Enviro-weather, formerly Michigan Automated Weather Network

sparta20 — Maintenance Reports

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: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3798) [1115]

- sensor repair:

- repair air temp sensor (45cm)*

* logger current reports incorrectly as "atmp_10cm".

* relative humidity is not configured for 45cm (10cm).

: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3764) [1155]

- routine maintenance, including:

- checked anemometers

- checked battery

- checked soil sensors

- checked wind vanes

- checked / cleaned atmp/relh sensors (10cm failure)*

- checked / cleaned leaf wetness [standard]**

- checked / cleaned pyranometer

- checked / cleaned solar panel

- checked / cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)

- weed removal / trimmed grass

* sensor is actually at 45cm

** site does not include a canopy sensor

: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3618) [1400]

- routine maintenanace, including:

- checked anemometers

- checked pyranometer

- checked soil sensors

- checked wind vanes

- checked / cleaned atmp/relh sensors

- checked / cleaned leaf wetness [standard]*

- checked / cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge (adjusted level)

* site does not include a canopy sensor

: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3485) [1030]

- routine maintenance, including:

- checked anemometers

- checked leaf wetness [standard]*

- checked net radiometer

- checked pyranometer

- checked soil sensors (reconnected 60cm soil moisture)

- checked wind vanes

- checked / cleaned atmp/relh sensors

- checked / cleaned battery

- checked / cleaned solar panel

- checked / cleaned tipping-bucket rain gauge

- replaced wind sentry (3m)

- weed removal / trimmed grass

* site does not include a canopy sensor

: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3244) [1325]

- routine maintenance, including:

- checked anemometers

- checked battery

- checked leaf wetness [standard]*

- checked pyranometer

- checked soil sensors

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge

- checked wind vanes (3m may need replacement)

- checked / cleaned atmp/relh sensors

- cleaned solar panel

- weed removal / trimmed grass

* site does not include a canopy sensor.

: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3115) [1115]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- checked anemometers

- checked battery

- checked leaf wetness [standard]*

- checked pyranometer (adjusted level)

- checked soil sensors

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge

- checked wind vanes

- checked / cleaned atmp/relh sensor

- checked / cleaned solar panel

* site does not include a canopy sensor

: Station / Logger Maintenance (FS#3043) [1130]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- checked anemometers (10m needs replacement)

- checked battery

- checked leaf wetness [standard]*

- checked pyranomemter (adjusted level)

- checked soil sensors

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge

- checked wind vanes (10m needs replacement)

- checked / cleaned atmp/relh sensor

- checked / cleaned solar panel

* site does not include a canopy sensor

: Station / Logger Maintenance [1130]

- routine site maintenance

: Station / Logger Maintenence [0940]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- cleaned / adjusted solar panel (50W)

- adjusted (leveled) pyranometer

- adjusted (leveled) net radiometer

- checked tipping-bucket rain gauge

- replaced HMP155 (atmp/relh @ 1.5m)

- cleaned / tested leaf wetness (standard mount)*

- weed removal / trimmed grass

! known issue with 10m anemometer

* site no longer makes use of canopy leaf wetness

: Station Maintenance [1125]

- routine site maintenance

: Station Maintenance [1125]

- routine site maintenance, including:

- modem update

: Station Maintenance [1300]

- replaced all soil temperature and soil moisture sensors

: Station Mainteannce [1220]

- repaired faulty air temperature sensor [10m]

: Station Maintenance [1300]

- routine station maintenance

- installed new leaf wetness mount

- replaced leaf wetness sensor (standard mount)

: Logger Maintenance [1600]

- power cycle (modem & logger)

: Logger / Station Maintenance [1245]

- replaced logger (CR3000 -> CR3000)

- added PakBus modem

- loaded logger program: spt-bbcbT

: Station Maintenance [1200]

- annual station / site maintenance

: Station Maintenance [1000]

- annual maintenance

: Station Maintenance [1700]

- annual maintenance

: Data Archive Reset: [----]

- Reset Start of Data Archive:

First data report: April 08, 2017 (Day=098) 00:00

: Station Maintenance: [----]

- complete sensor installation

: LoggerNet Adjustment [1130]

- changed data-collection to 5-minutes (from 15-minutes)

xx/xx/xxx: Station Online: [xxxx]

- Station added to Enviroweather/MAWN Web Site

: Data Collection Enabled [1630]

- Data Collection begins:

- NOTE: Not all sensors installed properly yet

: Station Installed: [----]

- Installation finalized

- NOTE: Still requires Soil Heat Flux and proper

install of both Leaf Wetness Sensors

: Station Maintenance [1600]

- Established telecommunication between station cell-modem

and data-collection PC/server on campus.

: Station Setup [1600]

- Loaded MAWN Program: SPT-BBCBT

SPT => Station ID (Sparta 20m tower)

B => CR1000/MI (Logger/State)

B => CS616 (Soil Moisture)

C => HMP155A (Temp/RH)

B => LWS-L (Leaf Wetness)

T => 20m Tower Station

- Now able to collect raw weather data.