Blog from February, 2011

CM21 PSP correction factors
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 25, 2011

At the start of the project we did not have the new calibration coefficients for the KZ CM21 and EPPLEY PSP shortwave radiation sensors.

Therefore a correction factor must be applied to the data.

sensor

location

pistion

cal factor

EPP 16945

Playa

in

1.040632

EPP 17877

Playa

out

1.033604

EPP 17414

ABC

in

1.009423

EPP 15108

ABC

out

1.024915

KZ 940185

Highland

in

0.993432

KZ 970378

Highland

out

0.987761

KZ 970380

West Valley

in

1.002629

KZ 940181

West Valley

out

0.993238

EPP 16107

East Slope

in

1.023545

EPP 16714

East Slope

out

1.033453

EPP 26224*

East Slope

out

1.013483

KZ 970379

West Slope

in

0.988474

KZ 940187

West Slope

out

0.993795

KZ 970377

Riverton

in

0.992930

KZ 940186

Riverton

out

0.999155

* removed Rsw.out at East Slope ~18:30 Dec 4; replaced 14:20 Dec 6

Post cal TRH
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 24, 2011

Post cal results of temperature, temperature range 15C to -20C

Sensor

mean (error)

sd (error)   

min to max

017

.019

.014

-.036 to .001

023

.017

.012

-.004 to .030

019

.016

.014

-.001 to .032

013

.000

.006

-.007 to .010

025

-.008

.011

-.034 to .002

024

.002

.008

-.011 to .013

009

-.035

.007

-.044 to -.022

028

-.018

.007

-.028 to -.004

027

-.011

.016

-.027 to .02

Post cal of RH, two runs from 10% to 90% at 10C and -4C, Gortex still on

Sensor

mean (error)

sd (Error)

min to max

017

-3.3

0.9

-4.8 to -1.4

023

-1.7

1.2

-3.8 to -0.4

019

-8.6

1.2

-11.1 to -6.3

013

0.1

0.5

-0.7 to 0.8

025

0.7

1.44

-2.2 to 2.2

024

1.1

1.7

-1.1 to 3.8

009

-0.6

0.6

-1.1 to 0.9

028

0.6

1.9

-3.6 to 2.6

027

1.2

1.6

-2.1 to 2.6

Location of SHT sensors through out the project. Some sensors replaced during the project were sent back to Boulder for repairs then the sensor was deployed again

                                              DATE of CHANGE

STATION

11/28

12/07

12/12

12/13

1/15

11/16

1/17

1/18

1/27

1/28

2/6

2/7

1

13

 

9

26

 

 

21

 

13

 

 

13

2

15

21

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

24

3

20

 

 

 

 

 

19

23

 

 

 

23

4

19

 

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

 

 

25

5

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

17

17

6

23

24

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

 

27

7

17

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

28
Post Barometer cal check
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 24, 2011

A post cal of the barometers was completed today. Each barometer was run over the range of 800 to 900 mb.

The average error was .16 mb, error span was -.21 to .26 mb, sd was .06

Post Serial Numbers
Chris Golubieski posted on Feb 23, 2011

Sensor

1
PLAYA

2
ABC

3
HIGHLAND

4
WEST VALLEY

5
EAST
SLOPE

6
WEST
SLOPE

7
RIVERTON

CSAT3

0537

0800

0855

853

0671

1119

0539

Krypton

1395 / 1390 (1/2/11)

1393

1525

1258

1133

1389

1394

Barometer

B8
U4110003

B7
U4110001

B3
NCAR003

B10
491125

B4
S0610001

B5
S0610002

B9
U411004

TRH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Propvane

00318

----------------

----------------

---------------------

--------------------

???

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Rad. IN (pyn/pyg)

16945 /
31980

17414 /
31975

940185 /
050824

970380 /
030675

16107 /
31979

970379 /
100225

970377 /
050823

Rad. OUT (pyn/pyg)

17877 /
31976

15108 /
31978

970378 /
040740

940181 /
040741

26224 /
31981

940187 /
100226

940186 /
030676

LiCor

PY7121(DIR)
PY99291(DIFF)

----------------

----------------

---------------------

-------------------

---------------

PY10835(DIR)
PY10836(DIFF)

Tsoil

TS017

TS016

SING(026)

TS002/TS015

TS023
TS004
TS012

TS013
SING(022)
TS003
TS011

TS005

Qsoil

ECHO007(017)

ECHO010(020)

ECHO005(015)

ECHO009(019)

ECHO004(014)
ECHO006(016)

  MISSING
ECHO001(011)

ECHO002(012)

Gsoil

H993563(007)

H013390(009)

H983211(005)

H023009(002)

H013391(004)
87034(010)

H993561(003)
H993560(006)

H983213(008)

TPO1

TP025(200590)

TP006(200592)

TP005(200239)

TP007(200241)

TP009(200243)
TP008(200242)

TP010(200234)
TP004(200391) [200591?  spo 4/18/11]

TP001(200589)

Rain Gauge

---------------------

---------------------

???????????

????????????

-------------------

????????????

--------------------

Motes

B,7,19

F,4,5

D,22,6

15,15,8

13,12,11,20

11,10,9,21

17,16,18

Vbatt

31

32

38

34

35

36

37

Viper
Sunshine
Modem/
Router

16


M-8(09105212383)/
R-1(MM090194300014)

1


M-2(09105211885)/
R-2(MM090168701586)

14


M-3(09105211890)/
R-3(MM090168700567)

12


M-4(09105211882)/
R-4(MM090139201501)



M-5(09105212400)/
R-5(MM091468703640)

6


M-6(09105211884)/
R-6(MM090139202886)

3
SPN1-A465


M-7(09105212393)/
R-7(MM090139202713)


Soil sensor settling time
Steve Oncley posted on Feb 18, 2011

I've just plotted Cvsoil from the entire project to see if I could determine a time when the TP01 (as a surrogate for all soil sensors) had "healed" into the soil.  I see a definite step at about 7 Dec at 1, 5, 6, and to some extent 6.aux and 7.  This was a few days into the first PCAPS warming period with temperatures above freezing.  Given what comes later (other steps in Jan), it isn't obvious that the TP01 had completely settled in (perhaps ever).  Thus, the most definite conclusion I can make is that at least half of the sensors took at least 5 weeks to settle in.

Rain gauges, Sites 3 and 4
Tom Horst posted on Feb 07, 2011

February 7

~13:30 removed rain gauge, W Valley

14:30 removed rain gauge, Hiland

Precip started 15:00

Status, February 7, 2011
Tom Horst posted on Feb 07, 2011

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Feb 7 8:40-9:20 MST
On site: Semmer and Horst, Chris and Kurt

Weather: Overcast, light winds

Summary: some soil issues at W slope
        
Todo: nada

Vdsm: ok, > 12.2V
Vmote.rad: ok, > 12.5 V
Vmote.soil: ok, > 12.2 V  E Slope main lowest

P: ok
Tbaro: ok
T: ok
RH: ok
Q: ok
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, no tips
Spd (1,6): ok
Dir (1,6): ok

csat diag: ok, activity on 2,4,5,6,7 around 14:00
spd: ok, light winds < 4 m/s
dir: ok, NW at W Slope since 6 am
u'u': ok
v'v': ok
w'w': ok
u*: ok
sigma_w/u*: ok

tc: ok
tc'tc': ok
w'tc': ok

kh2oV: ok
kh2o: ok
kh2o'kh2o': ok
w'kh2o': ok

Rsw.in: ok
Rsw.out: ok
albedo: ok, 0.15
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok
Rsw.global (1,7): ok

Rlw.in: ok
Rpile.in: ok
Tcase.in: ok
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok

Rlw.out: ok
Rpile.out: ok
Tcase.out: ok
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: noise at playa 1.9 cm
Qsoil:  w slope main bad
Gsoil: W slope looks too small
Cvsoil: ok

Feb 6 Eslope5, TRH
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 06, 2011

10:30 - 10:35

Overcast

replaced TRH009 with TRH017. New TRH does not have Gortex cover

Status, Feb 6, 2011
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 06, 2011

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Feb 6 9:00-9:30 MST
On site: Semmer and Horst

Weather: Overcast, light winds

Summary: some soil issues
        
Todo: replace TRh at E slope

Vdsm: ok, > 12.2V
Vmote.rad: ok, > 12.5 V
Vmote.soil: ok, > 12.2 V  E Slope main lowest

P: ok
Tbaro: ok
T: E Slope has gone bad again, ~3:00 am
RH: ditto, warm, dry air at W slope at ~6:30am
Q: ditto, 3.5 g/kg
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, no tips
Spd (1,6): ok
Dir (1,6): ok

csat diag: ok, activity on 2,4,5,6,7 around 14:00
spd: ok, light winds < 4 m/s
dir: ok, NW at W Slope since 6 am
u'u': ok
v'v': ok
w'w': ok
u*: ok
sigma_w/u*: ok

tc: ok
tc'tc': ok
w'tc': ok

kh2oV: ok, 1,3,4 at 0.5-0.8 V
kh2o: ok
kh2o'kh2o': ok
w'kh2o': ok

Rsw.in: ok
Rsw.out: ok
albedo: ok, 0.15
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok, SPN1 > Licor
Rsw.global (1,7): ok, ditto

Rlw.in: ok
Rpile.in: ok
Tcase.in: ok
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok

Rlw.out: ok
Rpile.out: ok
Tcase.out: ok
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: noise at playa 1.9 cm
Qsoil:  w slope main bad
Gsoil: ok, ABC and Wslope show strong negative, -45 w/m2, during daytime
Cvsoil: ok

Sonic configuration files
Tom Horst posted on Feb 05, 2011

Station 1

nSN0537 26apr10 rev 4.0t &=1 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=37195 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=087 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=555a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0\

Station 2

SN0800 11oct10 rev 4.0t &=0 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=07392 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=086 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=545a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02\r600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0

Station 3

SN0855 01oct10 rev 4.0t &=0 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=07585 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=087 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=465a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0\

Station 4

SN0853 30sep10 rev 4.0t &=0 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=55688 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=087 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=556a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0\

Station 5

SN0671 29sep10 rev 4.0t &=0 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=06650 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=087 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=565a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0

Station 6

SN1119 05oct10 rev 4.0t &=0 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=27140 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=087 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=666a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0

Station 7

SN0539 30apr10 rev 4.0t &=0 AC=1 AF=050 AH=1 AO=00300 ar=0 AQ= 60 BR=0 BX=0\r\n CF=1 C0o= 0 0 0 C0b= 0 0 0 CA=1 CD=0 cs=12284 DC=4 dl=015 DM=c DR=03465\r\n duty=088 DT=16240 ET= 60 FA=00050 FL=007 FX=038 GN=545a GO=00000 HA=0\r\n HG=01560 HH=02700 KT=0 LG=00832 LH=00100 MA=-020 MS=-010 MX=0 ND=1 NI=2\r\n ns=00203 OR=1 os=0 PD=2 RA=00020 RC=0 RF=00900 RH=015 RI=1 RS=1 RX=002 SD=0\r\n SL=035 SR=1 ss=1 T0123=1000 TD=a TF=02600 02600 02600 TK=1 TO= 0 0 0 TP=t\r\n ts=i X=0 WM=o WR=006 XD=d xp=2 XX=00875 ZZ=0

Feb 5 Eslope5, TRH
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 05, 2011

10:00 - 10:30

   Overcast

SHT went back yesterday. Pulled sensor and found corrosion on the sensor pins. used the special contact goop and re-installeed. Working ok.

10:21 - radiometer domes cleaned

Status, February 5, 2011
Tom Horst posted on Feb 05, 2011

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Feb 5 9:00-9:30 MST
On site: Semmer and Horst

Weather: Overcast, light winds

Summary: E Slope TRH bad; some soil issues
        
Todo: Replace E Slope TRH

Vdsm: ok, > 12.2V
Vmote.rad: ok, > 12.5 V
Vmote.soil: ok, > 12.3 V  E Slope main lowest

P: ok
Tbaro: ok
T: E Slope bad since noon yesterday
RH: ditto, warm, dry air at W Slope since 6 am
Q: ditto, 3.8 g/kg
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, no tips
Spd (1,6): ok
Dir (1,6): ok

csat diag: ok
spd: ok, highest at W Slope since 6 am
dir: ok, NW at W Slope since 6 am
u'u': ok
v'v': ok
w'w': ok
u*: ok
sigma_w/u*: ok

tc: ok
tc'tc': ok
w'tc': ok, negative at W Slope since 6 am

kh2oV: ok, 1,3,4 at 0.5-0.6 V
kh2o: ok
kh2o'kh2o': ok
w'kh2o': ok, positive at W Slope since 6 am

Rsw.in: ok
Rsw.out: ok
albedo: ok, ~0.15
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok, SPN1 > Licor
Rsw.global (1,7): ok, ditto

Rlw.in: ok
Rpile.in: ok
Tcase.in: ok
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok

Rlw.out: ok
Rpile.out: ok
Tcase.out: ok
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: noise at playa 1.9 cm; E Slope 4.4 cm recently recovered
Qsoil: playa drying to 35 vol%; w slope main bad
Gsoil: ok
Cvsoil: ok

Station 2 Site Visit, February 4
Tom Horst posted on Feb 04, 2011

10:30 cleaned radiometers

Steve tried, unsuccessfully, to reprogram the router

Update:  14:15-14:40

After testing the cables in the base came back to 2 to reprogram router.This time it was successful

It did a long time after the router reboot to be recognized as isfs2.

Status, February 4, 2011
Tom Horst posted on Feb 04, 2011

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Feb 4 8:30-9:30 MST
On site: Semmer and Horst

Weather: Overcast, light winds

Summary: Successfully reconfigured the shadowbands on Wednesday.
         Some issues with Tsoil and Qsoil
         
Todo: Prepare for teardown

Vdsm: ok, > 12.2V
Vmote.rad: ok, > 12.5 V
Vmote.soil: ok, > 12.2 V  E Slope main lowest

P: ok
Tbaro: ok
T: ok, low = -15 degC at W Slope`
RH: ok
Q: ok, 2 g/kg
Rainr (3,4,6): ok,tips at highland, seem erroneous
Spd (1,6): ok
Dir (1,6): ok

csat diag: ok
spd: ok
dir: ok
u'u': ok
v'v': ok
w'w': ok
u*: ok
sigma_w/u*: ok

tc: ok
tc'tc': ok
w'tc': ok

kh2oV: ok, all > 1 V
kh2o: ok
kh2o'kh2o': ok
w'kh2o': ok

Rsw.in: ok
Rsw.out: ok
albedo: ok
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok
Rsw.global (1,7): ok

Rlw.in: ok
Rpile.in: ok
Tcase.in: ok
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok

Rlw.out: ok
Rpile.out: ok
Tcase.out: ok
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: noise at playa 1.9 cm; bad data at E Slope 4.4 cm
Qsoil: playa finally drying to 30 vol%, w slope main bad
Gsoil: ok
Cvsoil: playa increased to 7e8 yesterday; W slope aux to 2.5e7

Feb 2 Riverton7, shadowband
Steven Semmer posted on Feb 02, 2011

14:30 - 14:50

clear and cold

Re-adjustment of shadowband

Radoimeters cleaned at 14:45