Enviro-weather, formerly Michigan Automated Weather Network

petersburg — Maintenance Reports

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: Station Decommissioned [2400]

: System Maintenance: [----]

- unclogged tipping-bucket rain gauge

: System Maintenance [1145]

- replaced wind instruments

: System Maintenance [1504]

- moved data-collection to new LoggerNet server

- loaded logger program "mawn_abcf"

: Data Quality [1530]

- Marked Leaf Wetness 0 and Leaf Wetness 1 as "missing"

during following time period:

04/01/2012 (d=092) 00:05 - 04/20/2012 (d=111) 11:00

: Station Maintenance [1440]

- Replaced Modem

: Station Maintenance [1100]

- Replaced Both Leaf Wetness Sensors

: Station Maintenace [1500]

- Cleaned Leaf Wetness Sensors

- Cleaned Precipitation Bucket

: Station Maintenance [1025]

- Replaced Battery

- Performed Early Spring Maintenance

: Data Correction [1045]

- Recent battery issues have led to a loss of data during

the following time periods:

03/06/2011 (d=065) 0705 - 03/06/2011 (d=065) 0900

03/07/2011 (d=066) 0205 - 03/07/2011 (d=066) 0800

03/08/2011 (d=067) 0605 - 03/08/2011 (d=067) 0900

03/09/2011 (d=068) 1705 - 03/10/2011 (d=069) 1100

03/10/2011 (d=069) 1705 - 03/11/2011 (d=070) 1000

: Station Maintenance [0008]

- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly collection cycle)

: Station Maintenance [0006]

- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour collection cycle)

: Station Maintenance

- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly collection cycle) [0004]

: Station Maintenance

- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour collection cycle) [0001]

: Station Maintenance

- Data Logger Battery was replaced.

: Data Correction [1530]

- Faulty Solar Radiation data that was introduced during

the following time period has been marked as "missing"

07/31/09 (d=212) 1055 - 08/07/09 (d=219) 1200

: Station Maintenance [1100]

- Faulty Solar Radiation Sensor was replaced.

: Station Maintenance [1000]

- Recent data outage was due to a lightning strike. The

logger was replaced along with a new wind vane/anemometer.

- However, it appears that the solar radiation sensor is

not reporting.

: Data Outage

- The Logger connected to the Petersburg MAWN station

appears to have failed at the following time:

07/23/2009 (d=204) 20:30

Repairs are being scheduled for possibly later this

week.

: Station Maintenance [1200]

- General station maintenance and system checks...

- Replaced Anemometer.

- NOTE: Due to the faulty sensor, incorrect wind speed values

that were reported during the following time period

have been removed from the data archive:

09/22/08 (d=266) 11:00 - 05/21/09 (d=141) 12:00

: Station Maintenance [1015]

- Configured LoggerNet software to connect to new modem.

Successful connection and data download once again

possible.

: Station Maintenance: [????]

- Replaced Wireless Broadband (cell-ip) Modem.

: Station Maintenance

- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly power cycle) [0005]

: Station Maintenance

- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour power cycle) [1104]

: Database Modification

- Added hourly battery voltage (logging of the hourly

voltage data actually started at 1:00am on June 15,

2008 (d=167).

: Station Maintenance

- General station maintenance and system checks, including:

- convert to wireless broadband (cell-ip).

- replaced HMP45C (temp/rh) sensor

- Work was done approx: 1030 - 1100 (Day=182)

: Station Maintenance (bn)

- General station maintenance and system checks.

- Soil Moisture 0 sensor was replaced (CS615 to CS616)

- Soil Moisture 1 sensor was replaced (CD615 to CS616)

- MAWN Program MAWN1C loaded to properly read new moisture probes

- Work was done approx: 11:45 - 12:25 (Day=178)

: Station Maintenance: (jal)

- Replaced Temperature/Relative Humidity Sensor (HMP45C).

- Replaced Anemometer (Wind Speed).

- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:

- weed removal and application of Round-Up above soil temps

- Work was done approx: 11:20 - 11:35 (Day=245)

: Precipitation Guage Corrected

- Tipping-bucket rain gauge was found clogged with

debris and was cleaned out on Thu, Aug 14, 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:

Aug 01, 2003 (Day 213) thru Aug 14, 2003 (Day 226)

- Total amount of measured precipitation removed from the

database during the time listed above:

2.79 inches

: Telecommunication Repair

- Telephone service was lost on July 22 due to

thunderstorms in the area. Phone company made

repairs and service was re-established.

- No data was lost. Datalogger continued to

collect data while phone service was down.

: 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=415.

: 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=610

: 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=1445.

Only Observation Times were modified, not times of

Maxs and Mins. Users will need to take that into

consideration when using this data.

: Installed Leaf Wetness A - installed on wooden block

attached to NE Leg (approx. 1 meter high) - facing

north. Install Time: Approx: 10:30am

Added 2 new Desi-Packs to Enclosure as there were no

existing packs in the enclosure.

Soil Temps are buried under sod - RoundUp has not

yet been applied.

: Fixed old data to reflect recent change in "mawn1b"

program - padded missing values to 5-minute data.

: Updated "mawn1b" to include Wind Speed, Air Temp,

and Relative Humidity in 5-minute data.

: Phone Line To Station Activated.

- Petersburg station added to MAWN database.

: Station Installed

- Leaf Wetness Sensors Disconnected For The Winter.

- Soil Probe A: 2-inch under sod, east of south leg.

- Soil Probe B: 4-inch under sod, east of south leg, south of

Soil Probe A.

- Soil Moisture A: On sod, south and east of south leg, west

of Soil Moisture B.

- Soil Moisture B: On sod, south and east of south leg, east

of Soil Moisture A.

- Data Logging Activated (mawn1b)

- Data Logger Start Time: 12:40pm, Day=315