MIDC News
Year of 2019
November 19, 2019
- 14:28 MST: The SRRL BMS SunEdison-POA LI-200 sensor was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 14:25 MST today. Logger was updated with new calibration factor at 14:27 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:23 MST: The SRRL BMS Global 90 PSP and LI-200 Sensors were replaced with sensors calibrated in BORCAL 2019-04 between approx. 9:50 and 10:10 MST today. Logger was updated with new factors at 10:05 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:13 MST: October 2019 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:08 MST: The SRRL EKO ASI-16 Sky Camera was moved from the north west corner to the south east corner of the instrument platform. The old location had a temporary tracker that was interfering with the images. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:46 MST: The Flatirons Campus M2 sensors were removed from data logger at 09:48 MST today, so that the wiring could be improved. Data will report bogus or missing from most sensors until complete. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:42 MST: August through September 2019 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:14 MST: The Flatirons Campus M2 tower was dropped today, so that the temperature probes, wind speed and direction sensors could replaced. Calibration constants for new temperature and wind speed sensors were updated in logger program at 11:51 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:15 MST: The SRRL BMS Global Upwelling CMP11 was swapped out with an instrument calibrated in BORCAL SW 2019-03. Logger program was updated with new factor at 12:05 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:15 MST: The SRRL BMS Global Upwelling CM3 and LI-200 were swapped out with an instrument calibrated in BORCAL SW 2019-03. Logger program was updated with new factor at 11:49 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:03 MST: The SRRL BMS Global 40-South CMP11 and LI-200 were swapped out with an instrument calibrated in BORCAL SW 2019-03. Logger program was updated with new factor at 13:47 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:03 MST: SRRL BMS Upwelling Pyrgeometers (PIR & CG3) were swapped out today between 12:39 and 12:42 MST with instruments calibrated in LW BORCAL 2019-02. Calibration Coefficients were updated in logger at 12:45 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:46 MST: SRRL BMS Downwelling Pyrgeometers (PIR, CG4, SL510) were swapped out today between 9:32 and 9:41 MST with instruments calibrated in LW BORCAL 2019-02. Calibration Coefficients were updated in logger at 9:35 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:17 MST: A CGR3 pyrgeometer for measuring downwelling infrared irradiance was installed at UTPA SRL on 08/09/2019. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:24 MST: The NWTC M2 data set on MIDC has been renamed to Flatirons Campus (M2). -Afshin Andreas
- 15:47 MST: May through July 2019 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:34 MST: The SRRL EKO ASI-16 Camera has been having problems since May 26. Real Time images and/or historical images/data may update sporadically or not at all. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:21 MST: As of yesterday afternoon, both WISER Spectroradiometers at SRRL and the MS-711 Spectroradiometer at University of Oregon were changed from 5 minute to 1 minute scans. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:46 MST: The SRRL BMS Diffuse CM22 #1 was swapped out with an instrument calibrated in BORCAL 2019-03. Irradiance data for this instruments was automatically replaced with data from the Diffuse CM22 #2 during the time of swap. Logger program was updated with new factor at 10:41 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:07 MST: January through April 2019 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:03 MST: A new CMP10 was installed on the plane of array (POA) at the University of Louisiana at 15:50 CST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:21 MST: The NWTC M2 Global PSP was swapped out with a calibrated instrument at 07:39 MST today. Logger was updated with new calibration factor at 07:48 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:01 MST: The SRRL BMS Global Normal CMP22 and LI200R were swapped out with instruments calibrated in BORCAL 2019-02 between 12:50 and 12:57 MST today. Logger was updated with new factors at 12:52 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:57 MST: The SRRL BMS Diffuse 8-48 (Shadowband) was swapped out with an instrument calibrated in BORCAL 2019-02 at 08:25 MST today. Calibration factor was updated in logger at 8:22 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:56 MST: The following SRRL BMS Diffuse instruments were swapped out with instruments calibrated in BORCAL 2019-02: CM22 #2, SR25, 8-48 between 7:55 and 8:23 MST today. Irradiance data for these 3 instruments was automatically replaced with data from the Diffuse CM22 #1 during this time frame. Logger program was updated with new factors at 8:22 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:56 MST: All SRRL BMS Direct Normal and Global Horizontal Shortwave Radiometers were calibrated in BORCAL SW 2019-02 (via signal patching), this includes: CMP22 (vent), CMP22 #1, CMP22 #2, CMP11, CM6b, CM3, SR25, MS-80, MS-802, MS-410, MS-602, SPP, PSP, GPP, SP-510, TSP-700, SP-Lite2, ML-01, LI-200R, LI-200, SP-110; CHP1 #1, CHP1 #2, sNIP, NIP, DR02, MS-57, LI-201. Logger was updated with new factors at 9:53 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:31 MST: The SRRL BMS HMP-60 Data Lab Temp/RH Probe was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 09:15 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:23 MST: The SRRL BMS Direct Normal MS-56 was upgraded to an MS-57 on 4/29/2019 at 10:36 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:36 MST: The SRRL WISER 1-Axis Spectroradiometer was removed from service at 11:15 MST yesterday for calibration and returned to service at 16:00 MST yesterday. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:28 MST: The SRRL BMS Pictures page has been updated for changes that occurred in BMS v14. Old photos have been archived to the SRRL BMS Historical Pictures. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:40 MST: SRRL was without power from 08:40 to 12:59 MST on March 9. Data quality statements (DQS) for affected BMS instruments have been created. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:32 MST: Power will be shut off to the SRRL building on Saturday March 9 from 7:00 to 13:00 MST to install power meters to the building. As a result data will not update for all MIDC stations during that time. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:30 MST: On March 4, the MIDC website was updated to implement the NREL web applications template. All MIDC pages, except data displays now have the template. On March 5, the background color of all live graphical displays was changed to a blue color from the NREL color palette. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:44 MST: The SRRL WISER Global Horizontal Spectroradiometer was returned to service at 10:40 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 17:17 MST: The SRRL WISER Global Spectroradiometer was calibrated against NIST FEL S/N F680 and was found in tolerance. It won't be returned to service until the weather improves. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:47 MST: The SRRL WISER Global Spectroradiometer was removed from service at 12:50 MST today for calibration. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:33 MST: October through December 2018 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:31 MST: The SRRL BMS Global 90-West LI-200 Sensor was replaced with a sensor calibrated in BORCAL 2018-03. Logger was updated with new factors at 15:19 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:32 MST: The SRRL BMS Global 90 PSP and LI-200 Sensors were replaced with sensors calibrated in BORCAL 2018-04 (except 90-West LI-200 which is broken) between approx. 14:00 and 14:20 MST today. Logger was updated with new factors at 14:11 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:51 MST: The SRRL BMS SunEdison-POA LI-200 sensor was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 11:40 MST today. Logger was updated with new calibration factor at 11:46 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:49 MST: The SRRL BMS HMP-60 SunEdison Temp/RH Probe was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 11:37 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:22 MST: The SRRL BMS HMP-60 Deck Temp/RH Probe was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 12:20 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:37 MST: The SRRL BMS HMP-60 Tower Temp/RH Probe was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 16:25 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
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