
- Precipitation tipping bucket was repaired.
- Preciptiation data entries during the following time
period were marked as "missing":
08/24/08 (d=237) 07:30 - 09/08/08 (d=252) 10:30
: Data Quality
- Several faulty RH values were removed from the MAWN database
and raw data files. All RH values > 104 during the following
time period were removed:
05/16/08 (d=137) 00:00 - 07/25/08 (d=207) 11:00
: Station Maintenance
- General station maintenance and system checks, including:
- Soil Moisture sensors now installed vertically:
- MSTR 0: profile of depth = 0 - 12"
- MSTR 1: profile of depth = 12 - 24"
- Work was done approx: 1325 - 1350 (Day=142)
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_AACF (1-hr power cycle) [15:33]
: Station Maintenance (bn)
- General station maintenance and system checks:
- Datalogger and Cell-Modem causing some intermittent
outages, so the logger was replaced.
- MAWN Program "mawn_aacs" loaded on new logger.
- Replacing logger and loading new program caused about
a 30-minute loss of data.
- Work was done approx: 11:00 - 11:35 (Day=138)
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_AACF (00:05)
: Station Maintenance: (sm, bn)
- Communication converted to broadband cell-modem:
- Broadband Cell modem installed.
- Datalogger Program "mawn_aacs" Loaded and Compiled
- Data Collection Configured To Upload Every 30 minutes.
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- added 2nd leaf-wetness sensor (in canopy at height of 49")
- weed removal and application of Round-Up above soil temps
- sensor placement checked
- anemometer bearings checked
- wind vane installation was corrected
- rain gauge checked for debris
- Work was done approx: 09:45 - 10:00 (Day=223)
: Station Maintenance: (crn, jal)
- Replaced Anemometer
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- weed removal and application of Round-Up above soil temps
- tipping bucket rain guage checked for accuracy
- Work was done approx: 20:30 - 21:00 (Day=217)
: - Replaced Temp/RH sensor (HMP45C)
- Added second leaf wetness:
- installed on NE fence post
- approx. 1-foot high, facing north
- installed within coverage of: Eunymous alatus
- Corrected power to Soil Moisture B
- Time of Installation: 14:20 - 15:00 (jtb)
: Daylight Savings Time Adjustment.
- Daylight Savings Time Started on Day=97, Time=200.
- Time of Obs were modified by one hour (forward)
from Day=97, Time=200 through Day=97, Time=405.
: Daylight Savings Time Adjustment.
- Daylight Savings Time Ended on Day=301, Time=200.
- Time of Obs were modified by one hour (subtracted)
from Day=301, Time=200 through Day=301, Time=605.
: Daylight Savings Time Adjustment.
- Daylight Savings Time Ended on Day=303, Time=200.
- Time of Obs were modified by one hour (subtracted)
from Day=303, Time=200 through Day=304, Time=1105.
Only Observation Times were modified, not times of
Maxs and Mins. Users will need to take that into
consideration when using this data.
: Station Inspection.
- Station down since 07/15/2000. Phone line from road
to datalogger was cut. Notified Amy Irish-Brown.
- Downloaded data to fill in possible data gaps once
line is repaired.
: Station Maintenance
- Comments:
Needed to install solar panel and possibly troubleshoot modem
and/or phoneline troubles.
Burial-grade phone line that runs from the weather station
site to telephone pole is still above ground. Although wires
inside the access box near the station were connected, it
didn't look real stable so reconnections were made. The
phoneline from the access box to the modem was not run
through the hole at the bottom of the enclosure - it was
connected into the enclosure through the door, thus pinching
the cable when the door was closed. Decided to pull the
phone line with the other cables that come up through the
bottom of the enclosure.
Doesn't look like any herbicide has been applied to station
plot. Soil temps are currently under sod. Soil moisture
probes are fine as they are in a grassy area.
Solar panel was installed and datalogger was checked with the
Dell laptop and all data in the buffer was collected.
Data values checked at site looked good with increasing
battery voltage numbers reported.
Upon return to MSU, same troubles persist. The modem picks
up, but that is all. There is static on the line, but no
modem tones.
- jtb
- Solar Panel: New Hardware
Installed near the top of the mast, bracket
sits a few inches below coupling at the top
of the mast and the top edge of the solar
panel is about level with the bottom of the
coupling. Solar panel faces south with an
an angle of about 45-degrees.
- Needs: - Modem troubleshooting.
- Leaf Wetness B
- Enclosure Bracket (bottom of enclosure is
not secured to the tripod).
: Belding station added to MAWN database
: Phone Line To Station Activated.
: Data Logging Activated (mawn1b)
Data Logger Start Time: 00:05, Day=137 (05/16/2000)
: Station Installed.
- Leaf Wetness A: Bracket mounted 40" from center of tripod,
39" high (~1-meter). Mounted on NE leg,
sensor facing north.
- Soil Temp A: 2-inch under sod, west of south leg, north
of Soil Temp B (straight in from fence post).
- Soil Temp B: 4-inch under sod, west of south leg, south of
Soil Temp A (straight in from fence post).
- Soil Moisture A: East of south leg, approx. one foot north
of Soil Moisture B (straight in from post).
- Soil Moisture B: East of South leg, approx. one foot south
of Soil Moisture A (straight in from post).
- Air Temp/RH: HMP45C (requires mawn1b)
- Wind Vane: Points to North
- Anemometer: Points to South
- Pyranometer: Stand mounted to SW. Bottom of bracket
is 40" above tripod bracket.
- Phone Line: blue/white => tip
blue => ring
red => ground
- Needs: Solar Panel, Enclosure Bracket