A complete cleaning of the CREWS station in La Parguera, Puerto Rico was performed on February 6, 2008 by Francisco Soto and Katie Flynn.
The validation CT was installed at 8:50am and removed at 12:15am. The station was cleaned between 10:10 and 10:55 am.
The cement around the base needs to be replaced.
This site is for recording maintenance records of the La Parguera Marine Reserve NOAA ICON/CREWS station for data management purposes. Please update this blog whenever new operations are performed in the field, so that NOAA/AOML can coordinate data management efforts with the La Parguera ICON/CREWS station field efforts.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
Cleaning update january 16, 2008
A complete cleaning of the CREWS station in La Parguera, Puerto Rico was performed on January 16, 2008 by Joselyd Garcia and Katie Flynn.
The validation CT was installed at 7:50am and removed at 12:10am. The station was cleaned between 9:05 and 10:00am.
The cement around the base plate is deteriorating and needs to be replaced!
The validation CT was installed at 7:50am and removed at 12:10am. The station was cleaned between 9:05 and 10:00am.
The cement around the base plate is deteriorating and needs to be replaced!
Friday, December 21, 2007
December 17, 2007 Update
A complete cleaning of the CREWS station in La Parguera, Puerto Rico was performed on December 17, 2007 by Dannise Ruiz and Katie Flynn.
The validation CT was installed at 8:30am and removed at 12:15am. The station was cleaned between 10:10 and 10:55am.
The base looks noticeably worse than last time. The concrete is crumbling away from the metal base on all sides.
The validation CT was installed at 8:30am and removed at 12:15am. The station was cleaned between 10:10 and 10:55am.
The base looks noticeably worse than last time. The concrete is crumbling away from the metal base on all sides.
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
December Update
A complete cleaning of the CREWS station in La Parguera, Puerto Rico was performed on November 29, 2007 by Alex Mercado and Katie Flynn.
The validation CT was installed at 8:50am and removed at 1:15pm. The station was cleaned between 10:10 and 11:30am.
The validation CT was installed at 8:50am and removed at 1:15pm. The station was cleaned between 10:10 and 11:30am.
Friday, November 09, 2007
Cleaning Update November 2, 2007
A complete cleaning of the CREWS station in La Parguera, Puerto Rico was performed on November 2, 2007 by Francisco Soto and Katie Flynn.
The validation CT was installed at 7:50am and removed at 11:10am. The station was cleaned between 9:10 and 9:50am.
The shallow light sensor is not as stable as it was before it was replaced in September, but it doesn't seem to be in danger of coming loose.
The validation CT was installed at 7:50am and removed at 11:10am. The station was cleaned between 9:10 and 9:50am.
The shallow light sensor is not as stable as it was before it was replaced in September, but it doesn't seem to be in danger of coming loose.
Monday, October 15, 2007
CREWS validation October 12, 2007
A complete cleaning of the CREWS station in La Parguera, Puerto Rico was performed on October 12, 2007 by Alex Mercado and Katie Flynn.
The validation CT was installed at 6:50am and removed at 10:15am. The station was cleaned between 8:05 and 8:50am.
The concrete of the base plate is crumbling, but looks about the same as it did in September when Jules and Madeline were here. The CTD's that were installed at the time wobble around quite a bit, but don't seem to be in any danger of coming loose.
The validation CT was installed at 6:50am and removed at 10:15am. The station was cleaned between 8:05 and 8:50am.
The concrete of the base plate is crumbling, but looks about the same as it did in September when Jules and Madeline were here. The CTD's that were installed at the time wobble around quite a bit, but don't seem to be in any danger of coming loose.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Field Trip Completed
In the week of September 17th - 21st, 2007, a team from AOML visited the La Parguera station to swap out almost every component of the station and to check for structural damage or deterioration. The team consisted of Jules Craynock, Madeleine Adler and Mike Jankulak. Boat operations, in particular the complicated anchoring at the pylon, were carried out by UPRM's Katy Fynn.
Instruments replaced: Wind Monitor / Electronic Compass, Vaisala Weather Station, Surface BIC, Shallow BIC, Deep BIC, Shallow CTD, Deep CTD. Of these, the new Wind Monitor / Compass and the new Vaisala WXT were deployed with new cables; the other five instrument cables were not replaced.
Transmitter work: the GOES HDR transmitter failed following the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 20th. On this trip, the satellite antenna, the antenna cable and the GOES HDR transmitter itself were all replaced.
Electronics work: the station's control unit (or "brain") underwent extensive modifications in its time on land. The power/ground rack (which previously required 14 delicate screwdriver connections to be made/unmade while balancing at the top of the pylon) was replaced, and new hardware was added (and exhaustively labeled) to upgrade this station to the "weather resistant" plugs now used at our newer stations in St. Croix and Jamaica. This also required re-wiring 7 connectors (27 wires) at the top of the stick. Though time-consuming, this upgrade will make future visits significantly easier to accomplish. Also while on land, the station's logger program was updated to send more extensive instrument diagnostics and to collect data from the Vaisala WXT every 30 seconds (as is done in St. Croix and Jamaica) instead of every 6 minutes.
Miscellaneous: the experimental SAMI-pH sensor, which was not connected to the station, was removed and retrieved to land. The SAMI-pCO2 sensor, though non-functional, was left in place for want of a "dummy plug" to protect the station's exposed cable end. The "Groundtruth" CT was connected during reinstallation to ensure its re-wiring had been done correctly. The station needs CT brackets and all new hose clamps on instruments. Other underwater work and observations will likely be covered in a separate blog entry.
Status: as of Saturday, September 22nd, all station instruments appear to be operational, save the SAMI-pCO2 which failed on August 8th and still requires intervention. A temporary glitch in the logger's internal clock appears to have been fixed from land on Thursday evening. Initial problems with the Shallow CTD, the Shallow BIC and the Surface BIC (Thursday morning) appear to have been resolved. Station transmissions are once again reliable and complete. We will be watching the CTD depths and the wind speeds/directions over time to see if they appear consistent.
-- Mike Jankulak
Instruments replaced: Wind Monitor / Electronic Compass, Vaisala Weather Station, Surface BIC, Shallow BIC, Deep BIC, Shallow CTD, Deep CTD. Of these, the new Wind Monitor / Compass and the new Vaisala WXT were deployed with new cables; the other five instrument cables were not replaced.
Transmitter work: the GOES HDR transmitter failed following the passage of Hurricane Dean on August 20th. On this trip, the satellite antenna, the antenna cable and the GOES HDR transmitter itself were all replaced.
Electronics work: the station's control unit (or "brain") underwent extensive modifications in its time on land. The power/ground rack (which previously required 14 delicate screwdriver connections to be made/unmade while balancing at the top of the pylon) was replaced, and new hardware was added (and exhaustively labeled) to upgrade this station to the "weather resistant" plugs now used at our newer stations in St. Croix and Jamaica. This also required re-wiring 7 connectors (27 wires) at the top of the stick. Though time-consuming, this upgrade will make future visits significantly easier to accomplish. Also while on land, the station's logger program was updated to send more extensive instrument diagnostics and to collect data from the Vaisala WXT every 30 seconds (as is done in St. Croix and Jamaica) instead of every 6 minutes.
Miscellaneous: the experimental SAMI-pH sensor, which was not connected to the station, was removed and retrieved to land. The SAMI-pCO2 sensor, though non-functional, was left in place for want of a "dummy plug" to protect the station's exposed cable end. The "Groundtruth" CT was connected during reinstallation to ensure its re-wiring had been done correctly. The station needs CT brackets and all new hose clamps on instruments. Other underwater work and observations will likely be covered in a separate blog entry.
Status: as of Saturday, September 22nd, all station instruments appear to be operational, save the SAMI-pCO2 which failed on August 8th and still requires intervention. A temporary glitch in the logger's internal clock appears to have been fixed from land on Thursday evening. Initial problems with the Shallow CTD, the Shallow BIC and the Surface BIC (Thursday morning) appear to have been resolved. Station transmissions are once again reliable and complete. We will be watching the CTD depths and the wind speeds/directions over time to see if they appear consistent.
-- Mike Jankulak
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