On site-Highland3, SteveO and Ling Ling (Jan 3, 1011, 2:20-3:40pm)
We have done the following:
1> cleaned all radiometer domes. Decided simply to breath on the domes and wipe off the condensation. Order was Rsw.in Rlw.in Rsw.out Rlw.out. The sun was shining during this period, so the effect of cleaning should be measurable. ?[PS: have looked at the data. Haze made the radiation somewhat variable, so my best estimate is that cleaning changed Rsw.in by 2--10 W/m2 out of 380 W/m2 and Rlw.in not at all. Not <too> bad.] All domes looked pretty clean before and after. (2:20pm)
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3> take soil samples (3pm), marked the two sample boxes as 1-0-3cm (5mm shame of being full)and 1-3-6cm. Unfortunately, there are no scales at the base to weigh them with!! We'll have to get one sent out :(
4> shoot the boom angle from across the street (3:23pm), readings are 254.2 (Steve's) 254.7 (Ling's). We did not touch settings on the DataScope or recalibrate it. I assumed this had been done earlier for this project.
5> break the ice in the rain-gauge (3:32PM), and take the ice out of the rain-gauge. The gauge was on the entire time, so these data will have to be edited. I judged that, since the top of the ~10cm-thick ice plug was just at the top of the antifreeze/oil, this mass had been recorded by the gauge and that it was okay to remove it from the gauge. In the process, some of the antifreeze splashed on the side (inside) of the gauge, so I wouldn't be surprised by a tip or after this operation as it (slowly) slides back to rejoin the rest of the fluid. I should point out that there was absolutely no precip today in the area we could observe, so zeroing out the day should be fine.
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