- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings sound good)
- checked battery (13.44V)
- checked atmp/relh sensors [45cm, 1.5m, 3m] (good)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)**
- checked solar panel (20.37V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)
- cleaned soil panel
- tested leaf wetness sensor [standard] (good)*
* site does not include a canopy sensor
** reinstalled soil temperature [5cm]... sensor may be faulty
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings should be changed)
- checked battery (13.28V)
- checked pyranometer (good)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (19.87V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield**
- cleaned battery
- cleaned solar panel
- tested leaf wetness sensor [standard] (good)*
- weed removal
* site does not include a canopy sensor
** removed wasp nest from atmp/relh @ 3m
- routine site maintenance, including:
- replaced soil temperature sensor @ 5cm
- replaced soil temperature sensor @ 10cm
- replaced atmp/relh sensor @ 45cm
- checked anemometer (fair)
- checked wind vane (good)
- checked and leveled tipping-bucket rain gauge
- cleaned solar panel (1 x 20W)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensors @ 1.5m
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor @ 3.0m
- cleaned and tested leaf wetness (standard mount)*
- adjusted (leveled) pyranomter
- weed removal / trimmed grass
* no canopy sensor at this site
- loaded logger program: cas-bbcdS.cr1*
- no canopy leaf wetness sensor
* supports "maintenance mode"
- NOTE: canopy sensor removed: 06/17/2020
- routine site maintenance
- repaired faulty atmp/relh (45cm) sensor
- replaced soil temp (5cm) sensor [soil0]
- replaced soil temp (10cm) sensor [soil1]
- routine site / station maintenance
- updated modem
- routine maintenance
- replaced standard mount leaf wetness sensor
- removed canopy mount leaf wetness sensor*
* no proper canopy mount since 07/07/2018 1405
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR1000)
- added PakBus modem
- loaded logger program: cas-bbcbS
- replaced "soil1" (soil temperature) sensor
- repaired faulty rain gauge (removed obstruction)
- annual station / site maintenance
- loaded logger program "cas-bbcbS"
- repaired faulty leaf wetness (canopy sensor)
- replace leaf wetness (standard mount) sensors
[237 -> LWS-L]
- Soybean Inversion Study Upgrade (cont), including:
- load new logger program "cas-bbcbS"
- Soybean Inversion Study Upgrade, including:
- install new ATMP/RELH sensor @ 45cm
- install new ATMP/RELH sensor @ 3m
- general maintenance
- communication issue:
- replace interface module (SC932A)
- loaded logger program: cas-bbaa
- annual maintenance, including:
- rewire of atmp/relh (HMP45C) to "continuous" power
- replaced both soil temperature sensors
- replaced data logger (CR1000)
- replaced tipping-bucket rain gauge
- replaced both soil temperature sensors
- annual maintenance and weed removal
- replaced soil moisture (sensor 0)
- routine maintenance, including:
- replacement of both soil moisture probes
- precip bucket adjustment (level)
- clock needed to be reset due to low internal lithium battery
- moved data-collection to new LoggerNet server
- loaded logger program "bbaa-cas"
- Replaced Soil Temperature 0 (2") Sensor
- Replaced Soil Temperature 0 (2") sensor
- Replaced Soil Moisture 1 sensor
- Marked "Soil Moisture 1" as "missing" for the following
time period due to faulty data:
04/05/2013 (d=095) 2105 - 04/13/2013 (d=103) 2400
- Soil Moisture 1 Sensor Continues To Be Offline
- Marked "Soil Temp 0" and "Soil Temp 1" as "missing"
during the following time period due to faulty data
observations:
03/06/2012 (d=066) 00:00 - 06/20/2012 (d=172) 13:15
- Replaced Faulty Soil Temperature Sensors
- Battery replaced
- Snow and ice removed from solar panel
- Logger clock was resynced because it was not set properly
- Due to faulty timestamps, data was lost for the following:
11/29/2011 (d=333) 0605 - 12/09/2011 (d=343) 1715
- Wireless modem was replaced
- Logger was replaced
- Loggernet configured to talk to new IP
- Due to replacement of failed logger, data is currently
missing for the following time period:
09/30/2011 (d=273) 00:05 - 10/04/2011 (d=277) 14:40
- Faulty solar radiation sensor was replaced at noon on
Oct 10 (d=284). All solar radation data that was
reported prior to this date/time was removed from
the database. Solar data during the following time
period was marked as "missing":
08/19/08 (d=232) 00:05 - 10/10/08 (d=284) 12:00
- Station added to MAWN web site.
- Data Collection and Data Archive for new station begins:
First data report: Aug 19, 2008 - 00:05 (Day=232)
- Established telecommunication between station cell-modem and
data collection PC/server on campus.
- Loaded MAWN Program: BBC-CAS
B => CR1000
B => CS616
C => Broadband Cell Modem (IP)
CAS => Station ID (Cassopolis)
- Now able to collect raw weather data.