: Station Retired
- The MAWN station at Saginaw has been retired
saginaw — Maintenance Reports
: 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: 1000 - 1015 (Day=150)
: Data Removal
- A small section of the data record from 11/09/07 - 11/13/07
contained some corrupted data, possibly due to a low battery.
The following five-minute data entries (and associated hourly
and daily entries) have been deleted:
11/09/2007 (d=313): 0740, 0805 - 0815, 0835 - 0845
11/12/2007 (d=316): 0410 - 2400
11/13/2007 (d=317): 0005 - 1725
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_AACF (hourly power cycle) [00:05]
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_AACW (3-hr power cycle) [12:35]
: Station Maintenance: (bn)
- Communication converted to broadband cell-modem:
- Broadband Cell modem installed.
- Datalogger Program "mawn_aacs" Loaded and Compiled
- Data Collection Configured To Upload Every 30 minutes.
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- Work was done approx: 15:30 - 16:00 (Day=206)
: Station Maintenance (sm, bn)
- General station maintenance and system checks.
- soil temp 1 (4") replaced.
- soil temp 0 (2") was reinstalled.
- Work was done approx: 13:20 - 14:00 (Day=128)
: Station Maintenance: (sm)
- Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge at Saginaw Valley MAWN station
was covered during the winter. Cover was removed today
and precipitation data from this station should once
again show up in the data entries.
: Station Maintenance: (crn,jal)
- Replaced Anemometer
- Replaced Temperature/Relative Humidity Sensor - HMP45C (16:15)
- Checked Tipping Bucket Rain Guage
- Datalogger Program Loaded: MAWN1B
: 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.
: Phone Number Change.
- Area code for the SAGINAW region was changed over the
past weekend from "517" to "989". Phone number was
modified to reflect this change:
: 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=1700.
Only Observation Times were modified, not times of
Maxs and Mins. Users will need to take that into
consideration when using this data.
: Saginaw Valley Station added to MAWN database
: Data Logging Activated (mawn1a)
- Data Logger Start Time: 00:05, Day=202 (07/20/2000)
: Station Update
- Comments: Paul Horny needed to unlock the gate
as well as a lock to the datalogger
enclosure.
Basically standardized the Saginaw
Valley station. The tripod was already
aligned properly. Replaced Temp/RH,
Wind Sentry, Soil Temps, and Pyronemeter.
Added Leaf Wetness A and Soil Moisture
Probes. Moved Soil Temperature Sensors
and Pyranomter arm. Solar Panel and
Radiation shields were left alone.
More details follow.
General condition: Site was in good
condition. No problems with any weeds
or tall grass. A portion of the site is
covered with mulch. There is a plot of
rhubarb to the west which might be used as
a canopy for Leaf Wetness B (when that is
installed).
No major difficulties with the update.
- jtb
- Leaf Wetness A: New Hardware
- Bracket mounted 3-feet from center of
tripod, 39-inches (~1m) high. Mounted
on NE leg, sensor facing north.
- Leaf Wetness B: Not Installed
- Soil Temp A: Existing Hardware
- Relocated current sensor. Installed at
2-inch depth, west of south leg, north
of Soil Temp B. Soil cover=wood chips.
- Soil Temp B: Existing Hardware
- Relocated current sensor. Installed at
4-inch depth, west of south leg, south
of Soil Temp A. Soil cover=wood chips.
- Soil Moisture A: New Hardware
- Probe installed east of south leg, approx.
one foot north of Soil Moisture B. Soil
cover=wood chips.
- Soil Moisture B: New Hardware
- Probe installed east of South leg, approx.
one foot south of Soil Moisture A. Soil
cover=wood chips.
- Air Temp/RH: New Hardware
- Replaced HMP35C with calibrated HMP35C.
Shield is installed with a height of
61.25" to 8th plate. This is normally
installed at 59", but the shield can not
be installed at the height due to the
leg extensions of the tripod.
(requires mawn1a)
- Wind Vane: New Hardware
- Points to North
- Anemometer: New Hardware
- Points to South
- Pyranometer: New Hardware
- Existing mounting bracket relocated to
point to the SW. Bottom of bracket is
is ??" above tripod bracket.
- Solar Panel: Existing Hardware
- Currently installed on south leg, facing
south (leads not long enough to mount high
on the mast).
- Precipitation: Existing Hardware
- Currently installed SW corner of station
plot.
- Modem: Existing Hardware
- tip => ???
- ring => ???
- ground => ???
- number => 517-781-9656
- Needs: Leaf Wetness B