TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
PREPARATION AND SITING
............................................................................................ 1-1
1.1 Installation Tasks ................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Tools
Required....................................................................................................................... 1-1
1.3 Siting
and
Exposure............................................................................................................... 1-3
1.4
Determining True North for Wind Vane Orientation............................................................... 1-5
2. TOWER/TRIPOD
INSTALLATION
................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Tower/Tripod
Installation
2.2
Sensor Mounting Brackets
3. INSTRUMENTATION
INSTALLATION
........................................................................... 3-1
3.1
Enclosure, Datalogger, and Power Supply
3.2 Sensor
Connection
3.3
Communication and Data Storage Peripherals
3.4
Sealing and Desiccating the Enclosure
4. SENSOR
INSTALLATION
.................................................................................................. 4-1
4.1 034A
Met
One Windset.......................................................................................................... 4-1
4.2
014A Met One Wind Speed Sensor....................................................................................... 4-1
4.3
024A Met One Wind Direction Sensor................................................................................... 4-2
4.4
05103 and 05305 RM Young Wind Monitors......................................................................... 4-2
4.5
03001 RM Young Wind Sentry Wind Set............................................................................... 4-3
4.6
03101 RM Young Wind Sentry Anemometer ........................................................................ 4-3
4.7
LI200S Li-Cor Silicon Pyranometer/LI190SB Quantum Sensor ............................................ 4-4
4.8 107/108
Temperature Probe.................................................................................................. 4-4
4.9
107B Soil Temperature Probe ............................................................................................... 4-5
4.10
CS500 Vaisala Temperature and RH Probe ......................................................................... 4-5
4.11
HMP35C Vaisala Temperature and RH Probe...................................................................... 4-6
4.12
CS105 Vaisala Barometric Pressure Sensor......................................................................... 4-6
4.13
TE525 Texas Electronics Tipping Bucket Rain Gage............................................................ 4-7
4.14 CS700-L
Rain Gage............................................................................................................... 4-7
4.15 SR50
Sonic
Ranging Sensor ................................................................................................. 4-8
4.16
CS615-L Water Content Reflectometer ................................................................................. 4-8
4.17
237 Leaf Wetness Sensor ..................................................................................................... 4-9
4.18
257 Soil Moisture Sensor....................................................................................................... 4-9
4.19
Wind Direction Sensor Orientation ...................................................................................... 4-10
5. SOFTWARE
INSTALLATION
............................................................................................ 5-1
6.
MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING
.............................................................. 6-1
6.1 Maintenance .......................................................................................................................... 6-1
6.2 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................... 6-2
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