MIDC News
Year of 2005
December 29, 2005
- 12:33 MST: There is a hardware/driver/os related issue with the SRRL SkyCam for the past couple weeks. The USB camera looses connectivity, which causes the WebCam32 software to continously duplicate the last image. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:06 MST: A new CUVA2 cal factor of -8.617 W/m^2/mV (102.78 times larger based on comparison with Direct TUVR on 12/14/2005) was entered into the SRRL BMS logger on 12/29/2005, however unit is still reading about 30-40% low, unit may be unstable. No word from factory. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:18 MST: The SRRL BMS Instrument Mounting Locations PDF file has been updated to show changes that occured with BMS v10.0. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:30 MST: The SRRL BMS TWC 500nm Photometer was calibrated using 12/27/2005 Langley data. The new Vo calibraiton constant was entered into the MIDC DAQ System at 10:35 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:07 MST: The SRRL BMS data stream was upgraded to version 10.0 at 9:10 MST today. The following changes occured:
- Global Apogee PYR-P pyranometer was added.
- Global LICOR LI-210 Photometric Sensor was added.
- Global LI-190 Quantum Sensor was moved from deck table to radiometer tower.
- Global LI-200 #2 was removed.
- Snow Depth Sensor was added.
- ETR & ETRN calculation was added.
- CR23X maximum program execution time was added.
- All Photometer outputs (MS110 & TWC) were changed from W/m2/nm to mV or V (to allow for MIDC Langley Feature).
- 12 Research Channels were made available (6 on the Deck CR23X, 4 on the Radiometer tower CR10X, and 2 on the Meterological Tower CR10X).
- The estimated Aerosol Optical Depth (BB & 500nm) is calculated with the Direct CH1 (instead of NIP #2).
- 15:02 MST: The SRRL BMS TWC 500nm photometer was returned to service at 14:54 MST today. The detector was replaced. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:09 MST: A page has been created for each site/configuration which shows the real-time data collection quality checking that are used. This page is mainly for our information and is accessable from the raw data field IDs page for each site/configuration. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:53 MST: The SRRL BMS Direct CUVA2 sensor was returned to service (after factory repair) today @ 13:31 MST. However, there still seems to be a problem, the instrument is reading about 100 times low. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:11 MST: As of December 9, the SRRL RSP is functioning again. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:43 MST: Snow Depth has been added to the SRRL BMS Display. Note: The instrument is still under testing and tweaking. Instrument will output a missing value when ulta-sonic sensor looses signal. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:30 MST: A snow depth sensor was added to the SRRL BMS Met Tower today. The instantaneous data (internal access only) has been updated to include snow depth. It will be made available in the 1-MINUTE data-stream after the BMS upgrade is complete sometime before January 1, 2006. Accuracy on the sensor is +/- 1 cm. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:14 MST: Updated the SRRL BMS display to estimate 500nm turbidity from the direct normal instrument automatically when the 500nm photometer is out of service. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:15 MST: The SRRL RSP has failed. Data from December 4 to present is bogus. Instrument will be troublshot after wind dies down. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:24 MST: There is a communcations problem with the SRRL RSP. Last collection occured at December 4, 2005 at 04:10 MST. Problem is unknown at this time.
-Afshin Andreas
- 13:42 MST: November 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:22 MST: November 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:46 MST: There were two guy wires on the SRRL BMS radiometer tower which would shade the Global 90-South PSP & LI-200 twice during the day for about 5 minutes (different times for each instrument). The guy wires were moved today to a location below the instruments to prevent the shading from occuring. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:00 MST: April 1985 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS has been updated to include data from earlier in the month. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:00 MST: July 1981 through June 1983 and October 1984 through March 1985 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:49 MST: The SRRL BMS TSP-1 & TSP-700, were down today between 8:20 to 12:06 MST, for power supply upgrade. The new power supply has a higher current rating to properly start the TSP-700 after a power failure. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:28 MST: Early SRRL BMS data from July 15, 1981 to June 30, 1983 and October 25, 1984 to April 7, 1985 has been added to the MIDC website. Data is hourly averages, however this may be replaced in the future with the original 5-minute high resolution data, if it can be located. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:28 MST: There has been communications problems with the SRRL LI-1800 Global 40-south spectroradiometer over the past few days. There may be some data missing. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:42 MST: There was a power failure at SRRL from 11/4/2005 @ 23:14 MST to 11/5/2005 @ 05:02 MST. SRRL BMS Instrument downtimes are as follows:
- 11/5 sunrise to 11/7 08:10 MST: NIP #1, NIP RG780, CUVA2, CUVB2, LI-201 (due to SF3 tracker down).
- 11/5 sunrise to 11/7 09:19 MST: Diffuse CM22, Diffuse UVB-1, Shaded CG4, AOCS (due to Sci-Tec #2 tracker down).
- 11/5 sunrise to 11/9 08:42 MST: TSP-700 (due to Power supply problem).
- 11/8 08:50 MST to 11/9 08:42 MST: TSP-1 (due to TSP-700 troubleshooting).
-Afshin Andreas
- 08:28 MST: There was a power failure at SRRL, just after 11:00 PM on Fri. Nov. 4, which lasted about 6 hours. Some SRRL BMS instruments/trackers may be down. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:51 MST: All historical data from BSC and ECSU is now available on the MIDC website, new added data includes:
- BSC: 1985-NOV-06 through 1994-DEC-31
- ECSU: 1985-SEP-25 through 1995-MAR-30.
- 15:51 MST: The SRRL BMS Instrument Mounting Locations PDF file has been updated to show the Global CM-22, that was added on 06/01/2005. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:51 MST: October 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:44 MST: October 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:44 MST: AOCS parameter problem is caused by the 500nm aerosol turbidity going negative. Problem will be investigated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:07 MST: There appears to be another problem in the AOCS code, the AOCS parameters appears to be bogus during several time periods today. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:41 MST: Updated the MIDC SPA Calculator to use the latest SPA.c code, which includes a bug fix for night time zenith angles (atmospheric refraction correction is now set to zero at night). See the SPA.c source code for more information. This also affects the Zenith angle calculation in MIDC datastreams (where applicable). -Afshin Andreas
- 14:24 MST: The SRRL AOCS Direct Quantum Sensor was calibrated today. New factor was entered into the AOCS software @ 14:22 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:23 MST: Bogus zenith angle (as mentioned in previous news item) prevented LICOR LI-1800 scans from occuring. The bogus zenith angle of 84.61710 at 5:58 MST was replaced with an arbitrary 94.61710 in the SRRL BMS datastream, to allow the LICOR to correctly find sun rise and sunset (based on zenith crossing 90 degrees). Spectral scanning resumed today at 13:05 MST. Note: Prior to this correction this also caused BMS "Daytime" plot option to display a bogus time range for todays data. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:19 MST: A problem with the Solar Position Algorithm (SPA) has been discovered. It has caused a bogus zenith angle at our location at the following times: 10/1/2005 @ 5:35 MST and 10/24/2005 @ 5:58 MST. Problem is being investigated. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:46 MST: There is a problem with the automated SRRL LI-1800 Global 40-South scanning. Last spectral scan occured on Oct 23 @ 1705 MST. Problem will be investigated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:11 MST: The SRRL Global 40-South LICOR LI-1800 Spectroradiometer S/N PRS 456 was removed from service today @ 7:11 MST. Unit was calibrated against NIST F571 Spectral Irradiance Standard FEL Lamp and returned to service today @ 11:44 MST. The LI-1800 was in calibration tolerance. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:39 MST: The communcations interface at Bluefield State College have been upgraded from an old 1200 baud modem to an NL100. As of today, data updates will occur every 30 minutes (instead of every 12 hours). -Afshin Andreas
- 10:54 MST: The SRRL AOCS PWV calibration constant was corrected today @ 10:32 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:40 MST: The SRRL AOCS PWV calibration constant was updated today @ 7:37 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:58 MST: The Aerosol Turbidity at 368nm and 862nm was added to the SRRL AOCS datastream today @ 12:25 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:57 MST: The problem with the AOCS was fixed at 12:15 MST, problem was due to 500nm turbidity going negative. New Vo's were computed for the three photometers using the langley method and data from Oct 3, 2005. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:23 MST: There is an unknown problem with the AOCS software that started today. The following derived values are bogus: AOCS Parameter, Aerosol Turbidity, Atmospheric Transmission, and Precipitable Water Vapor. Problem is being investigated. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:47 MST: September 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:40 MST: September 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:55 MST: The SRRL AOCS 368, 500, 862 nm Photometers were calibrated using the Langley Method. The new values were obtained by averaging the Vo obtained from the following days: July 13,18,19,27, and 29, 2005 (data was filtered using "ideal" conditions). The new Vo's were entered into the AOCS software today @ 13:51 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:08 MST: The linear fit is now computed for the new Langley Plot feature. It will display the fit along with the slope and intercept. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:33 MST: A Langley Plot feature was implemented to the MIDC "preset calculation" option on the daily/live plots/data page on July 8. This is currently only enabled for the SRRL AOCS. The AOCS also has an "ideal" option which will filter out data that has an AOCS parameter greater than 0.15. A calculation of the y-intercept, which is the Vo calibration constant, may be added in the future. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:26 MST: The SRRL AOCS Global Tilt LI-200 was calibrated against the SRRL BMS 40-South LI-200 using data on 9/15/05. New factor was entered into AOCS program today @ 10:19 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:23 MST: The BMS Instrument Pictures page was updated to show the Global CM22 that was added on 06/01/2005. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:35 MST: Fixed bug in AOCS software that caused datacollection to stop late afternoon on fairly or very clear days (i.e. when the AOCS parameter was less then 0.15 for a good portion of the day). -Afshin Andreas
- 13:11 MST: August 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:01 MST: August 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:44 MST: The following SRRL BMS UV radiometers were calibrated on August 29, 2005: Global TUVR, UV-S-A-T, CUVA1, UV-S-B-T, CUVB1, MS-210W, UVB-1, 501A, and the Diffuse UVB-1. The following SRRL Quantum PAR instruments were calibrated on August 31, 2005: BMS Global & Upwelling LI-190 and AOCS Global & Tilt LI-190. New calibration factors were entered into the datalogger programs between 8:46 and 8:50 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:55 MST: The SRRL AOCS Global Tilt Quantum sensor signal cable was repaired today @ 11:56 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:47 MST: The SRRL AOCS Global Tilt signal cable was repaired 8/10/2005 @ 14:11 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:22 MST: Improved the x-axis labeling on the NWTC M2 display, such that the x-axis time interval would increase as the day progresses. This would give more labels after a plot has been reset and "cleaner" labels as the day progresses on the running strip chart. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:18 MST: Fix a minor issue with the NWTC M2 Display, which caused the graph to "wrap-around" from 00:00 to 01:00 MDT. This only occured during Daylight Savings Time, because the graph would reset at 00:00 Standard Time. The graph now resets at 00:00 Daylight Time to correct this issue. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:58 MST: July 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:46 MST: July 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:02 MST: Corrected the HMP45C (tower) serial number listed on the SRRL BMS Instrument History Page. Incorrect S/N was U3650041, correct number is U3140041. Note: The incorrect U3650041 is listed in the BMS Monthly Reports from November 2000 to June 2005, and will NOT be corrected on these reports (July 2005 and future reports will show correct number). -Afshin Andreas
- 14:21 MST: The SRRL BMS Tower HMP45C was calibrated and returned to service today @ 12:44 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:44 MST: The SRRL BMS HMP45C at the Tower was removed yesterday @ 07:48 MST, so that it could be calibrated. An freshly calibrated spare HMP35C was installed in it's place temporarily. The affects the measured Tower Dry Bulb Temperature and Tower Relative Humidity. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:29 MST: The SRRL AOCS Global Tilt and Global Tilt Quantum Sensors are still down due to broken signal cables caused by the BMS sci-tec tracker #2 rotating the wrong direction after power was restored on July 23. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:55 MST: There was a planned all day NREL power outage on July 23, 2005. Utility power was out from 5:33 MST to 17:22 MST at SRRL. The SRRL UPS powered most of the BMS equipment until 10:16 MST. However some instruments/trackers failed on power up.
SRRL BMS Instrument downtimes are as follows:- 7/23 05:33 to 7/23 17:22 MST: CUVA1, CUVB1, MS-210W, 501A, UVB-1 (Global), UV-S-A-T, UV-S-B-T, TSP-1, TSI-880.
- 7/23 10:16 to 7/23 17:22 MST: NIP #2, CH1, 8-48, Diffuse PSP, Shaded PIR.
- 7/23 10:16 to 7/24 09:01 MST: NIP #1, NIP RG780, CUVA2, CUVB2, LI-201.
- 7/23 10:16 to 7/25 07:07 MST: Diffuse CM22, Diffuse UVB-1, Shaded CG4.
- 7/23 05:33 to 7/25 07:18 MST: TSP-700.
- 7/23 07:05 to 7/25 07:35 MST: Global LI-1800.
- 7/23 08:36 to 7/25 07:11 MST: AOCS.
- 09:58 MST: The SCID bogus data for the WS&WD @ 140' and WD @ 10' has been reset to missing values (-99999) during problemed time frame mentioned in previous news items. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:14 MST: The SRRL BMS Sun Follower III tracker was hung up on cables this morning. The following instruments were not pointing at the sun since July 16 @ sunrise to July 18 @ 7:46 MST: NIP #1, NIP RG780, CUVB2, and LI-201. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:10 MST: The SCID Wind Direction @ 10 ft appears to have failed on July 10. It occasionally outputs a large negative number. Due to the number of problems at this station, data collection has been shutdown as of today. Collection will resume after repairs have been made. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:49 MST: Updated the MIDC SPA Calculator to use the latest SPA.c code, which includes a bug fix for the EOT calculation. See the SPA.c source code for more information. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:24 MST: The AOCS Quantum Tilt Cable was repaired at 14:45 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:57 MST: The (4) SRRL AOCS photometers are working as of 10:50 MST today. The tracker alignment was slighly off. Apparently the photometers have a smaller field of view than the Direct Pyheliometer and Direct Quantum Sensor. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:44 MST: The SRRL AOCS communcation cable was temporarly repared at 9:33 MST. However, it is now apparent that the Global Tilt Quantum cable is broken (output is zero). Also for some strange reason the Photometer counts are very low. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:41 MST: The SRRL BMS Sci-Tec Tracker #1 had a cable hang up yesterday, however for the most part it recovered on it's own this morining. The following instruments were UNSHADED or NOT POINTING at the SUN on July 10 @ 9:30 MST to SUNSET: Diffuse 8-48, Diffuse PSP, PIR, Direct NIP #2 and the Direct CH1. However the Direct CH1 mount was slightly bent out of position and was corrected on July 11 @ 7:19 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:38 MST: SRRL BMS Sci-Tec Tracker #2 rotated the wrong direction yesterday and hung up on the signal cables. The following instruments were UNSHADED from July 10 @ 5:56 MST to July 11 @ 8:00 MST: Diffuse CM22, Diffuse UVB-1 and the CG4. Also the SRRL AOCS RS-232 cable was broken, therefore no data during this time. The AOCS is not functioning correctly at this time. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:47 MST: There is a problem with the phone line at Bluefield State College. Last update occured on July 5, 2005 at 02:25 EST. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:40 MST: The SRRL BSRN Diffuse PSP was swapped out today @ 14:35 MST with an instrument that was calibrated in BORCAL 2005-02. The new cal factor was entered into the logger today @ 14:38 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:26 MST: The following SRRL BMS Radiometer Tower Pyranometers (both PSPs & LI-200s) were swapped out today from 13:25 to 13:57 MST with instruments that was calibrated in BORCAL 2005-02: Global 90-West, Global 40-South, & Upwelling. The new cal factors was entered into the logger today @ 13:47 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:38 MST: The SRRL AOCS was removed from service on June 28 @ 14:38 MST, to replace the (4) photometer filters. The unit was returned to service today @ 12:34 MST. Note: A langley plot will need to be generated on a clear day to calibrate the photometers. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:04 MST: June 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:42 MST: June 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:07 MST: The SRRL Global 40-South LI-1800 was operational on June 21 @ 09:35 MST. The unit had be power cycled and left idle several times before it began functioning. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:04 MST: There has been communcation problems with the Bluefield State College datalogger/modem. Last update occured on June 21, 2005 at 02:25 EST. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:30 MST: The SCID wind speed and direction sensors at 140 foot failed on June 9, 2005 at 22:00 PST. Data from these instruments during this period are bogus. This bogus values will be replaced with missing values (-99999) after the instruments have been repaired. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:31 MST: The SRRL BMS Global 40-South LI-1800 Spectroradiometer went down yesterday @ 16:55 MST due to thunderstorms. The unit is still not working at this time, problem is unknown. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:14 MST: A GFI was tripped yesterday @ 17:14 MST due to thunderstorms. The following SRRL BMS Global UV instruments were without power, until 7:00 MST today: 501A, CUVA1, & CUVB1. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:29 MST: The SRRL BMS EKO MS-110 was removed from service @ 07:08 MST today for maintenance. It could be down for an extended period of time. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:07 MST: The following SRRL BMS Global Horizontal Instruments were calibrated in BORCAL 2005-02: PSP, PSP (vent), CM22, CM6b, SP-Lite, TSP-700, TSP-1, LI-200 #1, LI-200 #2. New cal factors were entered into logger program at 10:58 MST today. Also the Responsivity Function for the PSP (vent/zen corr) was updated in the data acquisition PC at the same time. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:21 MST: The 15-Minute output interval for the SRRL BMS Custom Monthly Data has been enabled. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:00 MST: May 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:24 MST: May 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:08 MST: The BMS CUVA2 is faulty and will be returned to factory. Channel has been shorted to read zero. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:10 MST: There is a problem with the SRRL BMS Direct CUVA2, which started May 22 @ ~8:30 MST. Instrument is not reading over 0.1 W/m^2. Problem is being investigated. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:53 MST: The SRRL ATI datastream was upgraded from 5 to 1 minute outputs at 07:48 MST today. The Zenith Angle (calculated by the RSP datalogger program) was also added to the datastream at the same time. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:57 MST: Battery voltage and CR10 temperature were added to the SRRL ATI datastream today @ 13:10 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:42 MST: A Global Kipp & Zonen CM22 has been added to the SRRL BMS datastream yesterday @ 15:25 MST. The instrument is located on the East Global Table next to the UV-S-A/B-Ts. Note: The Research #4 datalogger channel had to be used for this instrument, however the Research #4 field on the MIDC will remain so that the user can retrieve historical research data. From this time forward research #4 will always read zero. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:45 MST: The following SRRL BMS Deck Instruments were swapped out today from 7:08 to 7:23 MST with instruments that was calibrated in BORCAL 2005-01: Diffuse Shadowband, Diffuse PSP, Diffuse 8-48, RG780 PSP, & RG780 NIP. The new cal factors was entered into the logger today @ 7:11 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:22 MST: The following SRRL BSRN Instruments were swapped out today from 12:07 to 12:09 MST with instruments that was calibrated in BORCAL 2005-01: Global PSP and Direct NIP. The new cal factors was entered into the logger today @ 12:10 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:48 MST: The following SRRL BMS Radiometer Tower Instruments were swapped out today from 10:00 to 10:30 MST with instruments that was calibrated in BORCAL 2005-01: Global 90 North, South, & East (both PSPs & LI-200s) and the Global Normal CM-21. The new cal factors was entered into the logger today @ 10:20 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:46 MST: Data quality statements (DQS) for the SRRL LI-1800 Global 40-South and Direct Normal Spectroradiometers have been added to the database. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:37 MST: The SRRL BMS Diffuse CM22 was swapped out today @ 9:31 MST with an instrument that was calibrated in BORCAL 2005-01. The new cal factor was entered into the logger today @ 9:34 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:56 MST: The following SRRL BMS Direct Normal Instruments were calibrated in BORCAL 2005-01: NIP #1, NIP #2, CH1, LI-201. New cal factors were entered into logger program at 11:53 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:02 MST: Corrected the serial numbers of 3 LICOR sensors on the SRRL AOCS Instrument page and the AIM database. -Afshin Andreas
- 06:50 MST: Monthly Data sets for ARM RCS have been generated from January 2003 through June 2004. This includes:
- DQMS Quality Assessed data with flags
- Cylinder & QCFit Plots
- Flag Summary Information
- Monthly Reports and Plots
- Yearly Data and Plots (using data extracted from monthly reports).
- 09:10 MST: The BMS UV-S-A-T was cleaned and returned to service at 09:02 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:43 MST: The SRRL BMS UV-S-A-T instrument was removed from service at 08:31 MST today to clean the inside of the dome. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:40 MST: Added a "ASCII Daily Data" option to the BMS Monthly Reports and Plots page. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:28 MST: The SRRL North Sci-Tec tracker was hung up on cables yesterday at sunrise. Affected BMS instruments were Research 1, 2, & 3. Cables for research 1 & 2 were fixed at ~5:40 MST. Cable for research 3 at ~10:50 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:03 MST: April 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:55 MST: April 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 10:29 MST: The Yankee Total Sky Imager TSI-880 was returned to service at SRRL today @ 10:10 MST. The unit required a new power supply with a higher current rating. However due to damage during shipment back to NREL, neary every component had to be replaced. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:58 MST: The SRRL BMS Pressure Sensor was swapped out with a spare sensor yesterday between 6:46 MST to 15:04 MST, so that the BMS sensor could be calibrated. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:12 MST: The SRRL Global 40-South Spectroradiometer was removed from service on April 14 at 11:00 MST for calibration and it was returned to service on April 14 @ 12:50 MST. Prior to calibration the unit was found to be within 2-3% of NIST irradiance for all wavelengths. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:25 MST: A correction to a number that is used to calculate the Rayleigh scattering coefficient was made today @ 13:11 MST. The affects the calculation of Turbidity for all BMS Photometers. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:36 MST: The SRRL AOCS has been updated to use the new Solar Position Algorithm (SPA) @ 14:18 MST today. Solar Azimuth Angle was also added to the datastream at the same time. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:15 MST: Zenith Angle was added to the SRRL AOCS datastream yesterday @ 09:14 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:36 MST: March 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:29 MST: March 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:31 MST: February 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:25 MST: February 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:37 MST: The option to generate hourly data (by averaging the 1 or 5 minute raw data) is now available for any MIDC station. A new option to generate "Selected Hourly Data (ASCII)" and "Selected Hourly Data (ZIP)" will now appear on the "Daily Data/Plots" page. The user can then select any day range and instruments. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:53 MST: The SRRL BMS Yankee TSP-700 has been down due to a design flaw or fault with the Yankee power supply since the power outage yesterday at 9:02 MST. Instrument is working as of 08:52 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:07 MST: Power was restored to SRRL at 10:51 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:05 MST: Power at SRRL has been shut down at 09:02 MST today for installation of a line conditioner for the SRRL Total Sky Imager. Web access to the MIDC may be unavailable in the near future. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:43 MST: The NWTC M2 Instrument History page has been updated to include links to the AIM calibration database for each instrument. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:03 MST: The SRRL BMS Instrument Pictures page has been updated to reflect BMS v9.0 changes that occured in January 2004. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:31 MST: January 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:16 MST: January 2005 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:25 MST: The SRRL BMS Custom Monthly Data has been updated to allow the user to select a date range (instead of just one month at a time). Note: Download restriction of 5 years for 5-minute input data and 1 year for 1-minute input data has been placed on this utility. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:45 MST: The SRRL BMS Instantaneous Data Download page is now available (this is in addition to the existing "Instantaneous Data Display"). This allows the user to continuously "capture" the 6-second data stream as it comes off the selected datalogger. The user can then save the data to disk. The data is only "captured" as long as the browser window is open. Consider this a "beta" version, it only works with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 or later, and it may be replaced with some other tool in the future. Access to the page is restricted to the NREL Mesa Top and OTF. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:15 MST: The NWTC M2 Instrument Page has been updated to reflect the instrument change out that occured yesterday. -Afshin Andreas
- 16:20 MST: The NWTC M2 tower was returned to service @ 11:42 MST today. New Coefficients for (3) Temp Sensors and Multipliers & Offsets for (6) Wind Speed Sensors were entered into the logger @ 16:13 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:27 MST: The NWTC M2 tower was lowered today @ 8:47 MST, to replace the wind speed, wind direction, and temperature sensors. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:00 MST: The SRRL BMS Global TUVR started working again on Jan 10 @ 16:02 MST, after shorting the unit. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:41 MST: SRRL BMS QCFit plots for November 2000 through December 2001 have been regenerated using the new software. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:36 MST: SRRL BMS is now using the new WinQCFit for generating the monthly QCFit plots. All QCFit plots for 2002 through 2004 have been regenerated using the new software. Also all Cylinder (Shades) plots for 2004 have been regenerated at a higher quality and resolution (similar to that of the new QCFit plots). -Afshin Andreas
- 08:12 MST: The SRRL BMS Global TUVR failed again, yesterday @ 15:38 MST. Output is currently negative. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:33 MST: All the SRRL BMS Monthly Cylinder & QCFit Plots have been converted from GIF to PNG Images, which are about half the file size. This was also done in anticipation of the new WinQCFit PNG plots that will be available for future months. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:50 MST: The SRRL BMS Upwelling PIR was returned to service today @ 08:40 MST. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:37 MST: December 2004 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for ECSU and BSC have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:29 MST: December 2004 Monthly Data Sets & Reports for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:46 MST: The SRRL BMS Upwelling PIR was disconnected at 13:40 MST today for testing support equipment. The Upwelling PIR will be outputing a constant ~1324 W/m2; Net Radiation (Eppley) and Atmospheric Net Infrared (PIRs) will be bogus. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:54 MST: The cellular modem connection to SCID has been very poor for the past several days, updates are not occuring as often as they should. -Afshin Andreas
- 07:44 MST: The wireless ethernet to the NTWC M2 shed has been down and/or intermitten since January 2. Data is not updating at this time. -Afshin Andreas
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