: Logger Maintenance [1255]
- replaced modem
sparta — Maintenance Reports
: Station Maintenance [0930]
- station maintenance, including:
- checked anemometer (bearings sound good)
- checked battery box
- checked pyranometer (good / level)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / cleaned solar panel
- checked / tested leaf wetness (standard)*
- replaced tipping-bucket rain gauge
* site does not include a canopy leaf wetness sensor
: Logger / Station Maintnenace [1137]
- loaded logger program: spo-bbcd.cr1* (237 -> LWS-L)**
* supports "maintenance mode"
** sensor removed: 08/03/2017 (no canopy leaf wetness)
- cleaned-up previously collected data
- for future reference, here is some information concerning
the canopy leaf wetness sensor:
05/16/2003 1920 - 05/12/2015 1800:
- sensor: 237 (leaf1)
- canopy: euonymus alatus
- height: 1.5-ft
05/12/2015 1805 - 06/03/2015 1400:
- sensor: 237 (leaf1)
- canopy: apple tree (150-ft from station)
- height: unknown
06/03/2015 1405 - 08/03/2017 0920:*
- sensor: LWS-L (lws1)
- canopy: apple tree (150-ft from station)
- height: unknown
* no canopy sensor since: 08/03/2017 0925
: Station Maintenance [1130]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- checked anemomter (bearings good)
- checked pyranometer (good / level)
- checked soil sensor cables (good)
- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge (good)
- checked wind vane (properly aligned)
- checked / cleaned solar panel
- checked / tested battery
- checked / tested leaf wetness (standard)*
- cleaned grounding rod
- cleaned hmp155a (atmp/relh) sensor and radiation shield
- weed removal not needed (host maintained site)
* site does not include a canopy leaf wetness sensor
: Station / Logger Maintenence [0930]
- routine site maintenance, including:
- adjusted (leveled) pyranometer
- cleaned solar panels (2 x 10W)
- check tipping-bucket rain gauge
- cleaned HMP155 (atmp/relh)
- cleaned / tested leaf wetness (standard mount)*
- weed removal / trimmed grass
* site no longer makes use of canopy leaf wetness
: Station Maintenance [1115]
- routine site maintenance
: Station / Logger Maintenance [1105]
- routine site maintenance
- modem upgrade
: Station Maintenance [1620]
- repaired tipping bucket rain gauge (obstruction)
: Station Maintenance [1230]
- routine station maintenance
- installed new leaf wetness mount
: Station Maintenance [1605]
- cleaned precipitation bucket
: Logger Maintenance [1110]
- replaced logger (CR1000 -> CR1000)
- added PakBus modem
- loaded logger program: spo-bbcb
: Station Maintenance [1215]
- general maintenance / weed removal
: Station Maintenance [1200]
- annual station / site maintenance
: Station Maintenance [1000]
- annual maintenance
- disconnected leaf wetness [canopy] sensor*
: Station Maintenance [1700]
- annual maintenance
: Station Maintenance [0004]
- reload logger program: spo-bbcb
- supports switch of HMP155A from SW12V to 12V
: Station Maintenance: [????]
- Switched Air Temp/RH sensor (HMP155A) to "continous" power
: Station Maintenance [1310]
- replace faulty air temp/rh sensor:
HC2S3 => HMP155A
: Station Maintenance [1140]
- Replace faulty air temp/rh sensor (HC2S3)
: Station Modernization [1200]
- Station upgraded with serveral new sensors.
- loaded logger program "spo-bbbb"
- Due to upgrade, station was offline for the following:
06/03/2015 (d=154) 1205 - 06/03/2015 (d=154) 1400
- the "live" data updates were able to resume at:
06/05/2015 (d=156) 1155
: Data Quality [1500]
- Due to faulty data, all LEAF1 was marked as MISSING for the
following time period:
01/01/2015 (d=001) 0005 - 05/12/2015 (d=132) 1800
: Station Maintenance: [????]
- canopy sensor (leaf1) was replaced and relocated in trees
approx. 120 ft from station.
- also replaced standard leaf wetness sensor (leaf0)
- weed removal
: System Maintenance [1503]
- moved data-collection to new LoggerNet server
- loaded logger program "bbaa-spo"
: Station Maintenance [1530]
- routine maintenance
: Station Maintenance [1540]
- Routine maintenance
- cleaned temp/rh sensor
: Station Maintenance [1600]
- Replaced data logger.
- Data record from new logger to begin at:
10/09/2013 (d=282) 16:05
: Station Maintenance [1300]
- Temporary power issue with logger led to a loss of data
collection program. Program (ABCF) was reloaded, but
unfortunately, not before data was lost for the following
time period:
06/05/2013 (d=156) 1105 - 06/06/2013 (d=157) 1225
: Station Maintenance [1000]
- Rain gauge unplugged.
: Station Maintenance [1400]
- Replaced Modem
: Station Maintenance [1510]
- General station maintenance (weed control, sensor checks)
: Data Quality [1100]
- Soil Temperature Sensor (4") was replaced on 06/03/09.
As a result, all of the previous faulty SOIL1 data
that was recorded at the Sparta MAWN station during
the following period was removed:
05/26/05 (d=146) 00:05 - 06/03/09 (d=154) 15:00
: Station Maintenance [1500]
- General station maintenance and system checks, including:
- Tipping-bucket rain gauge test (faulty pcpn data
that was introduced was removed on 06/08/09)
: Station Maintenance [1145]
- Rain Collection bucket was found to be full of water
due to the funnel being clogged. The obstruction was
removed at 11:45am and the 0.57" was in turn logged
by the datalogger. Nearby manual observation was
recorded to be 1.00", therefore the precipitation
data prior to 05/27/09 may be inaccurate to to the
obstruction, but the rain gauge should be operating
properly now.
: Data Quality
- Due to faulty leaf wetness (canopy) sensor, all canopy
sensor data was blanked out for the following time
period:
10/23/08 (d=297) 0915 - 03/09/09 (d=068) 1500
: Station Maintenace
- Leaf Wetness 1 (Canopy Wetness) Sensor was repaired
between 14:30 - 15:00.
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCF (hourly power cycle) [0007]
: Station Maintenance
- Loaded MAWN Program - ABCW (3-hour power cycle) [0004]
: 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"
- Replaced bearings in anemometer
- Work was done approx: 1140 - 1230 (Day=142)
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_ABCF (1-hr power cycle) [15:35]
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Datalogger Program Modification:
- Datalogger progam "mawn_abcs" loaded and compiled.
- Data collection configured to upload every 30 minutes.
- Work was done approx: 13:05 (Day=137)
: Station Maintenance (bn)
- Sensor Replacement:
- Replaced old CS615 Soil Moisture with new CS616 sensors
- General station maintenance and system checks.
- Work was done approx: 18:30 (Day=135)
: Station Maintenance (jb)
- Loaded MAWN Program: MAWN_AACF (00:05)
: Station Maintenance: (sm, bn)
- Communication Cell-IP Modem replaced (Verizon to Alltel)
: Station Maintenance: (sm, bn)
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- replaced reference Leaf Wetness Sensor (Sensor A):
- installed new datalogger battery
: Station Maintenance: (sm, 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:
- replaced Temperature/Relative Humidity Sensor (HMP45C)
- Work was done approx: 14:20 - 15:00 (Day=227)
: Station Maintenance (sm)
- Replaced CS615 Soil Moisture Sensor (Sensor B - 10" depth).
- approximate time of service: 14:30
: Station Maintenance (sm)
- installed new CS615 Soil Moisture Sensor (Sensor B - 10" depth).
- approximate time of service: 10:00
: Station Maintenance (sm)
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- weed removal and application of Round-Up above soil temps
- serviced solar panel
- serviced Temp/RH Sensor (HMP45C)
- cleaned/serviced precipitation bucket (bucket was plugged)
- attempted to install Soil Moisture B (10") - need an older
CS615 sensor and not a CS616. 10" soil moisture will
remain "missing" until proper sensor is obtained.
- approximate time of service: 11:05am
: Station Maintenance: (crn, jal)
- Replaced Anemometer
- General Station Maintenance and System Checks:
- weed removal and application of Round-Up above soil temps
- tipping bucket rain gauge checked for accuracy
- Work was done approx: 19:00 - 20:00 (Day=217)
: Station Maintenance
- Reinstalled second leaf wetness:
- installed on pipe next to NW tripod leg
- approx. 1.5-foot high, facing north
- installed witin coverage of: Eunymous alatus
- Installed Pressure Sensor (PTB101)
- Troubleshoot datalogger:
- uploaded MAWN1A program
- reset datalogger clock
- NOTE: Data for most of this day was lost during work
to the system.
- Time of Installation: 16:45, 19:00 (jtb)
: Data Cleanup (jtb)
- Additional data cleanup due to replacement of soil temperature
sensor (04/18/02). Examining data showed a steady decrease in
reliability of Soil Temp A (2-inch) after 07/01/2001 (approx.).
All Soil Temp A (2-inch) data between (and including) the
following dates were removed from the Sparta database tables:
start of removed records: 06/15/2001 (day=166) - 00:05
end of removed records: 04/18/2002 (day=108) - 18:00
: Maintenance (jaa, jtb)
- Replaced Soil Temp A (2-inch depth). Time of sensor
replacedment was 17:48.
Replacing the soil temperature sensors introduced errors to
the following variables at the listed report times - marked
the following as missing in the MAWN database tables for
Sparta:
- Five Minute Data:
Air Temperature: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 17:50
- Hourly Data:
Air Temperature: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 18:00
Soil Temp A: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 18:00
Soil Temp B: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 18:00
- Daily Data:
Min Air Temperature: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Time of Min Air Temperature: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Max Soil Temp A: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Time of Max Soil Temp A: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Min Soil Temp A: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Time of Min Soil Temp A: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Max Soil Temp B: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Time of Max Soil Temp B: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Min Soil Temp B: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
Time of Min Soil Temp B: 04/18/02 (day=108) - 24:00
- Herbicide applied over soil temperatures (SW quadrant)
: 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.
: Cleanup Precipitation Data.
- Missing Daily Precipitation Values For First Part of
April 2001 Modified Using Data Collected Manually By
Merlin Kraft.
- NOTE: Shifted Merlin's data by a day to better
reflect the MAWN collection period of
midnight to midnight (Merlin collects
from 8:00am - 8:00am).
- The Following Daily Precipitation Values Were Added:
Day 91 (04/01/2001): 0
Day 92 (04/02/2001): 0
Day 93 (04/03/2001): 0
Day 94 (04/04/2001): 0
Day 95 (04/05/2001): 2.286 (0.09")
Day 96 (04/06/2001): 7.874 (0.31")
Day 97 (04/07/2001): 0
Day 98 (04/08/2001): 5.080 (0.20")
Day 99 (04/09/2001): 2.286 (0.09")
: Cleanup Precipitation and Adjust Soil Data.
- Remove Precipitation Data Introduced Into Raw Data
File During Field Testing. The Following Entries
Were Reset Back To 0:
Data Code=5, Day=100, Time=1845 (field #: 4)
Data Code=5, Day=100, Time=1900 (field #: 4)
Data Code=5, Day=100, Time=1905 (field #: 4)
Data Code=60, Day=100, Time=1900 (field #: 15)
Data Code=60, Day=100, Time=2000 (field #: 15)
Data Code=24, Day=100, Time=2400 (field #: 33)
- Clean-Up Faulty Data. Tipping Bucket Rain Guage Was
Not Operating Properly Between 2:05am on March 31 (Day=90)
and 7:05pm on April 10 (Day=100). Marked the following
precipitation data as missing:
Five Minute Data:
Day=90, Time=205 thru Day=100, Time=1905
Hourly Data:
Day=90, Time=300 thru Day=100, Time=1900
Daily Data:
Day=91, Time=2400 thru Day=99, Time=2400
- Clean-Up Faulty Data. Reburing the Soil Temperature
Sensors between 7:00pm - 8:00pm on 04/10/2001 Introduced
Faulty Maximum Soil Tempearture Values. The following
entries were reset to estimated values:
Data Code=24, Day=100, Time=2400:
SOIL0_MAX: 12.78 (field #: 15)
SOIL0_MAXT: 2359 (field #: 16)
SOIL1_MAX: 11.72 (field #: 19)
SOIL1_MAXT: 2359 (field #: 20)
- Clean-Up Faulty Data. Reburing the Soil Moisture Probes
between 7:00pm - 8:00pm on 04/10/2001 Introduced Faulty
Minimum Soil Moisture Values. The following entries were
reset to estimated values:
Data Code=24, Day=100, Time=2400:
MSTR0_MIN: 0.605 (field #: 25)
MSTR0_MINT: 1600 (field #: 26)
MSTR1_MIN: 0.580 (field #: 29)
MSTR1_MINT: 1600 (field #: 30)
: Field Maintanence
- Replaced Precipitation Guage (current instrument
seems to have been out since April 1, 2001
- Moved and Reburied Soil Temperatures - installed in SW
quadrant of station:
Soil A: 2-inches under sod, W of S leg, N of Soil B
Soil B: 4-inches under sod, W of S leg, S of Soil A
- Buried Soil Temperature Probes (Horizontal Placement)
in SE quadrant of station:
Soil Moisture A: 04" depth, E of S leg, facing south
Soil Moisture B: 10" depth, E of S leg, facing south
- Needs:
Data Cleanup: Installation between approximately 6:30pm
and 7:30pm on 04/10/2001 required testing
precip gauge. Also, reinstalling soil temp
and soil moisture problems most likely
introduced faulty data - rawdata will
need to be corrected.
: Cleanup Precipitation Data.
- Remove Precipitation Data Introduced Into Raw Data
File During Field Testing. The Following Entries
Were Reset Back To 0:
Data Code=5, Day=308, Time=1710
Data Code=5, Day=308, Time=1715
Data Code=60, Day=308, Time=1800
Data Code=24, Day=308, Time=2400
- Clean-Up Faulty Data. Tipping Bucket Rain Guage Was
Not Operating Properly Between 3:00am on September 12
(Day=256) and 5:15pm on November 3. Marked the following
precipitation data as missing:
Five Minute Data:
Day=256, Time=300 thru Day=308, Time=1715
Hourly Data:
Day=256, Time=400 thru Day=308, Time=1700
Daily Data:
Day=257, Time=2400 thru Day=307, Time=2400
: Tipping Bucket Rain Guage Replacement.
- No Precipitation Recorded Since Sept 12. Appears
Electrical Surge on or near Sept 12, 2000 was the
cause.
- Replaced tipping bucket rain gauge. Installed on
pipe located on SW corner of station plot, 37-1/8"
from ground to top of tipping bucket (determined
high from previous installation). Tested with
5 clicks around 5:11pm (day=308, time.
: 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=1740.
Only Observation Times were modified, not times of
Maxs and Mins. Users will need to take that into
consideration when using this data.
: Telecommuncations repaired sometime over the past weekend.
- Updated Web Pages and rebuilt Sparta data in MAWN database.
: Telecommunications still down.
- Downloaded data from datalogger. Loss of data between
(but not including) the following times:
Day=260, Time=1535 (Sep 16)
Day=263, Time=0930 (Sep 18)
: Loss of Telephone Communications on Sept 12, 2000
due to electrical storm.
- Replace Modem (#3945) with new modem (#3947)
- "Ring" wire was disconnected (actually burnt
apart due to apparant electrical surge).
Replaced blue (ring) wing with extra orange/wire.
Left orange (tip) wire alone
- Service box by the road - switch blue (ring) wire
with orange/white wire. Connected to red (ring)
terminal. Left orange wire connected to green (tip)
terminal. Still no active line. Apparently heavy
electrical damage to service box.
- Current wiring:
Service Box -> green terminal (tip) -> orange wire
-> Datalogger Enclosure -> bottom surge terminal
-> TIP on modem
Service Box -> red terminal (ring) -> orange/white wire
-> Datalogger Enclosure -> upper surge terminal
-> RING on modem
- Downloaded data from datalogger. Loss of data between
(but not including) the following times:
Day=255, Time=0630 (Sep 11)
Day=255, Time=1955 (Sep 11)
: Faulty modem replaced. Station back on-line.
Suspicious 2-inch soil temps, but inspection of
the site determined that soil temp probe was in
fact buried - soil cover = thick grass.
Field Technician: Tom Cate
: During "mawn1a" update, lost hourly reading and
5-minute reading for 11:00am, day=36. Copied
the following:
5,2000,36,1055,... -> 5,2000,36,1100,...
60,2000,36,1000,... -> 60,2000,36,1100,...
: Updated "mawn1a" to include Wind Speed, Air Temp,
and Relative Humidity in 5-minute data.
: Removed suspect Soil Temperature (Sensor A) From Data
File. Marked as Missing Values from 08/06/99 thru
08/28/99.
: Soil Temp Probes and Soil Moisture Sensors pulled and
re-installed. Work performed between 11:30am and 1:00pm.
: Soil Temp Probes Covered (courtesy of Amy Irish-Brown)
around 9:00am. Both sensors approx. 2 inches under
bare soil.
: Detected error in soil temp, sensor A (2 inch depth).
Temps reporting values too high - since approx 9/13/99