- routine station maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings sound good)
- checked atmp/relh sensor (good)
- checked battery (13.09V)
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (19.9V)
- cleaned battery box
- replaced leaf wetness sensor [standard]*
* site does not include a canopy sensor
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings sound good)
- checked battery (13.26V)
- checked leaf wetness sensor [standard] (good)*
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked solar panel (18.6V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- cleaned solar panel
- cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge
- weed removal
* site does not include a canopy sensor
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings smooth and quiet)
- checked battery
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level, tightened mount)
- checked soil sensor cables (good condition)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / cleaned solar panel (adjusted orientation)
- checked / tested leaf wetness (standard)*
- cleaned HMP155 (atmp/relh) (probe and radiation shield)
- cleaned battery box
- cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge
- obtained updated GPS coordinates
- weed removal
* no canopy leaf wetness at this location
- loaded logger program: kzo-bbcd.cr1*
- wind direction fix
* supports "maintenance mode"
- routine site maintenance
- repaired solar panel (cable was cut)
- replaced faulty leaf wetness sensor [standard mount]
- replaced cell modem (modem OS upgrade)
- replaced logger battery
- replaced solid state relay
- loaded logger program: kzo-bbcd (237 -> LWS-L)
- cleaned-up previously collected data
- replaced wind sentry (i.e. anemometer, wind vane)
- routine station maintenance
- installed new leaf wetness mount
- replaced battery
- replaced charge controlled
- replaced modem antenna
- replaced leaf wetness (237 -> LWS-L) [no canopy]
- requires logger program change
- corrected communication issues:
- replaced modem, serial cables and SC932A
- loaded new logger program (kzo-bbca)
- needed because of sensor change
- site maintenance, including:
- replacement of faulty atmp/relh sensor
- replacement of faulty pyranometer (solar)
- cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge
- adjusted wind vane
- rewired solar panel
- annual maintenance, including:
- replacement of faulty (10cm) soil temperature sensor
- loaded logger program "kzo-bbaa"
- replaced faulty soil moisture (MSTR0) sensor
- annual maintenance
- annual maintenance, including:
- rewire of atmp/relh (HMP45C) to "continuous" power
- repair / replaced sensors for the following:
air temperature
leaf wetness (standard mount)
relative humidity
soil moisture
soil temperature (2")
soil temperature (4")
- repaired precipitation gauge (obstruction)
- annual maintenance and weed removal
- annual maintenance and weed removal
- hourly data-collection still having issues:
- reconfigured data-collection to dump to three separate
files (one for each data-type: five-minute, hourly, and
daily) instead of using a single file.
- reloaded logger program "bbaa-kzo"
- replaced logger:
- previous logger continued to experience trouble with
the collection of the hourly data tables. The logger
was replaced which will hopefully help to correct the
problem.
- logger having troubles properly dumping hourly data table
on a consistent basis. In hopes of temporarily helping the
situation, reloaded logger program "bbaa-kzo").
- reloaded logger program "bbaa-kzo" (hopefully will
correct recent data-collection issues)
- moved data-collection to new LoggerNet server
- loaded logger program "bbaa-kzo"
- station was overgrown... grass mowed/weeds removed.
- canopy leaf wetness cable is cut and unavailble... will
remain offline until it is needed.
- Replaced SOIL0 (2" soil temperature)
- Replaced SOIL1 (4" soil temperature)
- Routine Maintenance
- Canopy Leaf Wetness Sensor (LEAF1) is no longer available.
The cable was acidentally cut and Canopy Leaf Wetness data
will not be available until further notice.
- Precipitation Bucket Cleaned / Repaired.
- General station maintenance and system checks, including:
- Tipping-bucket rain gauge test (faulty pcpn data
that was introduced was removed on 06/10/09)
- Station added to MAWN web site.
- Data Collection and Data Archive for new station begins:
First data report: Sep 20, 2008 - 00:05 (Day=264)
- Established telecommunication between station cell-modem and
data collection PC/server on campus.
- Loaded MAWN Program: BBC-KZO
B => CR1000
B => CS616
C => Broadband Cell Modem (IP)
KZO => Station ID (Kalamazoo)
- Now able to collect raw weather data.