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29 Dec 10 |
Solar irradiance data again on-line.
Starting today at 14:30 solar radiation data from the Vantage
Pro Plus backup are displayed and stored at ch. 6 (Solarkip),
replacing the readings from the malfunctioning Kip&Zonen
pyranometer.
The readings of both sensors are tolerably close, certainly so
during this winter period of low solar intensity. For more
details, see the last link at the 22Dec10 news.
Relevant graphs will be ok tomorrow ("today") and in
7days ("previous"). |
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23 Dec 10 |
Solar radiation data problem (continued):
1. On the Live data page (today_01.html) the link to the live
Vantage Pro Backup station was corrupt (due to a change of the
webserver; my fault!). This has been corrected, and the link
"current" under the heading "BKP STATION"
shows current Vantage Pro data, among them solar radiation.
2. The batch file making the ddmmyy.txt file had a problem.
Seems to be ok now.... |
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22 Dec 10 |
Attention:
Solar pyranometer (ch.6) went bad this morning. Repair probably
impossible in the short run.
I programmed a quick kludge to access the data of the Vantage
Pro backup station (previous day data):
An example: If today is 22DEC2010, the data from the previous
day (which contains total solar irradiance) may be accessed by:
http://meteo.lcd.lu/data/211210.txt
In general:
http://meteo.lcd.lu/data/ddmmyy.txt
You are on your own with this!
This short paper might be of interest:
http://meteo.lcd.lu/papers/comparison_vantage/vantage_calibration.html |
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21 Dec 10 |
Main Linux computer did not restart properly yesterday, sorry
for the missing live data. Resumed today at 08:00 UTC. No data
lost. |
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20 Dec 10 |
1. Maintenance an recalibration work
2. Made backup images from several computers --> no live data
from 09:00 to 12:30 |
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08 Nov 10 |
A couple of weeks ago Eduardo Ferreyra, the president of the
FAEC = Argentine Foundation of Ecology visited meteoLCD.
Here are his very positive and friendly comments (in
Spanish) |
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01 Nov 10 |
Uploaded September and October data into the data archive. Sorry
for the delay with sep10.dat. |
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28 Oct 10 |
The computer managing the radioactivity sensor went bad a couple
of days ago. Repaired.
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17 Oct 10 |
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I was informed only today that Ernst-Georg Beck which
whom I had many exchanges, and who visited meteoLCD some
time ago, passed away the 22th Sep. 2010. He was
co-author of the
paper on "Accurate estimation of CO2..." which we
wrote for the Klima2009 conference in Nov. 2009. He will
be deeply missed. Two obituaries in German can be found
here and
here, one in English
here. |
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12 Oct 10 |
All gas sensors were connected to big UPS (up until now only
computers were protected by UPS).. Spikes in data series to
temporarly powering down. |
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27 Sep 10 |
Maintenance by Envitec. NOx sensor repaired and back on-line. |
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22 Sep 10 |
There is a new weblog by F. Massen on moist enthalpy on Prof.
Roger Pielke's blog "Climatescience".
Look
here for the original contribution and
here for a PDF version. |
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16 Sep 10 |
1. Thermal regulation of UVB sensor back to normal
2. Moist enthalpy: formula used has been slightly modified (link
to full article asap) and y axis has been reduced to [0..80]
for better precision.. Near-live graphs now out of test phase. |
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14 Sep 10 |
The thermal regulation (Peltier cooler/heater, see channel 18 )
of the UVB sensor behaves erratically since the 06Sep10 18:00.
If the problem cannot be solved, the sensor will be replaced. |
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11 Sep 10 |
1. I am back from 3 weeks hiking in the Rocky Mountains and
doing grand-parent job for a week.
2. The whole equipment ran fine, with the exception of the
webcam-proxy computer, who lost power due to loose power cord
(hmm...); probably not many did notice this!
3. Maintenance and recalibration work. Upload of September data
to data archive asap. |
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06 Aug 10 |
Uploaded jul10.dat to data archive. |
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05 Aug 10 |
Maintenance and calibration work on the CO2 and O3 sensors.
Rain-gauge was blocked by dirt (since ?? days); cleaned. |
22 Jul
10 |
I wrote a short article on the measurement of moist enthalpy
which is published today as a guest post on Prof. Roger Pielke's
blog ClimateScience (see here).
To illustrate, I added the graph of moist enthalpy to the page
of the near-live
data. Read here a
comment by Prof. Fucaloro, Claremont Colleges, California. |
16 Jul
10 |
Prof. Roger Pielke Sr. has added to his well-known blog a short
comment of mine concerning moist enthalpy and WBGT measures (see
here).
I added to the live-data window the graphs (of today and
previous 7 days) of the moist enthalpy (in KJ/kg). As
calculations are a bit fiddly, consider this for the moment as
being in beta test. |
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09 Jul 10 |
Calibration and maintenance work on all sensors. |
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07 Jul 10 |
Uploaded June 2010 data to data archive. |
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30 Jun 10 |
1.
There is a serious problem with the NOx sensor since 24Jun10:
the internal ozone generator seems to fail. If I am unable to
repair, the NOx sensor will be shut down until 17Sep10, date of
the next large Envitec maintenance.
I found the fault: the flow rate through the instrument is too
low. All the usual controls/replacements/checks do not give a
reliable continuous operation, so the AC31M is switched off
at 08:50.
2. Added Bezier smoothing curve to dobson graph |
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18 Jun 10 |
Maintenance, calibration and repair work by Envicontrol. |
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12 Jun 10 |
There was an interruption in the data transfer from the meteoLCD
station to the Restena webserver meteo.lcd.lu starting the 10th
Jun 2010. The cause was a change of name I was unaware of. OK
again since today No data are lost. |
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06 Jun 10 |
Uploaded May 2010 data to archive. |
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10 May 10 |
Maintenance and calibration work. |
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02 May 10 |
Uploaded April 2010 data to data archive. First short but
distinctive thunderstorm of the year. |
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29 Apr 10 |
WBGT heatstress sensor reactivated today at 08:00 UTC |
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05 Apr 10 |
Uploaded March 2010 data to archive. |
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11 Mar 10 |
Urgent work at the computers: there was a somewhat obscure NIC
problem with the replaced logger computer. Images made from
several computers. Big UPS (5000VA) batteries replaced; this is
heavy work. |
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05 Mar 10 |
1 LAN problem with our DMZ (starting after 07:00).Repaired.
2. Main computer ( = computer making the downloads from the
logger) HD died also after 07:00 today (don't ask why...) Replaced computer.
3. UVA sensor is back from recalibration at Solar Light.
Reinstalled instrument and adjusted relevant logger factor at
10:00 |
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03 Mar 10 |
Replaced aging UV lamp of the API ozone sensor (ground ozone)
whit a new one (09:30) |
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02 Mar 10 |
Some teething problems with the new lightning computer (software
and parametrization). OK now. |
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01 Mar 10 |
The lightning computer was down since Nov. 2009. Today Jean
Mootz and myself installed a new computer (an older refurbished
FSC E600) with the latest version of the Lightning2000 software
from Aninoquisi.. |
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Feb 10 |
Storm Cynthia caused a power outage; because of missing UPS, an
fuse blew when power came back. Repaired at 17:00.
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| 23
Feb 10 |
The O3 sensor UV lamp problem showed up again, just the day I
left for a week abroad. I managed today to solve the problem by
carefully repositioning the lamp, which nevertheless is close to
agonizing and must be replaced asap.
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| 08
Feb 10 |
1. Ozone sensor went bad the 5th Feb10 (no output). The cause is
probably the UV lamp reaching the lowest permitted limit of
luminosity. I checked this morning: actual reading = 2498mV,
lowest permitted = 2500mV. After some time, and opening the case
to improve cooling, reading went up to 2503mV and output is
again available. But this is dangerous living, and the lamp must
be replaced asap.
2. UVA sensor is back to Solar Light for recalibration. No UVA
data for the moment.
3. There was a power outage at ~13:30; when power came back, a
fuse blew and all computers and some sensors came down. Ok again
at approx. 16:00.
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| 07
Feb 10 |
Uploaded jan10.dat to data archive. |
| 15
Jan 10 |
1. Maintenance work by Envicontrol
2. Still an unsolved Gnuplot problem with the 7 days graphs... |
| 13
Jan 10 |
1. I repaired the meteo04 Linux computer and put it again online.
Be prepared for some disorder in the icons or live graphs...
2. A further problem was a change in the newest 4.2 version of
Gnuplot concerning line styles, so all the scripts had to be
updated (15:30). The seven days graphs will (probably) be
ok tomorrow. |
| 02
Jan 10 |
1. The malfunction of several equipments and the
communication was due to a big UPS going dead. Not many data are
lost (only those whose sensors rely on the UPS outlet).
Reetablished working at 09:30.
2. If something goes wrong, more will follow! The hard disk of
the main Linux computer is dead-sick. I replaced this computer
with a very old one. Live data are running again, but be
careful, the scripts are old and I had not the time to recheck
everything... |
| 01
Jan 10 |
1. The usual new year problem with the 7 days
graphs.. as the logger file does not contain the year, Gnuplot
gets confused the 1rst week of every new year. This will self
correct the 7th January.
2. LAN problem started at 03:00 today. Will be repaired asap. No
life data for the moment!
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