Time Line (Notes from Log,
Summary Files and Backup Tapes) for 1996 Data
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Event at Slough Run Numbers Summary File Backup Tape
ONE-CHANNEL ATTENUATION MEASUREMENT
11-3-96 Set up to measure attenuation.
Ch A = transducer drive, Ch B =
received signal, N to S.
61103.004-036 dws61103.035 tar70208
11-5-96 Check data on way to Sacramento.
61105.001-123?) dws61105.115 tar70208
Runs 116-125?
11-12-96 The USGS is installing equipment
- 3 ADCP's, 2 S4 current meters.
61112.001-119 dws61112.116 tar70208
Runs 117-119 during tests
11-19-96 At the Slough to pick up data.
The ADCP is apparently still installed,
from the end of the pier.
11-19-96 Back at the lab: I verified that
the time we record is correct.
61119.001-119 dws61119.108 tar70208
Runs 109-119?
11-26-96 At the Slough to observe the USGS
retrieve their instruments. The computer
was hung up because the m-sequence
generator had been un-plugged, and didn't
restart properly. I restarted the m-
sequence generator, THEN stopped that
data during run 119.
61126.001-.112 dws61126.112 tar71124
61202.000-.162 dws61202.162 tar71124
12-11-96 Installed a cable from the pier
to the near piling. Data-taking
continued uninterrupted.
12-12-96 Connected the cable installed the
day before.
61212.002-.171 dws61212.171 tar70208
61222.000-162 dws61222.162 tar70208
70101.000-027 dws70101.027 tar70208
70102.000-190 dws70102.156 tar70208
START OF 1997 cur files dws file tar file(s)
1-16-97 At Slough to collect data. The
near pier is GONE. Disk full. Bring
apparatus back to SFSU.
END OF WINTER 96-97 RUN
START SUMMER 97 RUN
6-13-79 Install a new preamp at 3-Mile
Slough
6-14-97 Put on connectors, test preamps;
V-sig/V/drive - 1:10,000; Start taking
data after 5 months off the air.
70614.005-102 dws70614.102 tar70813.dir
6-20-97 Collect data; take computer to
SFSU for repairs
70622.007-034 tests tar70813.dir
6-24-97 Computer repaired; data bad?
ERROR IN PROGRAM TRACKING
500-event runs! R058-977 deleted. 70624.023-977 tar70813.dir
6-27-97 Turn system off.
7-5-97 FOUND ERROR IN PINK (data acqui-
sition program); currrent values have
been wrong since waveform averaging
was introduced (Aug 1996?)
7-9-97 Start taking data.
70709.016-231 dws70709.231 tar70813.dir
7-22-97 Collect data; leave on backpacking
trip.
Need to restore cws files. 70722.000-192 dws70722.021 tar70912.dir
70802.000-034 dws70802.034 tar70912.dir
70804.000-140 dws70804.140 tar70912.dir
8-13-97 7:47, run 141: hard disk is full.
8-15-97 Collect data; change video card.
70815.005-081 dws70815.081 tar70912.dir
No signal! 70821.000-371 tar70912.dir
8-16-97 14:18 Run 15: signals fall to
zero. Piling destroyed? Noise from here on.
9-8097 9:25, run 372: hard disk is full.
9-12-97 Computer stopped, breadboard power
supply out. Take computer back to SFSU.
9-20-97 Discovered that cables 3 and 4 are
broken. Leave 13:00, pilings intact.
9-24-97 Mike Simpson found the far piling
gone.
9-27-97 Take apparatus back to SFSU.