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12:05 - 12:30pm

Sonic Angle = 85.8deg

Connected to ETI and noticed the temperature compensation was turned off.  Turned compensation on.

Cleaned off solar panels.

11:16 - 11:36am

Mast height(sonic) = 68.9cm

Sonic Angle ?= 253.5deg.

Looked at Tsoil.  Seems to be reading high.  Noticed ground was snowy except over soil probes.  Everything seemed fine.  Will ask Joe to bury new probe.

Cleaned off solar panels and radiometers.  Covered in snow.

I've put a battery charger in the Met Shed behind trailer.  The batteries are on the floor by the power panel and charger is on the desk.  There is currently six spare, charged batteries.

8:00 - 9:00am

Removed both batteries at site with new/charged ones.  Will be charging batteries in Met Shed behind trailer.

The Tsoil at Hiland jumped ~10C at about 8:00 this morning. We will investigate.

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Dec 20 08:00-9:00 MST
On site: Steve S and Chris

Summary: no Tsoil at W Slope main

Vdsm: ok, 11 - 13.5v, replace batteries at 2 this morning
Vmote.rad: ok, 12.4-13.1v
Vmote.soil: 12.1-13.2V

P: ok, 825 to 865 mb
Tbaro: ok, 1 to 13 degC
T: ok, -1 to 12 degC
RH: ok, 55 to 100%
Q: ok, 3.8 to 7.3 gm/kg
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, getting snow/rain this morning
Spd (1,6): ok, up to 12 m/s
Dir (1,6): ok, currently S

csat diag: ok, some spiking this morning
spd: ok, up to 10 m/s, spikes up to 30 m/s this morning
dir: ok
u'u': ok, generally < 4 (m/s)^2
v'v': ok, generally < 4 (m/s)^2
w'w': ok, generally < 3 (m/s)^2
u*: ok, up to 1 m/s
sigma_w/u*: ok, ~1.3

tc: ok, 0 to 10 deg C, spikes this morning
tc'tc': generally < 1 degC^2, ditto on spikes
w'tc': ok, -0.1 to 0.0 m/s degC

kh2oV: ok, 0 to 1.7, current values 0 due to snow/rain
kh2o'kh2o': ok, generally < 0.03, spikes throughout the period
w'kh2o': ok, -.01 to .03, jumps >-.2 to >.2 (m/s g/m^3)

Rsw.in: ok, up to 180 W/m^2 on 12/19
Rsw.out: ok, up to 30 W/m^2 on 12/19, negative values <-5 during night time
albedo: ok, .1 to .18
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok, up to 150 W/m^2 on 12/19
Rsw.global (1,7): ok, up to 150 W/m^2 on 12/19

Rlw.in: ok, 260 to 350 W/m^2
Rpile.in: ok, -60 to 10 W/m^2
Tcase.in: ok, -1 to 12 deg C
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok, -1 to 11.5 deg C

Rlw.out: ok, 310 to 350 W/m^2
Rpile.out: ok, -35 to 5 W/m^2
Tcase.out: ok, -1 to 12 deg C
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok, -.05 to 12 deg C

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: ok, -0.0 to 6 C, sensor at 3 is questionable this morning
Qsoil: 15 to 36 %vol
Gsoil: -40 to 20 W/m^2, spiking this morning
Cvsoil: 5e5 to 3.8e6

Went by ABC this morning to replace the DSM batteries. We had one fresh one. Chris is going back with another one.

15:15 - 15:30

After going back to the base to work on the pyg.in, discovered we grabbed the wrong sensor! Spent time in the lab to get the test mote running and are now back at 7.

Tested pyg.in with the test mote. Did not work via I2C.  Did test on sensor with serial cable and it worked. Tried I2C again and it worked. Chris looked

at connector and there appeared to signs of corrosion.

Moved sensor back out to darkhorse and is working ok. The Vmote measurement is now working.

1:00 - 1:20pm

Tried to talk to ETI using SS computer.  Didn't work, was not able to send commands to ETI. Did receive output message.

May need special comms software provided by ETI.

Sonic height = 75cm

Sonic boom angle = 80.3deg(Semmer)

11:30 - 11:50

Rad mote: tried reset button and cycled power, GPS and PYG.IN still bad. Pulled power shunt to GPS.

Mote appears to be using the local RTC now. PYG.IN still down.

Removed PYG.IN and turned on GPS.  Will diagnose PYG in base trlr.  Also not seeing Vrad. 

Measuring the heights of sonics by measuring gnd to mast bolt.  All sonics at the 10m height are mounted at same position and will be added to this measurement.  I measured 68.6cm.

81.6degs for SS CSAT3 angle.

vmote and pyg.in from River7 not coming in. Further investigations show the mote is having trouble with the GPS.

will investigate

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Dec 19 08:00-9:00 MST
On site: Steve S and Chris

Summary: no Tsoil at W Slope main

Vdsm: ok, 11.3-14.5v, battery at 2 still low
Vmote.rad: ok,12.6-14v, battery at 7 gone
Vmote.soil: 12.2-14.3 V

P: ok, 833 to 868 mb
Tbaro: ok, -4 to 11 degC
T: ok, -5 to 9 degC
RH: ok, 55 to 100%
Q: ok, 3 to 6 gm/kg
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, getting rain this morning,
Spd (1,6): ok, up to 12 m/s
Dir (1,6): ok, currently S

csat diag: ok, some spiking at 3,5, and 6
spd: ok, up to 10 m/s
dir: ok
u'u': ok, generally < 2 (m/s)^2
v'v': ok, generally < 3 (m/s)^2
w'w': ok, generally < 2 (m/s)^2
u*: ok, up to 1 m/s
sigma_w/u*: ok, ~1.5

tc: ok, -5 to 10 deg C
tc'tc': generally < 1 degC^2, spiking above 4 degC^2 this morning
w'tc': ok, -0.1 to 0.02 m/s degC

kh2oV: ok, 0 to 2.4 V, current values 0 due to heavy rain
kh2o'kh2o': ok, generally < 0.02, spikes above .2 (g/m^3)^2
w'kh2o': ok, -.01 to .03, jumps from -.1 to >.2 (m/s g/m^3)

Rsw.in: ok, up to 270 W/m^2 on 12/18
Rsw.out: ok, up to 180 W/m^2 on 12/18
albedo: ok, 0.1 to 1.0
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok, up to 230 W/m^2 on 12/18
Rsw.global (1,7): ok, up to 240 W/m^2 on 12/18

Rlw.in: ok, 220 to 340 W/m^2, down at 7
Rpile.in: ok, -80 to 10 W/m^2
Tcase.in: ok, -6 to 9 deg C
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok, -6 to 9 deg C

Rlw.out: ok, 275 to 345 W/m^2
Rpile.out: ok, -45 to 5 W/m^2
Tcase.out: ok, -6 to 9 deg C
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok, -6 to 9 deg C

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: ok, -0.5 to 4.8 C, missing W Slope main
Qsoil: 12 to 36 %vol
Gsoil: -30 to 20 W/m^2
Cvsoil: 9e5 to 3.5e6

11:00 - 11:30 Dec 18

Cleaned krypton and radiometers. Krypton at 2v.

sonic 76.9 magnetic (boom pointing west)

prop 171.7 magnetic

added power jumper for GPS at soil mote

Status evaluated from 36 hour plots on Dec 18 08:00-9:00 MST
On site: Steve S and Chris

Summary: no Tsoil at W Slope main

Vdsm: ok, 11.5-14.8v, battery at 2 still low
Vmote.rad: ok,12.8-15v, peaking to 18v
Vmote.soil: 12.3-14.5 V, peeking to 18v

P: ok, 836 to 871 mb
Tbaro: ok, -6 to 9 degC
T: ok, -12 to 1.5 degC
RH: ok, 45 to 97%
Q: ok, 1.5 to 4.5 gm/kg
Rainr (3,4,6): ok, rain tips from 4 this morning maybe good due snows
Spd (1,6): ok, up to 8 m/s
Dir (1,6): ok, currently S

csat diag: ok
spd: ok, up to 8 m/s
dir: ok
u'u': ok, generally < 1 (m/s)^2
v'v': ok, generally < 1 (m/s)^2
w'w': ok, generally < .3 (m/s)^2, 0.5 this morning at 7
u*: ok, up to 0.8 m/s
sigma_w/u*: ok, ~1.5

tc: ok, -11.8 to 1.8 deg C
tc'tc': generally < 0.1 degC^2
w'tc': ok, -0.1 to 0.08 m/s degC

kh2oV: ok, 0 to 3.0 V, current values 0 to 1.3
kh2o'kh2o': ok, generally < 0.02, spikes up to 0.15 (g/m^3)^2
w'kh2o': ok, -.01 to .02, jumps from -.1 to 1.5 (m/s g/m^3)

Rsw.in: ok, up to 420 W/m^2 on 12/17
Rsw.out: ok, up to 290 W/m^2 on 12/17
albedo: ok, 0.2 to 0.8
Rsw.dfs (1,7): ok, up to 270 W/m^2 on 12/17
Rsw.global (1,7): ok, up to 400 W/m^2 on 12/17

Rlw.in: ok, 190 to 320 W/m^2
Rpile.in: ok, -120 to 0 W/m^2
Tcase.in: ok, -12 to 8 deg C
Tdome.in (1,2,5): ok, -8 to 8 deg C

Rlw.out: ok, 240 to 320 W/m^2
Rpile.out: ok, -45 to 5 W/m^2
Tcase.out: ok, -12 to 8 deg C
Tdome.out (1,2,5): ok, -8 to 8 deg C

soil.aux at E & W Slope (5,6)
Tsoil: ok, -1.1 to 2.8 C, missing W Slope main
Qsoil: 13 to 33 %vol
Gsoil: 6 to 24 W/m^2
Cvsoil: 5e5 to 2.3e6