Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Dec 27 15:30 - 17:00 MST
On site: no ISFS staff
Weather: precip, likely snow (T < 0 degC), yesterday afternoon and last night
partly cloudy today (Rsw.global > Rsw.dfs)
Summary: no Tsoil at W Slope main
radiation mote down at Riverton
kh2o at Playa, Highland still wet
Vdsm: ok, 13.5-14.5 V
Vmote.rad: 13-13.5 V, Riverton down
Vmote.soil: ok, 12.7-13.7 V
Current Conditions:
P: ok, 848 to 877 mb, rising
Tbaro: ok, 5 to 7 degC
T: ok, 1 to 3 degC; below freezing last night; playa spiking
RH: ok, 73 to 90%; playa spiking last night and this morning
Q: ok, 3.5 to 4.5 gm/kg; playa spiking
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, 3 to 12 mm/hr; 13:30 MST 12/26 to 04:30 12/27
Spd (1,6): ok, W Slope calm, Playa 2 m/s
Dir (1,6): ok,
csat diag: ok, high spiking at Playa until 10 am today
spd: ok, up to 3 m/s, Riverton high
dir: ok, W-NW at most sites, S at Riverton, ABC, E at W Slope
u'u': ok, up to 1.5 m^2/s^2
v'v': ok, up to 1.5 m^2/s^2
w'w': ok, up to 0.6 m^2/s^2
u*: ok, up to 0.5 m/s
sigma_w/u*: ok, ~1.5
tc: ok, -5 to 5 degC
tc'tc': generally < 0.5 degC^2
w'tc': ok, up to +/- 0.05 m/s degC
kh2oV: 2,4,5,6,7 > 0.5V; 1,3 ~ 0.5 mV
kh2o'kh2o': questionable
w'kh2o': less than 0.01 m/s g/m^3, some questionable
Rsw.in: ok, up to 650 W/m^2 on 12/27, no radiation data at Riverton
Rsw.out: ok, up to 300 W/m^2 on 12/27
albedo: ok, 0.1 to 0.8; E Slope & Highland highest
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok, up to 300 W/m^2 at Playa
Rsw.global (1,7): ok, up to 600 W/m^2 at Playa
Rlw.in: ok, ~290 W/m^2
Rpile.in: ok, -45 W/m2^
Tcase.in: ok, -8 to 9 deg C
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok, appears to be some gradients at Playa
Rlw.out: ok, ~320 W/m^2
Rpile.out: ok, -10 W/m^2
Tcase.out: ok, -8 to 10 deg C
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok, appears to be some gradients at Playa
soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: ok, 0 to 8 C, coldest at surface, mostly above 0 deg C
Qsoil: 14 to 35 %vol, E Slope driest
Gsoil: -20 to 30 W/m^2, mostly > 0
Cvsoil: 6e5 to 2e6 J/(m^3 degK); Playa, ABC, W Slope high, W Valley low