CuPIDO: Chronological Logbook Entries

339: TRH, Site 1, Mon 28-Aug-2006 08:31:35 MST, Fan at station 1

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When I removed the TRH from site 1 I noticed that the fan blade was not attached
to the motor. This was detected when the TRH position was changed from
horizontal to vertical.

338: soil, Site all, Mon 28-Aug-2006 08:25:53 MST, TP01 probes

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The TP01 probes, at site 2, 5, and 10, had a fold in the thin film transducer.
I assume during installation that the top of the film caught an edge and
started the fold. This is something nobody would have noticed. 

337: daily status, Site all, Mon 28-Aug-2006 08:22:17 MST, Station removal

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Yesterday was the start of teardown. I went to stations 1,2,5,6,7,8,9, and 10
to remove the TRH, RNET, and soil sensors. The ADAMS were shutdown and the
USBdisks removed. The batteries are now charging via the solar panels. Today
I hope to go back to those sites to continue the removal of sensors and
electronics.

336: daily status, Site all, Sat 26-Aug-2006 08:33:21 MST, Daily Status, 26 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 26, 8;45 am

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working. 

  Station 01,   N: Operating normally
  Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
  Station 03, ENE: Operating abnormally, GOES down, local storage working
  Station 04,   E: Operating normally, 
  Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
  Station 06,   S: Operating normally
  Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
  Station 08,   W: Operating normally, intermittent noise on logger
  Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
  Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

station visits:
Site 3: Yesterday's visit to 3 was a partial success. We were able to fix the
rain gage and a problem in the logger interface but bad weather stopped us
from diagnosing the GOES problem and lowering the mast to change the prop
bearings. More details in logbook.

335: soil, Site 5, Fri 25-Aug-2006 16:10:54 MST, Soil sample at site 5, aug 24

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TRIME measurements: 14:05
11.0%
11.3%
11.3%


Soil sample: core sample was sealed and brought back to base, no tupperware
 
0-3 cm net wet weight in Al foil tray =              110.3 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              103.8 g

3-6 cm net wet weight in A2 foil tray =              126.7 g
       net dry weight in A2 foil tray =              118.7 g

6-8 cm net wet weight in A3 foil tray =              82.6 g
       net dry weight in A3 foil tray =              77.8 g

334: LOG, Site 3, Fri 25-Aug-2006 15:39:05 MST, Station 3, Aug 25

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AJ and I went to station 3 to get it back on the air. The station was running
and data was being recorded on the USB. The logger communicaiton was down,here was also a bad cable from the rain gage.
  We were able to get all of the problems fixed except for GOES. The weather
turned bad so we had to get out of there. On the ride back we had to wait at
a wash due to flooding.
We were at the site from ~11:00 to 12:30. Any rain tips in this period
should be ignored.

details:
rain - the rain gage cable was cut. This may have been due to the cable
running across some sharp rocks on the ground and somebody may have stepped on
the cable.
logger - the logger output was working fine. The problem was in port 5. It was
a mystery. I tried reversing the TRH and Logger ports. Both sensors worked fine.
When the logger was reconnected to port 5 there was no data transfer. The
problem is either the esrial interface panel or port 5 on the Emerald. In the
end we changed the config file and moved the logger to port 8.
GOES - due to the weather we did not have any time to determine the problem
with GOES. The response from the GOES command gave one the impression it was
communicating but none of the parameters looked correct.
 

333: daily status, Site all, Fri 25-Aug-2006 08:32:49 MST, Daily Status, 25 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 25, 7:30 am

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working. 

  Station 01,   N: Operating normally
  Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
  Station 03, ENE: Operating abnormally, rain gauge is faulty but that is now 
  superceeded by a complete GOES outtage, maybe more?
  Station 04,   E: Operating normally, 
  Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
  Station 06,   S: Operating normally
  Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
  Station 08,   W: Operating normally
  Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
  Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

station visits:
Site 5: We were able to take soil samples and exchange the datadrive to check 
for intermittant logger data, which we still believe to be a GOES problem. The 
threat of becoming mutants, I mean, being struck by lightning limited our 
activities.

332: rain, Site 3, Thu 24-Aug-2006 16:03:58 MST, rain at station 3

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Based on the rain plot, it appears that the rain gage at station 3 is not
working. There were rain events at 1,2,and 4 and the krypton died
(water on the lens) at 3.

331: radiation, Site 5, Thu 24-Aug-2006 15:53:53 MST, XBee test at 5

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During the site visit to 5 a test of the XBee radios with the new firmware
was conducted. They were on the air for about 30 minutes. A separate data
file was created for the test. There were no missing characters in the
data stream during the test period. We may install the Xbee on Saturday
to do a 24 hour test.

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329: LOG, Site 5, Thu 24-Aug-2006 15:47:44 MST, Station visit, Site 5, August 24

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived ~11:40 and left at 12:30

Activities:
- were limited because of lightning
- Took TRIME measurements and gravimetric samples

328: soil, Site 2, Thu 24-Aug-2006 15:44:30 MST, Soil sample at site 2

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TRIME measurements: 14:05
12.6%, TDR=44
12.6%, TDR=44
12.7%, TDR=45


Soil sample: core sample was sealed and brought back to base, no tupperware
used.***Rocks in depth 3-6 cm***
 
0-3 cm net wet weight in Al foil tray =              107.6 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              102.4 g

3-6 cm net wet weight in A2 foil tray =              104.0 g
       net dry weight in A2 foil tray =              92.9 g

6-8 cm net wet weight in A3 foil tray =              35.1 g
       net dry weight in A3 foil tray =              30.2 g

327: daily status, Site all, Thu 24-Aug-2006 09:13:06 MST, Daily Status, 23 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 24, 9:00 am

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working. Intermittant noise seems to have corrected 
itself for the most part.
 
  Station 01,   N: Operating normally
  Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
  Station 03, ENE: Operating normally, at low speeds the 10m propvane has lower   wind speeds than the 7m sonic anemometer indicating a bearing problem.
  Station 04,   E: Operating normally, 
  Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
  Station 06,   S: Operating normally
  Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
  Station 08,   W: Operating normally
  Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
  Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

station visits:
Site 5: Were able to exchange data drive and replace desiccant in Rnet, but 
there was threat of lightining. We didn't feel like getting killed or becoming 
mutants. Although, we would have preferred to become mutants.

326: LOG, Site 5, Wed 23-Aug-2006 15:13:20 MST, station visit, site 5, August 23

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A.J.I. and Steve S. at around 13:00, but were unable to do much because of 
lightning.

Actvities:
- Replaced desiccant in the Rnet
- Swapped usb to look for lost data on Ausgust 12th, 2006.

325: rain, Site 2, Wed 23-Aug-2006 09:39:15 MST, False rain tips

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False rain tips from 13:55-13:59 because gauge got clogged.

324: soil, Site 2, Wed 23-Aug-2006 09:37:36 MST, TRIME and gravimetric samples taken

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TRIME measurements taken at 13:50:
1. 12.6%, 44
2. 12.6%, 44
3. 12.7%, 45

Gravimetric samples taken ~13:35

323: radiation, Site 2, Wed 23-Aug-2006 09:36:54 MST, Cleaned radiometers

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Cleaned radiometers at 13:50 MST.

322: krypton, Site 2, Wed 23-Aug-2006 09:33:59 MST, Cleaned Kh20

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Cleaned kh20 at 13:15, mast lowered from 13:09-13:28, voltage went from .14 to 
.22.

321: LOG, Site 2, Wed 23-Aug-2006 09:28:21 MST, Station visit, Site 2, August 22

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 13:09 and left 14:05

Activities:
- Mast was lowered from 13:09-13:28
- Cleaned kh20 at ~13:15, voltage went from .14 to .22
- cleaned radiometers at 13:50
- TRIME measurements taken
- All false tips from ~13:55-13:59

319: daily status, Site all, Wed 23-Aug-2006 08:23:01 MST, Daily Status, 23 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 23, 8:00 am

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

  Station 01,   N: Operating normally
  Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
  Station 03, ENE: Operating normally, at low speeds the 10m propvane has lower   wind speeds than the 7m sonic anemometer indicating a bearing problem.
  Station 04,   E: Operating normally, 
  Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
  Station 06,   S: Operating normally, intermittent noise on logger
  Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
  Station 08,   W: Operating normally
  Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
  Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

station visits:
Site 3: Routine maintainence.

318: TRH, Site 4, Tue 22-Aug-2006 09:48:51 MST, Station visit, Site 4, August 21

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 14:11 and left at 14:21

Activities:
- Replaced TRH
- Rnet looked clean

317: TRH, Site 4, Tue 22-Aug-2006 09:47:49 MST, TRH replaced

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Replaced TRH at 14:25.

316: daily status, Site all, Tue 22-Aug-2006 09:45:01 MST, Daily Status, 22 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 22, 9:30 am

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

  Station 01,   N: Operating normally
  Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
  Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
  Station 04,   E: Operating normally, 
  Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
  Station 06,   S: Operating normally, intermittent noise on logger
  Station 07,  SW: Operating normally, intermittent noise on logger
  Station 08,   W: Operating normally, intermittent noise on logger
  Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
  Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

station visits:
Site 4: Replaced TRH where A/D converter inflated values higher than the US 
debt.

315: daily status, Site all, Mon 21-Aug-2006 10:25:23 MST, Daily Status, 21 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 21, 10:00 am

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

  Station 01,   N: Operating normally
  Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
  Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
  Station 04,   E: Operating normally, TRH analog/digital converter causing    
  unrealistic values
  Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
  Station 06,   S: Operating normally, intermittent noise on logger
  Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
  Station 08,   W: Operating normally
  Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
  Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

station visits:
There were no visits yesterday
Station visits on Saturday, August 19:
Site 10: Went to inspect difference in readings between Tsfc and Tsfc.pyrg, it appears as though the Tsfc is hitting a spot of bare sand causing an inflation of readings while the rest of the area is pretty well vegetated. Steve S. downloaded the datalogger program to modify it for future expeditions. This site is also inhabited by massive amounts of nats that prefer dwelling in your right ear.
Site 1: Routine maintainence, replaced desiccant in the Rnet, changed battery for electric fence.
Site 9: Routine maintainence.
Site 8: Routine maintainence.

314: radiation, Site 10, Sun 20-Aug-2006 14:55:58 MST, site visit to 10, cabling for pyg

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I went to site 10 to beep out the cabling for the Eppley PYG to the CR10X.
We need to make more cables for METCRAX. I had to disconnect the pyg
instruments for a short period. This event took place around 11:00 to
11:30 local time.

313: daily status, Site , Sun 20-Aug-2006 08:05:18 MST, Daily Status, 20 Aug

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 20, 9:00

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally 
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally 
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally, intermittent logger
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally, intermittent logger
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visit:
 No site visits planned today. AJ has day off

311: rain, Site 8, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:50:20 MST, Rain gauge test tip

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1 test tip at 15:44.

310: LOG, Site 8, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:48:52 MST, Station visit, site 8, August 19

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 15:40 and left at 15:55

Activities:
- Rnet was clean
- 1 test tip at 15:44

309: rain, Site 9, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:48:15 MST, Rain gauge test tip

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1 test tip at 14:53.

308: radiation, Site 9, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:47:36 MST, Rnet cleaned

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Rnet cleaned at 14:51, appeared clean

307: LOG, Site 9, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:45:22 MST, station visit, site 9, August 19

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 14:50 and left at 15:10

Activities:
- Cleaned Rnet at 14:51, appeared clean
- 1 test tip at 14:53

306: LOG, Site 10, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:40:20 MST, Station visit, site 10, August 19

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived 20:15 and left at ~20:45

Activities:
- went to investigate hightened Tsfc compared Tsfc.pyrg, determined that the 
sensor was facing a huge dead spot of sand while the rest of area is pretty 
well vegetated. So its seems ok.
- Downloaded program from datalogger which shut operations of logger from 13:21-
13:40
- Re-routed electric fence wire just to the top wire, it appears as though the 
bottom wire was shorted due to vegetation growth.

305: rain, Site 1, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:39:46 MST, Rain gauge test tip

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1 test tip at 11:36.

304: radiation, Site 1, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:38:51 MST, Rnet desiccant changed

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Changed Rnet desiccant at 11:35 MST.

303: LOG, Site 1, Sat 19-Aug-2006 16:35:17 MST, Station visit, Site 1, August 19

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 11:32 and left at ~12:00

Activities:
- Changed battery for electric fence
- Replaced desiccant on the Rnet, appeared clean
- 1 test tip at 11:36

302: daily status, Site , Sat 19-Aug-2006 09:35:49 MST, Daily Status, 19 Aug

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 19, 9:30

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally 
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally 
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally; Tsfc seems to be elevated relative to 
 Tsfc.pyrg

Station visit:
Site 1: routine visit, replace rnet desiccant
site 10: routine visit, check Tsurface
site 9: routine visit
site 8: routine visit

301: soil, Site 3, Fri 18-Aug-2006 17:11:39 MST, Soil sample at site 3

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TRIME measurements: 14:05
15.5%, TDR=33
15.2%, TDR=32
15.3%, TDR=32


Soil sample: core sample was sealed and brought back to base, no tupperware
used.****Don't use any for bulk density***
 
0-3 cm net wet weight in Al foil tray =              57.1 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              47.3 g

3-6 cm net wet weight in A2 foil tray =              77.3 g
       net dry weight in A2 foil tray =              62.3 g

6-8 cm net wet weight in A3 foil tray =              66.0 g
       net dry weight in A3 foil tray =              53.8 g

300: radiation, Site 3, Fri 18-Aug-2006 17:10:52 MST, Radiometers cleaned

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Radiometers cleaned at 2:01, seemed cleaned.

299: rain, Site 3, Fri 18-Aug-2006 17:09:41 MST, Test tip rain gauge

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1 test tip at 1:56.

298: krypton, Site 3, Fri 18-Aug-2006 17:04:55 MST, Kh20 cleaned

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Cleaned krypton at 1:45.

297: LOG, Site 3, Fri 18-Aug-2006 16:42:36 MST, Station visit, Site 3, August 18

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A.J.I. and Steve S. arrived at 1:28 and left at 2:15

Activities:
- Mast down from 1:40-1:53
- Krypton cleaned at 1:45, voltage was at .4
- 1 test tip at 1:56
- Radiometers cleaned at 2:01
- TRIME and gravimetric samples

296: daily status, Site , Fri 18-Aug-2006 09:56:16 MST, Daily Status, 18 Aug

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 18, 10:00

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally 
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally 
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

No station visits
note: intermittent logger informmation seems to have lessened itself.

295: radiation, Site 6, Thu 17-Aug-2006 11:56:09 MST, Rnet desiccant

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The Rnet desiccant tube was replaced at 00:20 GMT.

294: daily status, Site , Thu 17-Aug-2006 11:53:35 MST, Daily Status, 17 Aug

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 17, 12:00

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515), Steve Semmer will arrive this afternoon

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally; logger data intermittent
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally; logger data intermittent
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits;
Site 5: Went to check intermittent data; information on datasystem seems ok, so maybe it is GOES transmission problem?

Site 6: Replaced desiccant tube in the Rnet.

293: LOG, Site 10, Wed 16-Aug-2006 09:16:49 MST, Site tour, stn 10 yesterday

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Gave a tour of site 10 to Constance Brown (Indiana Univ.), Karyn Sawyer, and
Jose Meitin yseterday.  Grabbed the USB data as long as I was there, but no
other service.   Everything seemed okay.  On site about 11:00-11:40.

292: daily status, Site , Wed 16-Aug-2006 07:37:19 MST, Daily Status, 16 Aug

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 16, 07:30

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally; logger data intermittent
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally; logger data intermittent
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits;
Site 10 - Tour for Constance Brown (Indiana Univ.), Karyn Sawyer, Jose Meitin,
          Download data
Site 5 - Tried to get to -- Reddington Road closed at end of pavement in town
Site 8 - Tried to get to -- Paved road closed at ford just beyond ranger 
         station with 18" thick, rapidly flowing mud.

291: daily status, Site , Tue 15-Aug-2006 08:14:30 MST, Daily status, 15 August

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 15, 07:50

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working. Rain at all stations last night.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally; Rsw.out negative spike (rain related?)
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally; Krypton voltage low
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits;
Site 6 - Standard service; removed domes to clean condensation inside the dome.
Site 7 - Standard service; got solar panel back online after realizing that 
ground cable was "charred."
 

290: rain, Site 7, Mon 14-Aug-2006 14:28:09 MST, Test tip rain guage

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There was one test tip performed on the rain guage at 12:53.

289: radiation, Site 7, Mon 14-Aug-2006 14:27:34 MST, Rnet cleaned

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Rnet was cleaned at 12:50 MST.

288: LOG, Site 7, Mon 14-Aug-2006 14:23:57 MST, Station visit, Site 7, August 14

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A.J.I. and Steve O. arrived at 12:29 MST and left at 12:57 MST

Actvities:
- The cable connector going from the solar panel to the charge controller was 
charred on the ground side. Steve simply cleaned the connection and that 
established continiuity.
- The power was off from 12:29-12:45
- Cleaned Rnet at 12:50 MST
- One test tip was performed on the rain guage at 12:53

287: power, Site , Mon 14-Aug-2006 11:32:07 MST, Vbatt spikes

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We've known for a while that the small downward spikes on Vbatt are associated
with TP01 sampling.  They happen every 3 hours only at the flux sites.  They
are in the raw_data files.  I think this is simply the real drop caused by 
consuming power when heating the soil.  I think we put about 1V into a 15ohm
resistor of the probe, which would be 1/15 A.  I think the 10V regulator would
see this current, so the power would be 10/15W.  At the power voltage of 13V,
this would be 0.05A.  If the cable resistence was 0.2 ohm, the resultant 
additional voltage drop would be 0.01 V.  We see about 0.04 V usually, so 
maybe the cable resistence is higher (0.8 ohm?).  

I also note that the voltage drop at site 10 is larger.  This site uses a
grey PVC cable which might have higher resistence than our normal green
cables (and also may be longer?).

Thus, I'm reasonably satisfied that this is a real drop in power and is not
a concern.

286: radiation, Site , Mon 14-Aug-2006 11:28:53 MST, Rlw glitches

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Just out of curiosity, we've wondered about the glitches that have sometimes 
happened in Rlw (only observed at night).  These were at:

Rlw.in, Rlw.out, 7/19, 21:00
Rlw.in: 7/28, 1:00
Rlw.in,Rlw.out: 8/4, 1:00
Rlw.out: 8/10, 16:00
Rlw.in: 8/13, 1:00

Sometimes glitches also occur on T/RH, sonic sample flags, and of course these
sometimes are associated with Tdome spikes.

We find no evidence of these spikes in the local data store raw_data files,
so we think that these can all be ignored.

285: daily status, Site , Mon 14-Aug-2006 10:14:15 MST, Daily Status, 14 Aug 2006

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 14, 07:30

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (none, we took the day off)

284: rain, Site 6, Mon 14-Aug-2006 10:13:04 MST, Test tip Rain gauge

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One test tip was done to the rain gauge at 8:52 MST.

283: radiation, Site 6, Mon 14-Aug-2006 10:11:23 MST, Cleaned Rnet

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The Rnet dome was cleaned at 8:48, it was then removed from 9:00-9:11 to remove 
condensation buildup. The screw were put in through the bottom, put them throughthe top.

282: LOG, Site 6, Mon 14-Aug-2006 10:07:37 MST, Station visit, Site 6, August 14

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A.J.I and Steve O. arrived at the site at 8:47 MST and left at 9:14

Activities:
- Cleaned Rnet at 8:48 MST
- 1 test tip done at 8:52 MST
- Removed Rnet dome to remove condensation buildup, screw were in through the 
bottom, put them through the top. This was done during 9:00-9:11

281: daily status, Site , Sun 13-Aug-2006 08:25:21 MST, Daily status, 13 August 2006

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 13, 08:20

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (yesterday):

- Site 10: Standard maintenance.

- Site 1: Replace rain gauge, Standard maintenance

- Site 4: Standard maintenance.

- Site 5: (as long as we were driving by!) Standard maintenance.

280: soil, Site 5, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:36:36 MST, Soil sample at site 5

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1525 MST, 8/12

Trime: 11.3, 11.3, 11.2

Took soil sample, tub#1 0-3 cm, tub#1 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn1" was used for 6-8cm.


0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 141.0 g - 46.2 g = 94.8 g <- use to process
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  94.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              91.9 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 151.3 g - 46.5 g = 104.8 g <-
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  104.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =               98.4 g
*** spilled a bit of this sample in the field -- don't use for bulk density ***

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 124.1 g - 43.1 g = 81.0 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  81.0 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              75.6 g

279: soil, Site 10, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:33:15 MST, Soil sample at site 10

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0920 MST, 8/12

Trime: 6.7 (stomped a little), 7.8,7.7,7.6% (stomped more)

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn2" was used for 6-8cm.


0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 134.7 g - 46.2 g = 88.5 g <- use to process
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  88.4 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              80.1 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 139.3 g - 45.9 g = 93.4 g <-
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  93.3 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              88.1 g

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 103.3 g - 43.3 g = 60.0 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  60.0 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              56.7 g

278: soil, Site 5, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:25:50 MST, TRIME and Gravimetric measurements

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TRIME measurements done at 3:20 with following readings:
1st: 11.3%, TDR=53
2nd: 11.3%, TDR=49 (ten minutes later)
3rd: 11.2%, TDR=50
4th: 11.2%, TDR=50

Gravimetric samples taken at 3:25 (Note: 3-6 not good for bulk density)

277: krypton, Site 5, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:24:30 MST, Cleaned Kh20

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Cleaned Kh20 at 3:07, voltage went .15 to .23

276: rain, Site 5, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:23:45 MST, Test tip Rain gauge

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1 Test tip on rain gauge done at 3:02.

275: radiation, Site 5, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:23:07 MST, Cleaned radiometers

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Cleaned radiometers at 2:50.

274: LOG, Site 5, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:17:52 MST, Station visit, site 5, August 12

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A.J.I. and Steve O. arrived at 2:50, and left at 3:30

Actvities:
- Cleaned radiometers at 2:50
- 1 test tip of rain gauge at 3:02
- Steve O. on tower from 3:02-3:13
- Cleaned Kh2o at 3:07, voltage went from .15 to .23
- TRIME measurements are as follows taken at 3:20:
1st: 11.3%, TDR=53
2nd: 11.3%, TDR=49 (ten minutes later)
3rd: 11.2%, TDR=50
4th: 11.2%, TDR=50
- Gravimetric samples taken at 3:25 (Note: sample 3-6 not good for bulk density.

273: rain, Site 4, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:17:09 MST, Test tip rain gauge

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Performed 1 test tip of rain gauge at 13:07.

272: radiation, Site 4, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:16:38 MST, Cleaned Rnet

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Cleaned Rnet at 1:05.

271: LOG, Site 4, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:14:40 MST, Station visit, Site 4, August 12

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A.J.I. and Steve O. arrived at 1:03, and left at 1:11

Activities:
- Cleaned Rnet at 1:05
- 1 test tip at 1:07

270: radiation, Site 1, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:13:54 MST, Cleaned Rnet

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Cleaned Rnet at 10:32

269: rain, Site 1, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:12:40 MST, Replace Rain Gauge

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Replaced rain gauge at 10:28 and did 10 test tips at 10:30 and one further one
with water at 10:31.

268: LOG, Site 1, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:09:16 MST, Station visit, Site 1, August 12

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A.J.I. and Steve O. arrived at 10:27 MST, and left at 10:48

Activities:
- Replace broken rain gauge at 10:28 MST
- 10 Test tips at 10:30
- 1 test tip with water at 10:31
- No need to replace the TRH fan, it sounds good
- Cleaned Rnet at 10:32 
- Grounded the datalogger Box

267: radiation, Site 10, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:08:20 MST, Cleaned radiometers

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Cleaned radiometer from 9:25-9:32

266: soil, Site 10, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:03:12 MST, TRIME and Gravimetric Measurements

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TRIME measurement probe in at 9:15, then measurement done at 9:20 and readings
as follows:

1st: 6.7%, TDR=56
2nd: 7.6%, TDR=? (after stomp of soil)
3rd: 7.7%, TDR=55
4th: 7.6%, TDR=55

-Gravimetric measurement at 9:25 

265: krypton, Site 10, Sat 12-Aug-2006 17:00:34 MST, Cleaned Kh2o

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- Cleaned Kh2o at 9:00, voltage went from .02 to .04 (first time), and then up 
to .05 after the second cleaning, finished cleaning at 9:03 MST.

264: LOG, Site 10, Sat 12-Aug-2006 16:49:45 MST, Station visit. Site 10, August 12

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A.J.I. and Steve O. arrived at 8:40 MST and left at 9:45 MST:

Activities:
- Mast lowered at 8:47-9:09
- Cleaned Kh2o at 9:00, voltage went from .02 to .04 (first time), and then up 
to .05 after the second cleaning, finished cleaning at 9:03 MST.
- TRIME measurement probe in at 9:15, then measuremnt done at ~9:20 with 
readings as follows:
1st: 6.7%, TDR=56
2nd: 7.6%, TDR=? (After Stomp of soil)
3rd: 7.7%, TDR=55
4th: 7.6%, TDR=55
- Gravimetric measurements at 9:25 MST
- Cleaned radiometers at 9:25-9:32

263: radiation, Site 8, Fri 11-Aug-2006 15:24:21 MST, Rnet calibration coefficient

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Changed Rnet nighttime calibration coefficient from -10.84 to 10.84 at 
2:01 MST.

262: rain, Site 1, Fri 11-Aug-2006 15:23:06 MST, Rain gauge not working

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Rain guage not working due to electric shock.

261: radiation, Site 1, Fri 11-Aug-2006 15:19:55 MST, Rnet hookup

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The Rnet was hooked up at 11:34 MST, but was wired backwards for a few minutes 
before that. Later entered the calibration coefficient for the new Rnet at 
12:24 MST, changed values from 9.66 to 9.00 and 11.81 to 11.18.

260: TRH, Site 1, Fri 11-Aug-2006 15:15:06 MST, TRH hookup

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Hooked up TRH at 11:00 but logger not hooked up until 11:02. Fan had a peculiar sound with not enough velocity. Dismounted TRH at 11:47 to inspect and the fan 
blade came off the mount. Glued back on, but the fan still sounds wimpy. The TRH
was back up at 12:19. 

259: LOG, Site 8, Fri 11-Aug-2006 15:12:01 MST, station visit, site 8, August 11

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A.J.I. and Steve O. arrived at 2:01 MST at station 8 on August 11,2006

activities:
- Changed Rnet nighttime calibration coefficient from -10.84 to 10.84 at 
2:02 MST 

258: LOG, Site 1, Fri 11-Aug-2006 15:00:40 MST, station visit, site 1, August 11

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A.J.I. and Steve Oncley arrived at station 1 at 10:55 on August 11,2006

Activities:
-Datalogger hooked up at 11:02 MST
-Hooked up TRH at 11:00 MST, then dismounted at 11:47 check peculiar fan 
sound, put back on at 12:19, but fan still sounds wimpy.
-Rnet was hooked up at 11:34, was wired backwards for a few minutes before that,
the Rnet coefficient was changed from 9.66 to 9.00 and 11.81 to 11.18 for new 
sensor at 12:24 
-Rain gauge has failed from electric shock

255: soil, Site 2, Fri 11-Aug-2006 09:38:47 MST, Soil sample at site 2

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1335 MST, 8/9

Trime:
moisure  26.7, 26.8, 29.9

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn2" was used for 6-8cm.


0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 124.2 g - 46.1 g = 78.1 g <- use to process
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  77.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              69.6 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 142.0 g - 46.0 g = 96.0 g <-
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  95.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              83.1 g

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 127.7 g - 43.0 g = 84.7 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  84.4 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              71.5 g

254: daily status, Site , Fri 11-Aug-2006 08:58:38 MST, Daily status, 11 Aug

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 11, 08:50

On site: AJ Ideris (512-762-6515) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations working, but some sensor issues at sites 1&8:
Site 1 still has no TRH (to be added today), Rnet or rain (logger bad).
Site 8 has a sign wrong in the coefficients that gives + values at night.
Will fix this today.

 Station 01,   N: Only winds, pressure working.
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally, wrong Rnet coef gives +values at night 
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (yesterday):

- Site 8: Standard maintenance.  Failed to fix Rnet coef problem.

- Site 9: Standard maintenance.  (Fence was trashed yet again by cows.)

253: LOG, Site 9, Thu 10-Aug-2006 23:57:46 MST, Site visit, site 9

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visit to site 9 from about 0120-0140Z

Activities:
- swap usb stick
- install new software 
- fix electric fence (trashed again!)

252: LOG, Site 8, Thu 10-Aug-2006 23:43:03 MST, Site visit, site 8

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visited site 8 from about 0000-0050Z

Activities:
- swap usb
- update software (including change of config /ttyS5 -> /ttyS8
- ~0010: change sign of nighttime Rnet coefficient. Apparently failed to do 
  this.  Will try again tomorrow. 
- ~0035: Replaced Rnet upper dome. (This one was abraded on the top when I installed
  it 2 days ago, but I wasn't able to fix it then.)  Unplugged logger during 
  this operation.
- orientation for AJ

251: data-system, Site all, Thu 10-Aug-2006 09:40:39 MST, Entering cal coefficients on CR10

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How to change calibration coefficients on CR10.

A basic station has only two coefficients for Rnet
so it is pretty simple.  The first value is for positive Rnet,
the second is for negative Rnet, but both values that
you enter are positive numbers.  (Following a value by
'C' changes the sign to negative, but both of the Rnet
values should be positive).

rserial /dev/ttyS5 localhost

hit return until you get a "*"

7H

should get a ">" prompt.

*4

should get a MODE prompt.

Hit returns to step through the coefficients.

Because of the way rserial works, when a certain coeficient 
is being displayed, the CR10 is reading input for the next
coefficient, so you have to anticipate things and enter
coef # N+1 when it is displaying coef N.

Repeated carriage returns will cycle through the coefficients
so you can double check,

250: daily status, Site , Thu 10-Aug-2006 08:08:33 MST, Daily Status, Aug 10

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 10, 07:50 

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) [leaving today] and 
Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  Recovered from lightning damage, except for stn1.  Stn1 now has
only winds and pressure reporting.  A spare TRH sensor will arrive today.

 Station 01,   N: Only winds, pressure working.
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally -- replaced GOES xmitter yesterday.
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally, prop head replaced yesterday.
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally, wrong Rnet coef gives +values at night 
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (yesterday):

- Site 1: Station hit by lightning.  TRH bad (no spare yet); internal logger
wiring problems which we'll diagnose today, but no Rnet or rain for now.
USB stick data lost since previous visit.

- Site 2: Station also hit by lightning, but only GOES xmitter affected.
All data okay and saved on USB stick.  Standard servicing done.

- Site 3: Replaced dirty prop head, so winds should be better.

249: prop-vane, Site 3, Wed 09-Aug-2006 22:00:32 MST, Station visit, site 3, replace prop head

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Arrived around 16:05,  Oncley, Maclean  

Wind speed at this site has been dropping to exactly zero
for long periods, as if propeller bearings are bad.


Mast down 16:15

Replaced prop vane propeller head.  Bearings on old head
were noisy.

Mast up 16:25

Swapped usbdisk.

248: LOG, Site 2, Wed 09-Aug-2006 21:43:01 MST, Station visit, site 2, Aug 9

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Arrived Aug 9, 13:15,  Oncley, Maclean

This station has not been reporting since last night.

System OK, sensors OK, archive disk OK and complete
but statsproc processing not running.

ck_goes could not talk to goes transmitter - timeouts on wakeup.

Swapped in SE 1200 (didn't get serial number. This unit had
been at site 1 earlier in the project).

Installed new software. Swapped USB disk.

13:35 Gravimetric soil samples taken.

13:46 Trime:

vol: 26.7%  26.8% 29.9%
TDR   39    39     40

13:50 cleaned radiometers, all OK.


13:58 mast down to clean krypton

krypton voltage increased from 0.1V to 0.25 V on cleaning.

14:08 mast up.

Left 14:17

247: LOG, Site 1, Wed 09-Aug-2006 21:15:57 MST, Station visit, site 1, Aug 9

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Arrived Aug 9 10:17 MST,  Oncley, Maclean

Station in bad shape after last nights storm.

Net radiometer head blown out from apparent lightning strike.

Blown fuse on charge controller board.  Swapped in fuse from
second charge circuit - immediately blew again.

Data box #9 interface panels show electrical arc-ing damage on 
ttyS3 (goes) and ttyS5 (logger) ports.  Putting power to this box 
blows fuses on the charge controller.


Removed box 9, swapped in spare box 8.

Barometer OK.  Prop vane OK.

TRH sent bad data for a short period: 
TRH08  with a T=39.94, RH=1.05, V=0 (wrong)
then reported the values typical of a A2D lockup: 
T=210, RH=257

Eventually would report the following after being plugged in:

TRH System Initialization Complete
A/D not responding

and then nothing.  Removed it for repair.

Installed 7.5 A fuse on load circuit of charge controller.

Serial connector on logger box looks fried.  Voltmeter
reported shorts between ground and most other pins.
Removed logger for repair.

GOES transceiver not responding.  SE 110, SN 1007.

Installed GOES SE 120, SN 3515.

Someone helped themselves to the step ladder which was
left beside the road while Steve drove
to Oracle for fuses and Gordon was at the site.

Station status:  station transmitting and archiving,
  prop vane OK, barometer OK.
  no T, RH, Vbatt, Rnet or Rainr data while sensors are repaired.

Left 12:45.

Later found that the usbdisk from this station is not
readable.  The light on the drive does not come on
when it is inserted. The last data from the last
disk swap was Aug 4 22:33, so it looks like data
about 5 days of archive data has been lost from this station.

246: LOG, Site 2, Tue 08-Aug-2006 22:38:59 MST, Stations 1&2 died in storm

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Tonight was a huge storm over Tucson, with continual lightning from about 
8:00-10:30.  Apparently, another is on the north side of Mt Lemmon, since
site 2 reported 15mm of rain and site 1 19mm of rain before each died.

Site 2 died about 8:30 and site 1 died about 9:00.  Clearly, we are going to
have some serious station visits tomorrow. :(

245: rain, Site 8, Tue 08-Aug-2006 15:27:47 MST, Test rain tip

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one test rain tip at 13:58

244: radiation, Site 8, Tue 08-Aug-2006 15:26:03 MST, Damaged net radiometer

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Net radiometer dome was punctured and cracked.

Replaced with Q94125, (cal: +8.75, -10.84) at aboud 13:45, Aug 8.

243: LOG, Site 8, Tue 08-Aug-2006 15:22:31 MST, Station visit, site 8, Aug 8

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Visited site for routine maintenance.  Arrived 13;35,  
Oncley, Maclean, Susanne Grossman-Clarke from ASU.

Net radiometer dome is punctured and cracked, looks like a bird peck.

Did not have small phillips to replace dome, so swapped
in spare unit:  Q94125,  +8.75, -10.84.  Entered coefs
into CR10.


Downloaded new software, swapped usb.

Test rain tip at 13:58.

Photos.


Left 14:00

242: power, Site 10, Tue 08-Aug-2006 15:10:47 MST, Station visit, site 10, Aug 8

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 Visited site, giving a tour for Susanne Grossman-Clarke of ASU.

While lifting charge controller out of battery box to inspect,
the load circuit connector was bent up, almost breaking its
connections to the board.  Shut down power and pushed connector
back down on the board.  Station is operating, but this
controller board should be replaced and inspected.

241: radiation, Site 9, Tue 08-Aug-2006 15:09:36 MST, net radiometer cleaned

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Clened the net radiometer sometime during the visit today, Aug 8
between 10;45 and 11:15.  The unit has a small dimple in the dome.

240: rain, Site 9, Tue 08-Aug-2006 15:04:22 MST, Rain gauge tilted, Aug 8

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Rain gauge at this site was tilted about 10 to 15 degrees.
Probably nudged by a cow.

There was rain measured at this site yesterday, Aug 7, so
perhaps the tilt was not enough so that water spilled
from the tipper.

Tested gauge with 2 tips, at 11:10, Aug 8.

239: LOG, Site 9, Tue 08-Aug-2006 14:56:59 MST, Station visit, site 9, Aug 8

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Routine site visit. Arrived 10:45 MST.  Oncley, Maclean. 

Visitor: Susanne Grossman-Clarke from ASU.

Installed new software, but ntpq was not installed due to script
goofup.

Top wire of electric fence was largely off the posts - cows have
frequented this site, but no damage other than a tilted rain gauge.

Guyed corner posts of fence.  Swapped e-fence battery, voltage was
11.7V.   New battery: 12.6V.


Cleaned net radiometer. Small dimple in dome.

2 test tips of rain gauge.

Swapped usbdisk.

This is data box #12, goes model 120.

Left 11:15.

238: daily status, Site , Tue 08-Aug-2006 07:15:00 MST, Daily Status, Aug 8

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 8, 07:00 

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations are working, but the stn3 prop is (still) bad.  
We are awaiting spares to be sent from Boulder and received here today (but
might not be installed until Wed).  The data system software at Stn 6 crashed
for an unknown reason yesterday afternoon.  We did a late-dusk scramble which
revived it. 

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Bad prop -- expect to fix tomorrow.
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: TRH fixed.
 Station 06,   S: Down from 17:20 -- 20:10 MST yesterday.  Now ok.
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: OK.  Isolated gust at 15:00 with odd P spike.
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (yesterday):

- Site 5: Replaced Rad solar panel, swapped TRH, 3 new fuses

- Site 6 (2 visits): Routine service; rebooted later in the day

237: data-system, Site 6, Mon 07-Aug-2006 21:46:25 MST, Station reboot, site 6

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At 5:23 tonight, station 6 died.  We realized this at 7:30 from the Inn, and
did a late-dusk scramble up the hill to check up on it.  The data system 
processes had stopped for a reason we were not able to determine.  We ended
up just rebooting the station and all seemed fine.  Perhaps the crash was
due to a different type of 512Mb memory stick?  (Though Gordon is sure that
this stick has been used elsewhere.)

A mystery...we'll keep an eye on it.

236: rain, Site 6, Mon 07-Aug-2006 13:08:25 MST, test tip

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1 test tip at site 6 at 11:40.

235: LOG, Site 6, Mon 07-Aug-2006 13:02:59 MST, Station visit, site 6

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Just for fun (and to show me for the first time), Gordon and I did a standard
visit to site 6 from about 11:20-11:45 this morning.

Activities:
- swapped usb
- installed new software
- restarted data system -- noted no logger data [stupid me!]
- manually changed logger /ttys5 to /ttys6 in /root/.../cupido.xml
- restarted data system -- now all okay
- poured 1 tip of water into gauge at 11:40
- inspected Rnet domes and decided not to clean
- attached a ground strap to a T-stake at the logger
- took photos

234: LOG, Site 5, Mon 07-Aug-2006 12:57:22 MST, Station visit, site 5

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I did a solo visit to 5 from about 0840-0940 this morning to fix the TRH.
It ended up being just a blown fuse on /ttyS2, though I found blown fuses also
on (unconnected) /ttyS9 and /ttyS10 (which I was using to test).  I replaced
all 3 of these fuses.  Since the fuse for /ttyS2 is close to the internal
ethernet connector (which is grounded), I had to shut down power while doing
this.

I went ahead and swapped the TRH (704, I think), with the spare (007), since
704 had one outage earlier in the program and may have a bad fan which caused
the fuse to blow in the first place.  We'll check it in the base now that we're
back.

Also, I swapped the 4W solar panel on the rad stand with a 10W, so our logger
power should start getting better.

233: daily status, Site , Mon 07-Aug-2006 12:56:16 MST, Daily Status, Aug 7

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 7, 07:30

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations are working, but the stn3 prop is bad.  We are awaiting
spares to be sent from Boulder and received here tomorrow.  The TRH at stn5
also died yesterday afternoon.  We will leave now to replace it.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Bad prop.
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Bad TRH
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:  None yesterday

232: prop-vane, Site 3, Sun 06-Aug-2006 11:29:23 MST, More on the s3 prop

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Today we finally noticed in the data that the site 3 prop-vane often reads
low (sometimes 0) wind speeds.  The first really noticable instance is Jul 31
at 1900, though there are a few drops earlier that day and probably even a
few days earlier.

data_dump shows that the vane signal is just fine, thus this problem most
likely is simply dirty bearings on the propeller shaft.  Steve S. reminds us
that the prop is a removable subassembly on this sensor.

We haven't located the spare prop that Chris's inventory shows should exist
somewhere.  (We haven't checked our pickup truck yet.)  Nor have we located 
any spare bearings in the base.  Steve S will send us a package tomorrow with
bearings and/or a spare prop head assembly if one can be found in Boulder.

In any case, we aren't too worried, since this station also has sonic, which
seems to be running fine.

231: daily status, Site , Sun 06-Aug-2006 11:27:47 MST, DailyStatus, Aug 6

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 6, 09:00

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585)

Summary:  All stations are working, however we have realized that the stn3
prop is bad.  There was an interesting low cloud passage last night affecting
all Rlw and Rnet measurements.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Prop speed threshold is too high (dirty bearings?) since ~1 Au
g.
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (yesterday):

Site 5:
- Replaced battery on logger -- now much better.

Site 10:
- Complete service visit: data download, rad&krypton cleaning, soil sampling,
  rain gauge test, software update

230: krypton, Site 10, Sat 05-Aug-2006 19:20:11 MST, krypton klean

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krypton cleaned at about 0030Z.  Mast down 0024-0034.  Voltage increased from
0.07 to 0.19V.  (I think this is a record for this sensor??)

229: radiation, Site 10, Sat 05-Aug-2006 19:19:22 MST, rads cleaned

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Radiometers cleaned 0011-0014Z.  There was light dust on pyg.in.

228: soil, Site 10, Sat 05-Aug-2006 19:16:37 MST, Soil sample at site 10

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1750 MST, 8/5

Trime:
moisure  11.2 (all 3 readings)

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn2" was used for 6-8cm.


0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 147.0 g - 46.1 g = 100.9 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  100.9 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =               94.3 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 159.8 g - 46.0 g = 113.8 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  113.6 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              106.3 g

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 120.6 g - 43.1 g = 77.5 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  77.4 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              72.4 g

227: rain, Site 10, Sat 05-Aug-2006 19:15:43 MST, rain gauge test

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Did 2 test tips at 0017 Z.

226: LOG, Site 10, Sat 05-Aug-2006 19:10:02 MST, Station visit to site 10, 5 Aug

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I just came back from a solo visit to 10 from ~1700-1750 (there was time both
before and after hauling stuff up and down the hill).

Actions:
- check fence -- seemed fine
- take photos
- swap USB
- upgrade software
- check "ntpq -p" -- gave -52 offset, 84 jitter for *GPS
- clean radiometers
- test rain gauge
- klean krypton (mast down 1725, up 1734)
- take TRIME and gravimetric sample
- tighten CR10 screws

225: rain, Site 5, Sat 05-Aug-2006 12:04:11 MST, False rain tips

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While at the site 5 from 1005-1043 this morning, I apparently introduced some 
false rain tips while servicing the CR10x power.  These should be removed --
it was nice and sunny (though I recall one cloud) while we were there.

Note that there was water on the fence charger lid, confirming the rain last
night.

224: LOG, Site 5, Sat 05-Aug-2006 11:59:00 MST, Station visit, site 5, Aug 5

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Just visited site 5 from 10:08-10:43 to diagnose rad stand power.
Found that this is using a small solar panel on the rad stand, but didn't
have the spare with us, so left it unchanged.  (Should swap panels on next
visit.)

We HAD just purchased a new sealed battery (at the local BatteriesPlus).  Since
it was charged, the voltage went up significantly (old ~11.3, new ~12.8V).
It also seems to be being charged.  Thus we made no other changes.

Our fallback option was to cable this stand with copper, since we now have
spare data cables (that probably would reach) and the change would only
require flipping one switch in the logger box.

We'll keep an eye on this.

P.S. while there, also labeled the Pocketec drive so it will work automagically
with Gordon's code to download.

223: daily status, Site , Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:33:30 MST, Daily Status, Aug 4

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 4, 17:20

[status entered late, since we went directly from motel this morning and 
forgot to bring a laptop to the motel last night that could send e-mails.]

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Steve Oncley (303-319-5585) [replacing Tom,
who is now back in Colorado]

Summary:  After 4 station visits in the last 24 hours, have fixed all known problems.
All stations reporting and data are satisfactory.
2 fences had obvious damage due to bovines/equines, but no equipment was damaged.

 Station 01,   N: Rnet WWW plots intermittent, but data being saved locally okay
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Rlw.out dropouts fixed (loose wire in logger)
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: GOES transmissions resumed after GOES transmitter power cycle last night
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits (all also orientation for Steve, who has just arrived):

Site 7 (last night): power cycled GOES transmitter; partial maintenance; upgraded station software
Site 5: routine maintenance; upgraded station software
Site 3: Fixed Rpile.out wiring; routine maintenance; upgraded station software
Site 1: routine maintenance; upgraded station software

ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all of the data are above average.

222: rain, Site 1, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:32:30 MST, test rain tips

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1558 - 3 test rain gauge tips.

221: rain, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:31:58 MST, test rain tips

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1202 - 1 test rain gauge tip.

220: rain, Site 5, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:30:01 MST, test rain tips

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~0905 - 1 real tip dumping old water when Gordon opened gauge
0911 - 5 test rain gauge tips.

219: krypton, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:29:08 MST, krypton kleaned

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krypton kleaned by mast down at 12:15.  Voltage 0.08 -> 0.2 V.
Mast back up 12:20.

218: krypton, Site 5, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:28:09 MST, krypton kleaned

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krypton kleaned by Gordon climbing at 09:21.  Voltage 0.07 -> 0.12 V.

217: radiation, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:26:40 MST, rad cleaning

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Rnet cleaned ~1543 today.  was level despite fence post being crooked.

216: radiation, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:26:02 MST, rad cleaning

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rads cleaned ~1142 today.  all okay.

Did notice that dessicant crystals inside housings are now mostly pink.
Do we have more?

215: radiation, Site 5, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:25:13 MST, rad cleaning

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rads cleaned ~09:21 today.  all okay.

214: GOES, Site 7, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:22:12 MST, Cycled power on GOES transmitter

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As now mentioned 3 other times, we cycled power on the GOES transmitter last
night (~20:15 on 3 Aug), which got rid of "SOH (start-of-header)" error 
messages.  GOES operation is now okay.

213: LOG, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:18:03 MST, Station visit, site 1, Aug 4

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Visit to 1, ~15:30-16:00 MST, 4 Aug.

Purpose: Show Steve the site

Actions:
- repair electric fence.  cows got inside, but no station damage
- exchanged usb drive
- upgrade software
- clean radiometer
- test rain gauge
- take photos

212: LOG, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:08:19 MST, Station visit, site 3, Aug 4

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Visit to 3, ~11:20-12:25 MST, 4 Aug.

Purpose: [first visit in a while, due to road closure] fix intermittent 
Rpile.out data gaps

Actions:
- repair electric fence.  appeared that a horse stepped through site, but
  no station damage
- exchanged usb drive
- upgrade software
- fix Rlw connection in logger [blue wire to H1 in block 3 on AM416 was 
  pretty loose]
- clean radiometers
- test rain gauge
- soil samples
- klean krypton [0.08 -> 0.2V] (requires mast down + ladder)
- take photos

Notes:
- box 4
- GOES 120

211: LOG, Site 5, Fri 04-Aug-2006 18:03:33 MST, Station visit, site 5, Aug 4

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Visit to 5, ~08:50-09:40 MST, 4 Aug.

Purpose: [first visit in a while, due to road closure] to download data

Actions:
- exchanged pocketec drives with spare I brought from Boulder
- upgrade software
- test rain gauge
- check electric fence (okay)
- clean radiometers
- klean krypton [0.7 -> 1.2V]
- soil samples
- take photos

Notes:
- box 6
- GOES 120

210: LOG, Site 7, Fri 04-Aug-2006 17:57:45 MST, Station visit, site 7, Aug 3

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Visited site 7 last night, just at sunset ~19:50-20:30 (avoid the rebar spikes!!)

Purpose: determine why no GOES data.

Actions:
- /var/log/messages showed "SOH (start-of-header)" error messages
- swapped USB stick
- upgraded software (now has GOES status messages)
- executed "ck goes" -- still SOH errors
- cycled power on GOES by disconnecting cable at battery box
- executed "ck goes" -- now okay!
- restarted data system
- checked all values (including wind direction) okay
- found new way out: following Catalina (north) => Catalina Shadow 

Notes:
- box 13
- GOES 110
- surge supressor tied to ground stake

209: soil, Site 3, Fri 04-Aug-2006 17:52:47 MST, Soil sample at site 3

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12:07 MST, 8/4

Trime:
moisure  32.0 (all 3 readings)
TDR      11 

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn5" was used for 6-8cm.


0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 143.0 g - 46.3 g = 96.7 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  96.7 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              78.3 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 131.9 g - 46.3 g = 85.6 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  85.7 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              70.8 g

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 108.4 g - 42.9 g = 65.5 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  65.4 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              57.7 g

208: soil, Site 5, Fri 04-Aug-2006 17:31:40 MST, Soil sample at site 5

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09:30 MST, 8/4

Trime:
moisure  17.6  18.4  17.7
TDR      36    38    35

Took soil sample, tub#1 0-3 cm, tub#1 3-6 cm,
and rubbermaid tub labeled "stn2" was used for 6-8cm.
[NOTE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUS -- the corer doesn't sample to 9cm 
-- just 8cm]

Steve got 2 red ant bites :(

0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 157.0 g - 46.4 g = 110.6 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  110.6 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =               97.0 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 173.5 g - 46.7 g = 126.8 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  126.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              113.4 g

6-8 cm net weight in tupperware = 135.9 g - 43.2 g = 92.7 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  92.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              84.2 g

207: rain, Site 4, Thu 03-Aug-2006 15:41:17 MST, Station 4, rain test

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Any rain tips from 10:30 to 12:00 MST, Aug 3 were human caused...

206: radiation, Site 4, Thu 03-Aug-2006 15:40:04 MST, Station 4, net radiometer

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Aug 3, 10:40 MST  Cleaned net radiometer

205: LOG, Site 4, Thu 03-Aug-2006 15:28:04 MST, Station visit, site 4, fix charger

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Battery voltage plot of site 4 has indicated problems in the
charging circuit for the past two days. 

Arrived at site, 10:30 MST

Cleaned net radiometer.

Battery voltage 12.4 V
Measured 18 V from solar panel at charge controller.

Eventually pulled controller out of box:

Pro-Star 30, has a digital display:

Batt : 12.5 V
Array   0.0 A
Load    0.3 A

Found a loose (blackened) ground connection to charger board,
and tightened screw:

Batt  12.9 V
Array  3.0 A
Load   0.3 A

Swapped usb disk.

Installed ntpq program.  Shows offset 4.376 msec, jitter 88.9 msec
(GPS without PPS)

Installed latest nidas code.

Other info:  GOES 110, not grounded.

Data box #14

Shored up electric fence.

Tested rain gauge: 2 tips

Left 12:00

204: daily status, Site , Thu 03-Aug-2006 15:17:43 MST, Daily status, Aug 3

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 3, 15:00 

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  With few exceptions, most of the stations appear to be recording 
pretty good data almost all the time, and we expect this to likely
continue for the forseeable future barring divine or bovine intervention.

 Station 01,   N: Rnet intermittent
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Rlw.out (.pile) dropouts on Aug 2
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Stopped reporting at 1300 Aug 3
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:

Station visit to site 4: repaired malfunctioning charge controller;
routine maintenance; upgraded station software.

ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all of the data are above average.

203: daily status, Site , Wed 02-Aug-2006 08:33:19 MST, Daily status, August 2

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 2, 8:30 am

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  With few exceptions, most of the stations appear to be recording 
pretty good data almost all the time, and we expect this to likely
continue for the forseeable future barring divine or bovine intervention.

 Station 01,   N: Rnet intermittent
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Rlw.out (.pile) dropouts on Aug 1
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:

Redington Road closed at end of pavement, August 1.
We don't need no stinking station visits.

ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all of the data are above average.

202: daily status, Site , Tue 01-Aug-2006 09:09:24 MST, Daily Status, August 1

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, August 1, 9:00 am

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  With few exceptions, most of the stations appear to be recording 
pretty good data almost all the time, and we expect this to likely
continue for the forseeable future barring divine or bovine intervention.

 Station 01,   N: Rnet intermittent
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:

Waterfalls visible on hillsides east of Tucson!
Redington Road closed at end of pavement, July 31.  
We don't need no stinking station visits.

ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all of the data are above average.

201: daily status, Site , Mon 31-Jul-2006 12:03:34 MST, Daily status, July 31

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, July 31, 11:55 am

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  With few exceptions, most of the stations appear to be recording 
pretty good data almost all the time, and we expect this to likely
continue for the forseeable future barring divine or bovine intervention.

 Station 01,   N: Rnet intermittent
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:

We don't need no stinking station visits.


ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all the data are above average.

200: soil, Site 10, Sat 29-Jul-2006 16:47:01 MST, Station visit, site 10: soil moisture

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Trime reading at 1457 MST:

21.7% moisture	28.0
22.9% moisture	29.0
23.1% moisture	29.0
23.2% moisture	28.0
22.8% moisture	28.0
23.0% moisture	28.0
23.0% moisture	28.0
23.1% moisture	28.0
23.1% moisture	28.0
23.3% moisture	28.0
23.2% moisture	28.0
23.3% moisture	28.0
23.1% moisture	28.0

Gravimetric sample had voids in soil (4 tries), so samples not good
for bulk density.  On second thought, I may have been resampling a
previously disturbed area, so take data with caution.

0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 86.0 g - 46.2 g = 39.8 g
       net weight in Al foil tray                 = 39.3 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 164.8 g - 46.5 g = 118.3 g
       net weight in Al foil tray                  = 118.2 g

199: rain, Site 10, Sat 29-Jul-2006 16:44:57 MST, Station visit, site 10: rain gauge

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Found rain gauge tube clogged; plastic funned filled and dripping into
gauge.  Removed plastic tab, cleaned tube and re-assembled.

Tripped rain gauge at 1455 MST

198: data-system, Site 10, Sat 29-Jul-2006 16:43:27 MST, Station visit, site 10: USB disk

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Swapped USB disk.  Checked data from logger, TRH, prop-vane, barometer.

197: LOG, Site 10, Sat 29-Jul-2006 16:40:56 MST, Station visit, site 10, July 29

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Arrived site 10, 1420 MST, July 29

Upper fence wire off SE stake, repaired; fence tested okay
Swapped USB disk, cleaned rain gauge tube, took soil samples, cleaned
radiometers

Departed 1540

196: daily status, Site , Sat 29-Jul-2006 10:27:40 MST, Daily status, July 29

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, July 29, 10:35 am

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  With few exceptions, most of the stations appear to probably be 
recording pretty good data almost all the time, and we expect this to likely
continue for the forseeable future barring divine or bovine intervention.

 Station 01,   N: Operating normally
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: Operating normally
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:

Visited site 6 to fix logger (bad serial port on adam) and GOES (new station
software to enable error recovery) at site 1.
Raining today, so station visits unlikely until stops raining

ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all the data are above average.

195: soil, Site 2, Fri 28-Jul-2006 20:25:02 MST, Soil sample at site 2

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17:25 MST, 7/28

Trime:
moisure  24.5  24.4  24.3 24.1
TDR      24.0  24.0  24.0 24.0

Took soil sample, tub#2 0-3 cm, tub#2 3-6 cm,
and tub labeled "stn1 0-3" was used for 6-9cm.

A walnut sized rock was between 3-6 and 6-9 levels,
so these levels can be used for moisture measurement only.

Tom sat on a prickly pear - yeaoowwww!

0-3 cm net weight in tupperware = 138.4 g - 46.1 g = 92.3 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  92.3 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              72.3 g

3-6 cm net weight in tupperware = 130.9 g - 46.0 g = 84.9 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  84.8 g
       net dry weight in Al foil tray =              70.5 g

6-9 cm net weight in tupperware = 111.5 g - 43.0 g = 68.5 g
       net weight in Al foil tray =                  68.4 g
       spilled!

194: LOG, Site 2, Fri 28-Jul-2006 20:23:19 MST, Station visit, site 2, soil sample

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Arrived 17:25.

Primary purpose: to do a soil sample.

Also installed new nidas software, and swapped usb disk.

Cleaned radiometer domes.

Left 17:50

193: LOG, Site 1, Fri 28-Jul-2006 20:14:44 MST, Station visit, site 1, GOES swapped

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Arrived 15;40

GOES data recovery at this site has been bad since 02:00 MST, Jul 25.

statsproc running.

This site has a GOES 1200, software installed 10/14/2004 16:08:26.
Also has a surge arrestor.

Installed new nidas software.

Swapped usb disk.

GOES tranmission power measured: 9.8 Watts

Swapped in model 110.  Tranmission power 12 Watts.

Plan to install 1200 at a site nearer Tucson, like 7.

Cleaned Rnet.

Left 16:53 MST

192: rain, Site 6, Fri 28-Jul-2006 20:12:41 MST, Station 6 rain gauge plugged

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See entry 191.  The rain gauge at this site was plugged.

Unplugged gauge.  Tested gauge with 3 tips.

191: LOG, Site 6, Fri 28-Jul-2006 19:57:59 MST, Station visit, site 6 , fix logger

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Logger variables (Rnet, rain, Vbatt.rad) have been out since 00:00 MST
7/28 at this site.

Arrived 12:30 MST

More than 1 inch of standing water in rain gauge.
Drain tube was plugged with small piece of blue plastic.
This may have effected all rain data from this site up
to this date.

Logger getting power (14.5 V), multiplexer ticking.
Some water inside logger.  Taped over a bulkhead amp
connector that had open holes, with no pins.

Determined that port 0 on the emerald serial card (ttyS5)
was bad. Switched logger to ttyS6.

Considered grounding the logger, but decided
it would create a ground loop between the data system
ground and the logger ground.

Rnet clean - did not wipe.

Swapped USB disk, installed new nidas software (has
GOES status).

Rain test, 3 tips at 13:15.

Left 13:35

190: daily status, Site all, Fri 28-Jul-2006 10:08:19 MST, Daily status, July 28

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, July 28, 9:45 am

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  GOES spotty at site 1,  but data stored locally; fixed at site 8

 Station 01,   N: GOES transmission spotty
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station 03, ENE: Operating normally
 Station 04,   E: Operating normally
 Station 05, SSE: Operating normally
 Station 06,   S: CR10X down (rnet, rain)
 Station 07,  SW: Operating normally
 Station 08,   W: Operating normally
 Station 09, WNW: Operating normally
 Station 10, NNW: Operating normally

Station visits:

Gordon installed new station software at site 8 to fix GOES

Raining today, so station visits unlikely until stops raining

ISFF, where the technicians are strong, the engineers and scientists are good
looking, and all the data are above average.

189: GOES, Site 8, Thu 27-Jul-2006 19:48:28 MST, Station 8 GOES

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The GOES data recovery from station 8 has been spotty since
the morning of Jul 25.

At 17:00 MST  I visited the site and installed
new software, which provides status information
in /var/tmp/goes.log, and does a soft reset
of the transmitter if it is not responding.

This site has a SE model 1200, 
software build 10/14/2004 16:08:26.
The GOES GPS is on top of a T post.  
RF cable surge arrestor grounded with the solar panel.

Measured 7.5 watts during transmission at 00:48:30Z.

Status file shows a good GOES clock, within 100 msec
of the system clock.  Saw no errors during 5 or 6
transmissions.

Did not reboot viper or power cycle the GOES transmitter.

Left 17:58 MST

188: GOES, Site all, Thu 27-Jul-2006 19:42:20 MST, NOAA NESDIS down

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The script that telnets to NESDIS started failing at
7/27 04:10 MST, with an error:

Remote is disabled or nonexistent
Connection closed by foreign host.


At around 4 pm I called the NESDIS operations center (phone
number is on the white board).  They confirmed the
problem and rebooted a bank of modems to get things
going again.

Missing data filled in except for small gap at 16:45 MST 7/27.

187: daily status, Site all, Thu 27-Jul-2006 09:47:56 MST, Daily status, July 27

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CuPIDO ISFF daily status, July 27, 9:45 am

On site: Gordon Maclean (303-579-6026) and Tom Horst (303-319-5585)

Summary:  GOES spotty at sites 1 and 8, but data stored locally
          Access to GOES data at NESDIS has been down since 0410 am MST

 Station 01,   N: GOES transmission spotty
 Station 02,  NE: Operating normally
 Station