ITABLE OF CONTENTSPAGE1. PREPARATION AND SITING............................................................................................. 1-11.1 Installation Tasks.................................................................................................................... 1-11.2 Tools Required ....................................................................................................................... 1-11.3 Siting and Exposure ............................................................................................................... 1-31.4 Determining True North for Wind Vane Orientation ............................................................... 1-52. TOWER/TRIPOD INSTALLATION ................................................................................... 2-12.1 Tower/Tripod Installation2.2 Sensor Mounting Brackets3. INSTRUMENTATION INSTALLATION ........................................................................... 3-13.1 Enclosure, Datalogger, and Power Supply3.2 Sensor Connection3.3 Communication and Data Storage Peripherals3.4 Sealing and Desiccating the Enclosure4. SENSOR INSTALLATION................................................................................................... 4-14.1 034A Met One Windset .......................................................................................................... 4-14.2 014A Met One Wind Speed Sensor ....................................................................................... 4-14.3 024A Met One Wind Direction Sensor ................................................................................... 4-24.4 05103 and 05305 RM Young Wind Monitors ......................................................................... 4-24.5 03001 RM Young Wind Sentry Wind Set ............................................................................... 4-34.6 03101 RM Young Wind Sentry Anemometer ......................................................................... 4-34.7 LI200S Li-Cor Silicon Pyranometer/LI190SB Quantum Sensor ............................................. 4-44.8 107/108 Temperature Probe .................................................................................................. 4-44.9 107B Soil Temperature Probe ................................................................................................ 4-54.10 CS500 Vaisala Temperature and RH Probe .......................................................................... 4-54.11 HMP35C Vaisala Temperature and RH Probe....................................................................... 4-64.12 CS105 Vaisala Barometric Pressure Sensor ......................................................................... 4-64.13 TE525 Texas Electronics Tipping Bucket Rain Gage ............................................................ 4-74.14 CS700-L Rain Gage ............................................................................................................... 4-74.15 SR50 Sonic Ranging Sensor.................................................................................................. 4-84.16 CS615-L Water Content Reflectometer ................................................................................. 4-84.17 237 Leaf Wetness Sensor ...................................................................................................... 4-94.18 257 Soil Moisture Sensor ....................................................................................................... 4-94.19 Wind Direction Sensor Orientation ....................................................................................... 4-105. SOFTWARE INSTALLATION............................................................................................. 5-16. MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING .............................................................. 6-16.1 Maintenance ........................................................................................................................... 6-16.2 Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................... 6-2