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10. Daily Checks
Check if current time is displayed on CR23X. This means that data logger has power and
that it is taking data.
After transfer of data to laptop, do the following:
- Open data file with spreadsheet program. Check that there is no data missing between
data transfer from previous day and current data transfer. If there is data missing,
retrieve data once more from CR23X. If data is still missing, record missing time
period in field logbook.
- If no data has been recorded, first check connection to power. If power is connected
and if the current time is displayed on the CR23X, but still no data, notify Markus
The data will be checked for completeness at Hopkins (either Markus Pahlow or Jan
Kleissl will do this every day) using computer programs especially written for this
purpose.
No calibration is necessary for the CSAT3. It only needs to be recalibrated if any of the
transducers of the 3-D sonic have been bent. If that is the case, the instrument has to be
shipped to Campbell Sci., Logan, Utah. Replace instrument with spare JHU 3-D sonic
anemometer, which is stored at Johns Hopkins Univ. Call Markus Pahlow or Jan Kleissl.
11. Maintenance
The CSAT3 is unable to measure wind when water droplets are present on the face of the
transducers. The CSAT3 will be ready to measure wind as soon as the water droplets
evaporate or are removed by the station operator. Remove the water droplets by dabbing
a cotton swab or tissue on the face of the transducer.
12. Safety issues
None.
References:
Albertson JD, Parlange MB, Kiely G, Eichinger WE, 1997: The average dissipation rate
of turbulent kinetic energy in the neutral and unstable atmospheric surface layer, J.
Geophys. Res., 102, 13423-13432.
Porte-Agel F, Parlange MB, Meneveau C, Eichinger WE, Pahlow M, 2000: Su/jointfilesconvert/334434/bgrid-scale
dissipation in the atmospheric surface layer: Effects of stability and filter dimension, J.
Hydromet., 1, 75-87.
Pahlow M, Parlange MB, Porte-Agel F, 2001: On Monin-Obukhov Similarity in the
Stable Atmospheric Boundary Layer, Bound. Layer Meteor., in press.
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