Daily status 23 Jan 2011
On site: Oncley, Militzer
After a nice morning, yesterday turned cloudy with snow flurries most of the day.
This morning has mostly clear skies, with inversion starting in the valley.
Some frost on the van windshield at the Rez this morning.
Summary:
- krypton at 3 was bad most of yesterday, but recovered overnight.
- modem at 2 appears to have lost settings -- we'll reprogram it today
- Shadowbands at 1&7 should be adjusted. Sebastian will do 1 and we'll do 7.
- Prop-vane at 6 has stalled at night for the second time.
Vdsm: ok.
Vmote.rad: ok.
Vmote.soil(aux): ok.
P: ok, rising since min at 6AM yesterday
T: ok, -7 to +6 degC
RH: ok, 45-95%.
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, hiland3 reported 1 tips yesterday (real, from snow) and 2 last night (either still from snow or false tips).
Spd (1,6): Prop stalled again at 6 last night, similar to a few days ago. It <may> be related to freezing, but there wasn't much moisture. It has recovered now.
Dir (1,6): See Spd.
csat diag: ok, several sites showed glitches at 4PM yesterday -- probably not real
samples.sonic: ok
spd: ok,
dir: ok, mostly N during the day yesterday
u'u': ok,
v'v': ok,
w'w': ok,
u*: ok, max 0.7 m/s
sigma_w/u*: ok
tc: ok,
tc'tc': ok
w'tc': ok, -30 to +200 W/m2. Some sites apparently had nice conditions yesterday.
kh2oV: ok, max 1.4--2.0 yesterday, stn 3 down yesterday, now ok
kh2o'kh2o': ok
w'kh2o': ok, up to 0.05 (120 W/m2) during day yesterday
Rsw.in: ok. max 550-780 W/m2 yesterday!
Rsw.out: ok.
albedo: ok, 0.07-0.25, except for higher morning values with frost on incoming
Rsw.dfs (1,7): "ears" in morning and afternoon in shadowbands (but not SPN-1) show that adjustment is needed (see Summary)
Rsw.global (1,7): ok.
Rlw.in: ok, 200-320 W/m2
Rpile.in: ok,
Tcase.in: ok, 0-16 degC
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok
Rlw.out: ok, 280-400 W/m2
Rpile.out: ok,
Tcase.out: ok
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok
soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: ok. Getting signficant diurnal swings, many into freezing at night
Gsoil: ok. All but 7 were negative yesterday
Qsoil: ok. apparent or real increases due to soil thawing
Cvsoil: ok. Jump at both sites at 6 just now, probably somehow due to water.