AWS ID: 8913 SITE NAME: FRANKLIN ISLAND LOCATION : LAT 76.24 S LONG 168.66 E FRANKLIN ISLAND HEIGHT : 274 M DATE ACTIVATED: 23 JANUARY 1982 LAST VISITED : 19 JANUARY 1984 SENSORS SERVICED SENSOR PROBLEM ACTION TAKEN AEROVANE(XX-XX-XX) INSTALLED PRESSURE GAUGE(2931) CHECKED TEMP PROBE EXT CHECKED TEMP PROBE INT CHECKED HUMIDITY PROBE DELTA-T PROBE FIELD CALIBRATION CALIBRATION DIFFERENCE VARIABLE AWS MEASURED AS 83/84 AS 82/83 AS 81/82 PRESSURE 970.3 971.8 MB 1.5 MB -.6 MB - TEMP EXT - - - .3 C - TEMP INT - - - - - WIND SPD - - - - - WIND DIR - - - - - LABORATORY CALIBRATION CALIBRATION DIFFERENCE VARIABLE AWS MEASURED AS 83/84 AS 82/83 AS 81/82 PRESSURE - - - - - TEMP EXT - - - - - TEMP INT - - - - - WIND SPD - - - - - WIND DIR - - - - - HUMIDITY - - - - - DELTA T - - - - - COMMENTS: ANEW BOOM WAS INSTALLED THIS SEASON IN HOPES OF ELIMINATING THE FREQUENT ZERO READINGS FOR WIND SPEED. THE VOLTAGE REGULATOR WAS CORRODED AND HAD FAILED. A NEW ONE WAS INSTALLED. ALSO NEW BATTERIES WERE PUT IN AS THE OLD BATTERIES WERE AT 11.3 VOLTS. THIS UNIT SHOULD BE REPLACED WITHIN TWO YEARS WITH A NEW VERSION AWS.