- 104: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS IND ARPT, Wed 14-Apr-2004 12:14:33 GMT, MISS Profiler Parameter File Change and corrected beam angles
When James and Charlie changed the par file last night the beam angles never got changed. This morning at 11:40 14 april 04 utc I changed the beam angles to match the radar.par file they changed out and I added a RASS quiet time 0100 to 1600utc. I also saved this as radar.par.
Beam angles changed from
22 56deg
21 146
38 56
26 236
25 146
37 326
to
22 48
21 138
38 48
26 228
25 138
37 318
Changed par file to turb_105.par because sounding showed winds
above 3000 m above 20 m s-1 from 290 deg.
- 98: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS at MAPR, Tue 13-Apr-2004 12:30:50 GMT, MAPR Down due to generator failure
Arrived at MAPR site 4:30 AM to find all dark & quiet.
Fan belt on generator broke sometime overnight.
Determined problem, notifed United Rentals and
and launched sonde from MISS at IND at 5:21 AM.
- 87: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS IND ARPT, Tue 06-Apr-2004 21:05:30 GMT, Tuesday, 6 April 2004: MISS profiler clock time fixed
On the MISS profiler computer, Under Windows, start, settings, control panel,
date/time, Shane (with Bill Brown on the phone) changed the Time Zone
from "GMT Daylight Time" to "Greenwich Standard Time" by going to the
second tab ("Time Zone") and selecting "[GMT] Monrovia, Casablanca".
This had the intended result of changing the time from 9:43 PM to 8:43 PM
(21:43 to 20:43) and is now in agreement with the Display Manager time
of 20:43.
To avoid confusion or loss of data previously collected data, we plan to
wait 1 hour to resume profiler operations, and we will also fix the wind
direction problem observed in the MISS profiler at that time.
Note: this problem was caused by Europe advancing their clock by 1 hour
one week sooner than US.
- 81: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS IND ARPT, Fri 02-Apr-2004 17:56:02 GMT, Profiler clock one hour out
Found profiler and sounding PC were both one hour fast.
Probably they tried to automatically adjust for daylight saving time.
The Display Manager computer is correct so we will need to go back and carefully compare times and observations to find out exactly when the problem occurred.
- 33: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS IND ARPT, Sat 13-Mar-2004 17:07:05 GMT, MISS Profiler backup log
Add any backup activities at MISS to this TKLOG entry.
[add details here on procedures for AUTORUN xcopy32 avent, CD handling,
deleting data from D:\RADAR\DATA, labeling CD's]
CD-LIST
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Sierra Rotors POP-CD#1 MISS PROFILER *.SPC D04059 - D04068 (Feb 28-Mar 08 2004)
- 16: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS IND ARPT, Fri 05-Mar-2004 21:25:26 GMT, Instructions for updating POP PAR files with new beam directions
POP uses parameter files to specify how the profiler should operate. The
specific files will be described in another tklog entry.
Because MISS is a mobile system, the beam direction information must be
reset each time the antenna is moved.
MISS has a KVH flux gate compass which measured the antenna angles (magnetic)
and uses input from the MISS GPS for the local magnetic declination angle.
With this information, Gary has created a script/program to update all
the parameter files in the C:/radar/ directory on the profiler PC. To
run, click the icon on the display manager PC labeled "Update POP PAR files"
The antenna angles should be checked with a compass also.
This program will also update the LAT and LON in all parameter files.
If it works correctly, the operator must still update by hand
1. ALTITUDE (alt-F3 screen) - set by GPS, prior notes, or topo map.
2. RASS QUIET TIME (F5 screen) - 00-00, except at airport use 01-16Z.
- 5: IMPORTANT IMPORTANT, Site MISS IND ARPT, Tue 02-Mar-2004 22:24:56 GMT, Profiler parameter sets
PRESET MISS PAR FILES AND NOTES
PAR FILE RESOLUTION NYQUIST HT RANGE
--------------------------------------------------------
CLR_60.par 60 m 10.1 m/s 0.20 - 4.34 km
CLR_105.par 105 m 10.1 m/s 0.18 - 4.80 km
TURB_60.par 60 m 20.2 m/s 0.20 - 4.34 km
TURB_105.par 105 m 20.2 m/s 0.18 - 4.80 km
RAIN_60.par 60 m 20.5 m/s 0.20 - 5.05 km
RAIN_105.par 105 m 20.5 m/s 0.18 - 8.69 km
CLR_60 has worked during most IOP's. It has a wide enought Nyquist
for the (lack of) waves so far. But sometimes CLR_105 could be better
during times of weak signal (evening, night, early morning).
Only use the TURB parameter files if a wide Nyquist is needed.
RAIN_60 is a lot like TURB_60.
RAIN_105 should be used if a high altitude mode is needed.
Run Gary's program to set beam angles and LAT/LON
NOTE! RESTART POP AFTER TO RUN WITH NEW VALUES
Check beam angles with compass
Set ALTITUDE from GPS or earlier measurement
When at Independece Airport set RASS QUIET TIME to
OFF AT 01Z (5pm), ON AT 16Z (8am)
(actual performace: First runs at 8:30, last runs at 5pm)