dowagiac — Maintenance Reports

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05/18/2023: Station Maintenance [1220]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- checked anemometer (good)

- checked atmp/relh sensor (good)

- checked soil sensor cables (good)

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)

- cleaned battery box

- cleaned solar panel

- replaced leaf wetness sensor [standard]

* canopy sensor located near an apple tree

07/22/2022: Station Maintenance [1055]

- site maintenance, including:

- replaced atmp/relh sensor (hmp155)

07/18/2022: Station Maintenance [1320]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- checked anemometer (ok, but bearings are old)

- checked battery (13.04V)

- checked enclosure (replaced desipacks)

- checked pyranometer (good)

- checked soil sensor cables (good)

- checked solar panel (20.84V)

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (good)

- checked wind vane (properly aligned)

- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield*

- cleaned battery box

- tested leaf wetness sensor [canopy] (good)

- tested leaf wetness sensor [standard] (good)

- weed removal

* replacement needed at next site visit

05/25/2022: Station / Logger Maintenence [1325]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- adjusted (leveled) pyranometer

- adjusted soil moisture sensors (installed vetically)

- checked anemometer (fair)

- checked battery (good)

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge

- checked wind vane (good)

- cleaned solar panel

07/07/2021: Station Maintenance [1135]

- routine site maintenance

05/14/2021: Station Maintenance [1445]

- replaced atmp/relh sensor

04/02/2021: Logger Maintenance [1700]

- replaced cell modem (modem OS upgrade)

03/26/2021: Station Maintenance [1330]

- replaced leaf wetness sensor (canopy)

- data cleanup performed on leaf wetness (standard / canopy)

11/17/2020: Logger / Station Maintenance [1500]

- repaired communication issue (down since 11/12/2020)

- replaced faulty soil moisture sensor (mstr1)

06/17/2020: Logger Maintenance [1130]

- power system upgrade

05/26/2020: Station Maintenance [1140]

- routine site maintenance

- replaced atmp/relh sensor

07/01/2019: Logger Maintenance [1005]

- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR1000)

- added PakBus modem

- loaded logger program: dow-bbab

10/11/2018: Station Maintenance [1200]

- removed obstruction from tipping-bukce tain gauge

07/11/2018: Station Maintenance [1320]

- site maintenance

05/23/2018: Station Maintenance [1515]

- annual maintenance, including:

- leaf wetness cleaning

- precipitation test

- site cleanup / weed removal

07/13/2017: Station Maintenance [1445]

- general maintenance

05/23/2017: Station Maintenance [0002]

- loaded logger program: dow-bbab

05/19/2017: Station Maintenance [1040]

- annual maintenance, including:

- replacement of canopy leaf wetness

- replacement of atmp/relh sensor (HC2S3 -> HMP45C)

- atmp/relh now wired to "continuous" power

08/09/2016: Station Maintenance [1300]

- annual maintenance and weed removal

05/11/2016: Station Maintenance [1230]

- annual maintenance and weed removal

09/18/2015: Station Maintenance [1230]

- corrected mounting of tipping-bucket rain gauge

06/02/2015: Station Maintenance [1300]

- replaced LEAF WETNESS 1 (canopy sensor)

- leveled precipitation bucket

04/21/2014: Station Online [1420]

- Station added to Enviroweather/MAWN Web Site

04/16/2014: Data Collection Enabled [1600]

- Data Collection and Data Archive for new station begins:

First data report: April 17, 2014 (Day=107) 00:05

04/16/2014: Station Installed [1400]

- Station installed at station field site

04/14/2014: Station Maintenance [1545]

- Established telecommunication between station cell-modem

and data-collection PC/server on campus.

04/14/2014: Station Setup [1525]

- Loaded MAWN Program: BBBB-DOW

B => CR1000/MI (Logger/State)

B => CS616 (Soil Moisture)

B => HC2S3 (Temp/RH)

B => LWS-L (Leaf Wetness)

DOW => Station ID (Dowagiac)

- Now able to collect raw weather data.