Daily status 21 Jan 2011
On site: Oncley, Militzer
High overcast over the entire valley; an inversion developing especially to the south.
IOP6 is in progress.
Summary: Everything OK.
Vdsm: ok, Min this AM: 12.3-12.5V. (great charging yesterday when completely clear)
Vmote.rad: ok. Min this AM: 12.5-12.9V
Vmote.soil(aux): ok. Min this AM: 12.2-12.8.
P: ok 850 to 890 mb, minium last night, now rising
T: ok -6 to +2 degC
RH: ok 50-85%.
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, zero everywhere
Spd (1,6): ok
Dir (1,6): ok
csat diag: ok.
samples.sonic: ok
spd: ok, river7 higher than the rest (normal for this situation)
dir: ok.
u'u': ok,
v'v': ok,
w'w': ok,
u*: ok, max 0.4 m/s
sigma_w/u*: ok, odd at eslope5 at 01:30
tc: ok,
tc'tc': ok
w'tc': ok, -0.02 to +0.10 m/s degC. Nice clear-sky case.
kh2oV: ok, max/now 1.2--2.3
kh2o'kh2o': ok
w'kh2o': ok, up to 0.03 (75 W/m2) during day yesterday
Rsw.in: ok. Mostly clear yesterday with spikes both high and low
Rsw.out: ok. Strange shape at wslope6, presumably due to snow melt
albedo: ok, 0.1-0.2 by the end of the day yesterday, though higher again this morning (probably frost on incoming dome)
Rsw.dfs (1,7): large values morning and evening even though shadowband at playa1 adjusted yesterday and river7 a few days ago. Note that SPN-1 (with no adjustment capability) shows the same.
Rsw.global (1,7): ok.
Rlw.in: ok, 220-300 W/m2. Coherence across network last night
Rpile.in: ok,
Tcase.in: ok,
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok
Rlw.out: ok, 290-360 W/m2
Rpile.out: ok,
Tcase.out: ok
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok
soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: ok. many sites have freeze/thaw cycles
Gsoil: ok. Interesting abc change during the day yesterday
Qsoil: ok.
Cvsoil: ok.