CW3E id: BBY
CDEC id: BBY
NWS id: BBYC1
Lat/Long: 38.318328 / -123.072860
Elevation: 13m
Team Lead: Lisa Katz
Install Date: Jan. 1, 2017
Permit Expires: April 1, 2025
Watershed: Russian
Telemetry: Cell
Monument: Tripod
Land Owners: UC Davis
Permit Type: RAMS
Site Type: RadMet

The RAD-Met is located in the Bodega Marine Reserve southwest of the laboratory buildings ( siting doc ).

  • AC power is provided from a GFCI outlet on the NW corner of an adjacent laboratory building ( photo ).
  • All equipment has been placed on the ground surface on a variety of stand and tripods. No ground disturbance is allowed.  The site is close to the ocean and high levels of corrosion can be expected so materials used should be selected with this in mind.  All mechanical parts should be fabricated with 316 stainless steel as allowable.
  • The RAD-Met enclosure is made of 316SS.  It is mounted on a unistrut stand fabricated from 316SS.  The stand sits on a wooden pallet ( photo ). The enclosure is covered by a wood box to minimize solar heat gain.  The box is designed to cover all four sides of the enclosure and must be lifted off over the RF antenna to access the enclosure.  The enclosure is oriented so that the door opens away from the prevailing wind direction.
  • The Campbell Scientific SurfaceMet is mounted on a tripod adjacent to the RAD-Met ( photo ). The tipping bucket is mounted on an adjacent tripod that has a 25 lb weighlifting plate hanging underneath ( photo ).
  • The MRR is mounted on METEK's aluminum tripod designed for the sensor and staked to the ground (photo). The MRR heater is not in use as this site does not see freezing temperatures. [ The MRR is not currently installed]
  • All cables run along the ground surface and are covered in split loom.
  • Surface Met telemetry is unstable since December 2023.  At most recent attempt in July 2024, telemetry connected for 5 days before breaking again. More work is needed onsite, a thorough redesign and reinstallation of the RadMet is expected in 2025.


Tasks

Due Owner Created By Details
-- -- Lisa Katz completely upgrade BBY to a standard RADMet including new enclosure if needed (enclosure added 2021 - but probably needs completely new backplate etc to be standard); definitely new enclosure cover note we may still exclude disdrometer due to the difficulty of keeping it maintained in the salty air - and NOAA has one farther back by the ARO. definitely include GPS since we cannot access NOAA’s instruments anymore due to their private company gps contract. If we need to do band-aids instead Make sure the RS407 is not relying on power from a USB port on the rugged computer. The radios should have has a separate DC power source in the enclosure. Use this unit from McMaster-Carr or something with similar specs: Adapter Cord, Positive, 12V DC, 1.0 Amps, 2.5 mm End ID x 120/240V AC. Swap out the T/RH (pretty confident it is over its calibration cycle, and we have since upgraded to Hygrovue - is this possible with CR300?) swap out the precip gage (HSA corrodes extremely quickly and we aren’t using those with radmets anymore - suggest this be a Texas Electronics gage). The tripod the rain gage is on is also extremely corroded. It was cleaned and leveled but the tripod top can be turned very easily.
-- -- Hart Wanetick MRR_tracking:_https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OQ-SXmHUTv0w-Le3AD9F2DGI0ca5GsflaLu31lyvjKg/edit?usp=sharing Disdrometer_tracking:_https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cSy5cL6ekDed0hQw_Z_lpkHdihmHBYTLItSFT7gsXEA/edit?gid=0#gid=0


Sensors

TypeLabelModelSNInstalled On
Air Temperature/Relative HumidityCampbell Scientific215XXXXXJan. 1, 2017
BarometerViasalaPtb110/CS106M3040349Jan. 1, 2017
MRRMetekMRR20509096099Jan. 1, 2017
Tipping BucketHachXXXXXXXXXJan. 1, 2017


Other Equipment

TypeLabelModelSNInstalled On
ComputerNuvo7006LP/PoEK0706743 (confirm with now blurry pic)March 29, 2021
Data LoggerCampbell ScientificCR3002087Jan. 1, 2017
UPSTripp-LiteXXXXXXXXXJan. 1, 2017
Cell ModemSierra WirelessGX450LA62130217001003Jan. 1, 2017


Visits

OnSummary
July 31, 2024Telemetry down.
July 26, 2024Tim Sandwina from BML facilities reinstates connectivity
June 24, 2024Sarah B and Lisa K recover non-working MRR
March 5, 2024Surface met data transferring issue.
Feb. 5, 2024Anna noticed surface met data stopped transferring to Skyriver
Dec. 18, 2023Anna reinstates surface met communication
March 15, 2023re-leveled MRR
Jan. 9, 2023Ava, El surveyed the site, took pictures and recorded serial numbers
May 31, 2022Windows install/updates
Dec. 1, 2021GPS antenna removed
March 29, 2021Computer no longer recognized


Funding Sources

StartEndSource
Jan. 1, 2017 -- USACE FIRO