MIDC News
Year of 2026
August 11, 2026
- 12:24 MST: The SRRL BMS Upwelling pyranometers (CMP11, CM3, LI200) were swapped out today @ 11:44 to 11:49 MST with radiometers calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-02, factors updated in logger today @ 11:46 MST (CM3, LI200) and 11:50 MST (CMP11). -Afshin Andreas
- 12:21 MST: The SRRL BMS 40-South pyranometers (CMP22, SPLite2, LI200R) were swapped out today @ 10:30 to 10:35 MST with radiometers calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-04, factors updated in logger @ 10:36 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:23 MST: The SRRL BMS Pressure Transducer was swapped out with a calibrated sensor at 09:13 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 17:15 MST: The FC M2 radiometers were swapped out today @ 13:23 to 13:34 MST with radiometers calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-02. Data logger was updated a few minutes later with new factors. -Afshin Andreas
- 15:36 MST: The BMS Global PAR (PQS1 & LI-190), Photometric (LI-210), and RG780 (PSP) sensors were calibrated today. Logger was updated with new factors at 15:33 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:24 MST: The SRRL Prede POM-01 Photometer for AOD was removed from service at 09:41 MST today so that the filters could be replaced at Prede/Japan. -Afshin Andreas
- 11:09 MST: The SRRL Global Horizontal WISER was removed from service yesterday @ 09:43 MST, calibrated against NIST FEL S/N F724, then returned to service @ 10:23 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:09 MST: All SRRL BMS Diffuse radiometers (CM22 #1, CM22 #2, SR25, SR20) were swapped out between approx. 8:05 and 9:25 MST today with instruments calibrated in BORCAL 2026-02. In general, no data loss occurred because automatic substitution was enabled with radiometers that were not being swapped at that particular moment. Logger was updated with new factors while the instruments were swapped in sets 8:05-8:28 MST (CM22 #1 and SR25) and 8:31-9:25 MST (CM22 #2, SR20). -Afshin Andreas
- 11:54 MST: FC M4 wind speed and direction sensors are operational as of 10:34 MST today. They were swapped out with calibrated sensors. Note that the Temp/RH was swapped out with a calibrated sensor on 28-May-2026. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:58 MST: The SRRL BMS 1-Axis pyranometers (CMP22, SPLite2, LI200R) were swapped out today @ 13:37 to 13:43 MST with radiometers calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-03, factors updated in logger @ 13:42 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:51 MST: February through April 2026 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated -Afshin Andreas
- 11:57 MST: The SRRL BMS 2-Axis pyranometers (CMP22, SPLite2, LI200R) were swapped out today @ 11:27 to 11:30 MST with radiometers calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-02, factors updated in logger @ 11:31 MST today. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:22 MST: All SRRL BMS Global Horizontal Shortwave Digital Radiometers were calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-02 (via signal patching), this includes: SMP12, SMP11, SR30, and MS-80S. Radiometer's internal responsivities were updated with new values (R@45) at 19:27 MST yesterday. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:31 MST: All SRRL BMS Global Horizontal and Direct Normal Shortwave Analog Radiometers were calibrated in BORCAL SW 2026-02 (via signal patching), this includes: CMP22 (vent), CMP22 #1, CMP22 #2, CMP11, CM6b, CM3, SR25, SR20, MS-80, MS-802, MS-410, MS-602, SPP, PSP, GPP, SP-510, TSP-700, SP-Lite2, ML-01, LI-200R, LI-200, SP-110, CHP1 #1, CHP1 #2, sNIP, NIP, DR20, DR02, MS-57, LI-201. Logger was updated with new calibration factors (R@45) at 09:05 MST today (09:10 MST for RvsZ for PSP). Digital Radiometers were calibrated but the factors have NOT been updated inside of the radiometers yet. -Afshin Andreas
- 18:00 MST: MIDC has been updated to reflect the new NLR Logo. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:24 MST: FC M4 was without power from March 3 @ 7:28 MST to March 11 @ 8:05 MST. When power was restored, the data logger failed and for some reason lost the program and all data. Program was restored on March 11 @ 19:35 MST, but the wind speed sensor has failed. -Afshin Andreas
- 08:06 MST: The Graphical Display for wind-based sites, such as FC M2, now show daylight savings in addition to standard time. -Afshin Andreas
- 09:06 MST: The SRRL BMS TSI-880 camera failed on Feb 27 @ 7:10 MST. All the images for the TSI-880 camera are now red, which results in the computed cloud cover to be 100% (even when it's totally clear). The cloud cover value on the BMS graphical display and BMS data should be ignored until further notice. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:01 MST: The MIDC Public Server has a problem that causes a 30-120 second delay for the generation of daily time series plot or spectral plots. This does not affect the MIDC internal server. NLR employees should continue to use the internal server until it can be resolved by the IT department. -Afshin Andreas
- 14:00 MST: January 2026 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
- 13:46 MST: The NLR Flatirons Campus (M4) meteorological tower has been added to MIDC. Data is available since December 30, 2025. -Afshin Andreas
- 12:34 MST: October 2025 through December 2025 Monthly Data Sets & Reports/Plots for SRRL BMS have been generated. -Afshin Andreas
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