: Logger Maintenance [0005]
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR6)*
- logger program: ldt-bssd.cr6**
* installed: 10/17/2023
* enabled: 10/25/2023
** includes "maintenance mode"
ludington — Maintenance Reports
: Station Maintenance [1110]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.60 V)
- checked leaf wetness [standard] sensor (good)*
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level)
- checked soil sensors (good)
- checked solar panel (19.94 V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- weed removal / grass trimming
* this site does not include a canopy sensor
: Station Maintenance [1230]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.50 V)
- checked leaf wetness [standar] sensor (good)*
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level)
- checked soil sensors (good)
- checked solar panel (18.41 V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (removed debris from funnel)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- cleaned battery terminals
- cleaned solar panel
* this site does not contain a canopy sensor
: Station Maintenance [1135]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (good)
- checked battery (13.33 V)
- checked pyranometer (adjusted level)
- checked soil sensors (good)
- checked solar panel (18.28 V)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- cleaned atmp/relh sensor and radiation shield
- cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge
- cleaned solar panel;
- replaced leaf wetness [standard] sensor*
- weed removal
* no canopy sensor at this site
: Station Maintenance [1200]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings are good)
- checked battery boxes (clean)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / cleaned pyranometer
- checked / cleaned solar panel
- checked / cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge
- cleaned hmp45c sensor and radiation shield (atmp/relh)
- cleaned leaf wetness [standard]*
* canopy leaf wetness has been disconnected sinced: 04/18/2021
- this site no longer makes use of a canopy sensor
* stanard leaf wetness has been faulty since: 07/15/2021
: Station Maintenance [1100]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- replacement of soil temp (10cm) [soil1]
: Station Maintenance [1050]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- modem update
- disconnected faulty canopy leaf wetness (lws1)*
* faulty since 04/18/2021 0005
: Station Maintenance [1040]
- replaced tipping-bucket tain gauge
: Station Maintenance [1600]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- replaced leaf wetness mount (standard mount)
- replaced leaf wetness mount (canopy mount)
: Logger Maintenance [1405]
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR1000)
- added PakBus modem
: Station Maintenance [1245]
- annual station / site maintenance
: Station Maintenance [1625]
- annual station / site maintenance
: Station Maintenance [0003]
- loaded logger program "ldt-bbab"
: Station Maintenance [1305]
- annual maintenance
- replaced air temp/relh sensor (HC2S3 -> HMP45C)
- sensor now connected to "continuous" power
: Station Maintenance [1325]
- annual maintenance and weed removal
- added additional (10W) solar panel
: Station Modernization [1600]
- Station upgraded with new logger and serveral new sensors.
- loaded logger program "ldt-bbbb"
- Due to upgrade, station was offline for the following:
07/14/2015 (d=195) 1605 - 07/14/2015 (d=195) 1905
- the "live" data updates were able to resume at:
07/15/2015 (d=196) 1430
: Station Maintenance [0008]
- loaded logger program "mawn_abcf" (hourly collection cycle)
: System Maintenance [0005]
- loaded logger program "mawn_abcw"
: Station Maintenance [0900]
- Replaced faulty logger battery
: Station Maintenance [1440]
- cleaned debris from tipping-bucket rain gauge
- due to blockage, no valid precip data for:
08/26/2014 (d=238) 0005 - 09/03/2014 (d=246) 1440
: Station Maintenance [1350]
- routine annual maintenance, including:
- cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge
- cleaned air temp / rh sensor
- cleaned leaf wetness sensors
- no weed removal needed
: Station Maintenance [1504]
- Moved data-collection to new LoggerNet server
- Loaded logger program: ABCF (hourly cycle)
: Station Maintenance [0955]
- Replaced Logger battery
: Station Maintenance [0001]
- Loaded Logger Program "ABCW" (3-hour collection cycle)
: Station Maintenance [1300]
- Replaced Anemometer (Wind Speed)
- Reinstalled 2" Soil Temp (SOIL0)
: Data Quality [1830]
- Faulty Soil Temperature (2" depth) was marked as "missing"
during the following two periods:
05/07/2010 (d=127) 00:00 - 07/12/2011 (d=193) 24:00
11/13/2011 (d=317) 00:00 - 06/03/2012 (d=155) 10:45
: Station Maintenance [1030]
- Replaced Modem
: Station Maintenance [0008]
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly collection cycle)
: Station Maintenance [1140]
- Battery replacement
: Station Maintenance [0005]
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (three-hour collection cycle)
: Station Maintenance [0001]
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly collection cycle)
: Station Maintenance [1330]
- Battery Replaced
: Station Maintenance [0005]
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour collection cycle)
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly collection cycle) [0003]
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour collection cycle) [0003]
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly power cycle) [0001]
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour power cycle) [0005]
: 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: 1300 - 1330 (Day=226)
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCF (hourly power cycle) [00:05]
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCW (3-hr power cycle) [15:04]
: Data Management (jb)
- It was determined that several months of faulty data has
existed in the archive for Ludington. The following data
values have been removed from the data archive:
Temp/RH: 05/15/07 [15:00] - 05/18/07 [15:00]
Soil Temp 0 (2"): 05/15/07 [15:00] - 05/18/07 [15:00]
Soil Temp 1 (4"): 05/15/07 [15:00] - 05/18/07 [15:00]
Solar Radiation: 03/01/04 [00:00] - 05/18/07 [15:00]
: Station Maintenance (sm, bn)
- General station maintenance and system checks.
- leaf wetness 0 (standard) was replaced
- soil temp 0 (2") sensor was replaced.
- soil temp 1 (4") sensor was replaced
- Work was done approx: 14:15 - 15.00 (Day=138)
: Station Maintenance (sm, bn)
- General station maintenance and system checks.
- solar radiation sensor was replaced.
- Work was done approx: 12:10 - 13.20 (Day=135)
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCF (00:05)
NOTE: The MAWN_ABCF program powers-on the CELL-IP modem
for 10 minutes at the top of every hour.
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCW (00:05)
NOTE: The MAWN_ABCW program only powers-on the CELL-IP modem
for 10 minutes every 3rd hour starting at 00:00.
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCF (00:05)
: Station Maintenance: (sm, bn)
- Communication converted to broadband cell-modem:
- Broadband Cell modem installed.
- Datalogger Program "mawn_abcs" Loaded and Compiled
- Data Collection Configured To Upload Every 30 minutes.
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- replaced Soil Moisture Sensors (CS616)
- installed 2nd Leaf Wetness Sensor
(49" height within fruit tree canopy)
- Work was done approx: 13:00 - 13:30 (Day=233)
: Precipitation Gauge Corrected
- Tipping-bucket rain gauge was found clogged with
debris and was cleaned out on Tue, Jul 22, 2003.
- Precipitation values during the time of obstruction
are inaccurate due to the decreased flow through the
funnel. Precipitation values were marked as "missing"
for the following days:
Jun 10, 2003 (Day 161) thru Jul 22, 2003 (Day 203)
- Total amount of measured precipitation removed from the
database during the time listed above:
0.83 inches
: Phone Line Activated and Data Collection Started
Phone Number: (see setup notes)
- Archived data set should be setup to ensure that
the first day of record is complete. To do so,
use the following as the start of the the data
archive:
24 hour data: 24:00, Day=109 (04/19/2002)
60 min data: 01:00, Day=109 (04/19/2002)
05 min data: 00:05, Day=109 (04/19/2002)
: Station Installed (jaa, jtb)
- Leaf Wetness A:
Installed on NE tripod leg (fence post). It is 35-inches
from the ground to the center of the wetness grid. May
need to install on a standard mount - did not have all of
the necessary components (see below).
- Leaf Wetness B:
Connected to datalogger, but not yet placed in canopy.
- Soil Temps:
Installed under bare ground. SW quadrant, near foot of
tripod leg:
Sensor A: 2-inch depth
Sensor B: 4-inch depth
- Soil Moistures:
Installed horizontally nder sod. SE qudrant, near foot of
tripod leg.
Sensor A: 10-cm depth
Sensor B: 25-cm depth
- Air Temp/RH:
HMP45C (requires mawn1b). Installation height approx. 59"
to 8th ring of radiation shield
- Wind Vane:
Points to North
- Anemometer:
Points to South
- Pyranometer:
Stand mounted to SW. Mounted high enough to keep shadow
from solar panel from falling on plate (e.g. bottom of
bracket should be approx. 39" above tripod bracket.
- Solar Panel:
Installed near the top of the mast, bracket sits approx.
six inches below coupling at the top of the mast. The
top edge of the solar panel must not exceed height of
the Pryanomter. Solar panel faces south with an angle
of about 44-degrees
- Precipitation:
Tipping bucket rain gauge. Mounted on NW tripod leg
(fence post). Approx. 1 meter (39.73") to top of rain
gauge.
- Phone Line:
Junction Box installed at the end of the NE tripod leg.
Phone line not yet available.
- Modem:
Wired follows:
red -> ring
green -> tip
- GPS Coordinates Taken:
Lat: 43.904258 N
Lon: -86.379799 W
Alt: 199.683 m
- Needs:
- Leaf Wetness A may need a mounting block (including
the necessary mounting pipe, block, and u-bolts).
- Leaf Wetness B needs to be placed in canopy of choice.
- U-Bolts needed to tie tripod legs to fence posts still
needed for south tripod leg.
- Phone line still needs to be installed/connected.
- Pressure Sensor may need to be installed for NWS (GRR).
- Comments:
- Herbicide applied over soil temperatures (SW quadrant).
- Photos of station/site taken.