More issues with the BF3, thought we had these resolved back in December 09. Oh well. Talked with our contact at the manufacturer and they are very willing to help. Following confirmation with the tower climber’s this morning, if needed, they will overnight a new unit for installation, which hopefully we could install later this week. The Trupulse issues, just ordered the mounting arm and bracket to avoid any of the compass magnetic interference issues we had from the tripod. Need to do a quick calibration in the field to verify previous data points. Beauty of the Hawaii time zone difference.
Today's objectives are to:
- Resolve the BF3 issue, – update: the BF3 sensor seems to be fine, I am downloading data now to verify, it was actually the CR upwelling radiation sensor that had condensation issues, what a relief!
- Order the Trupulse components, update: ordered, should arrive by Wednesday.
- Finish the leaf oven,
- 2-3 more hours of GPS points for traverse 8 and 3
- Change datalogger desiccants,
- Download middle elevation tower data, – have key from Hilo and now heading to the forest to download. am dropping off a new BF3 desiccant package if needed at later date in zip lock container.
- Recharge desiccant here in the house.
