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Known Issues with Gauge Data Rain Gauge: GPM Precipitation Science Research Facility

Known Issues with Gauge Data

2015

December 2015




December 4, 2015

Rubber band on Gauge B impeding flow. One tip on Gauge B at this time. 



November 2015


November 17, 2015

Site 15 Silva Rd: Changed IP address



October 2015


October 27, 2015

Site 13 Menning Farm: Platform was nudged. Could have been from the horses on the 

property. Possible false tips when this occured.



August 2015


August 27, 2014

Site 14 Fairmount Landfill: GPS was unscrewed from gauge platform. Unsure of effect to data.



July 2015

July 24, 2015

NASA0002 Sigrist Farm: Can on gauge had fallen off. Can was tightened and screws replaced. 




June 2015


June 26, 2015

NASA0007 Gerlach: Gauge A has a huge bias. Lots of dirt located in the funnel. Cleaned 

and now is reporting.



June 16, 2015

NASA0008 Williams St Well: Gauges not sending packets. Reset black box and ran test 

packet successfully.



June 6, 2015

NASA0011 YMCA: Gauge A not tipping. Rubber band still on gauge. 



June 4, 2015

NASA0001 Lowes: Gauge A's bucket is not tipping. Off pivots. Tightened pivots and is 

now reporting correctly.


May 2015


May 21, 2015

NASA0001 Lowes: Both gauges were removed for calibration and replaced on May 27, 2015.



April 2015


April 28, 2015

NASA0021 James East: Gauge A's was tipped off of the gauge.




February 2015



February 3, 2015

NASA0018 Plywood Plant: Replaced a dead battery



January 2015


January 15, 2015

Dead battery was swapped out.



January 6, 2015

NASA0010 Lankford Farm: Dead battery was swapped out.



January 6, 2015

NASA0001 Lowes: Battery was dead and was replaced. 



January 6, 2015

NASA0024 Doc Johnson: Replaced a dead battery on platform.