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Month: August 2015

08/27/2015

150826 LML part 3

here’s another view you can see that the drops would come off the optical rain sensor and still drip into the bucket.

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08/27/2015

150826 LML part 2

Installed the optical rain sensor on the drip tray at LML.  It’s a bit kludge but it does work.  20150826_180744

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08/26/2015

150826 LML

First sample in August!!  About 10 mL.  System ran on timer last night between 1 am and 8 am.  Setting up with optical sensor mounted to the drip tray of the passive collector.

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08/17/2015

150817 LML

Set up LML active sampler today.  Fog has returned after heat wave.  Missed fog event at LML last night, but fog was not seen at UCSC.  Confined to immediate coastline.

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08/13/2015

BML 150813

Collected 175 ml of sample. Sample was clear. Blank sample of 200 ml. Aliqout of 10ml taken for ion analysis. Sample collected at 1100.

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08/12/2015

BML 150812

Collected 180 ml of sample. Sample was clear. Blank sample of 150ml. Aliqout of 10ml taken for ion analysis. Sample collected at 1230.

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08/10/2015

150809 UCSC

Collected a meager 3 mL of fog water sample.  Consistent clouds every night but not much at ground level.  System cleaned and blank taken.

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08/07/2015

UCSC 150805

Soaked all active components of fog collector in 10% acid bath for 3 hours and rinsed thoroughly with DI

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08/07/2015

UCSC 150807

Rain and thunderstorms last night but very little sample collected (< 3 mL) and not kept.  Collector cleaned per standard protocol

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