Finally! Tech work!
Today has been really drawn out..I had to get to school early for an appointment with my advisor. I recently added a Geoinformation minor to my school curriculum, so we had to discuss how this would affect the rest of my time as a student. We decided it would be best to not take Dynamics III this fall and get some other courses out of the way. As a result, I won't be able to take another class, Mesoscale Metr, in the spring, so I will probably retake Dynamics II even though I don't have to. I really like the attitude of the Geography Department. They don't seem as stuck up as our Meteorology Department. But, eh.. to each his own. They both function fine.
After the meeting, I had to go to work. Nothing unusual there. I am working on decommissioning instruments (or in this case batteries) in the database. It's really awesome because you get to track down where instruments have gone in their lifetime and what has happened to them. Fascinating!! Ever since taking Meteorological Measurements in Fall 2004, I have really been interested in instrumentation. I suppose I was before that too, due to helping Matt some with the Crosstimber Micronet.
I had been planning to take Nathan out to the Crosstimber Micronet to show him around because he's never been there and I always talk about it. The net radiometer there needed to be fixed (water in the dome and replace the dessicant) so it was convenient that we were intending on going out there anyway. Lugging a bucket filled with shears and a dessicant tube along with a camera bag, we trudged out through the grass. I stood on the bucket and unscrewed the dome of the radiometer, which was reeeeally not level. It had a lot of water from condensation. It was crazy! I took several pictures of it and more of the surrounding area. Oh... if I could only do this for a living!!
Not much happened when I got home. I cleaned a little, ate dinner, and now writing this. Time for bed now. Thanks for reading!
posted by Unknown @ 8/05/2005 12:34:00 AM
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