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1. Revision 3 2 April 2015 58 65 my p CHEERED Fae Le 2 CE318 T Photometer SS y User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total total weight 8kg 188 mce jina 30 05 13 Cr ation Mati re D signation Encombrement boitier ae case dimensional space i mm Echelle Format Tol G n 176 aay 47 Code article ADVANCED MONITORING Revision 3 2 April 2015 59 65 S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual K aoi AALL NON NN Th CHEERED ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total total weight 6kg ANS D c E ias 30 05 13 Cr ation Mati re D signation Encombrement robot robot dimensional space E Echelle Format Tol G n 1 15 aay 7 Code article ADVANCED MONITORINE Revision 3 2 April 2015 60 65 K tp IID Fae 7 b CE318 T Photometer TESSA User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total total weight 3 ka 60 A c ll fia 30 05 13 Cr ation D signation Encombrement unit acquisition lacquisition unit dimensional space Echelle Format Tol G n 175 agw ay Code article ADVANCED MONITORING Mati re Revision 3 2 April 2015 61 65 Th my LL LL CD LATE CE318 T Photometer ss F sss a Zw User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total Total weight 1 kg mie ll ind 8 30 05 13 Cr ation2. 00090 Select CIMEL then GPS INFO and validate with the green button 20 Launch a Park scenario in the CU menu The photometer head will find its PARK position which is the nadir on the zenithal angle head orientated down lf the head is pointing to zenith orientated up unstrap the sensor head reposition it in the opposite sense in the straps and do step 13 again Note Place the spirit level on the robot V shaped part after the PARK scenario It should be perfectly horizontal if not refer to part 5 2 2 SCENARIOS PARK oo 00090 Select SCENARIOS then PARK and validate with the green button oo Screen displayed after a PARK PARK position well executed sensor head is pointing the nadir Revision 3 2 April 2015 19 65 2 Fi uy i vu g Pb 4 Target VK SA werner ip EILID S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual au ad WA NN NAN ADVANCED MONITORING 21 Launch a GoSun scenario in the CU menu The sensor head is going to point the sun Zenithal and Azimuthal values are displayed in degree on the CU screen 16 06 14 13 03 16 06 14 13 03 SCENARIOS O O O O ee Select SCENARIOS then GOSUN and validate with the green button After a GOSUN scenario the sun spot may not be centered on the target Zenithal axis Possible positions of the sun spot after GOSUN The target on which the sun spot should be positioned as we
3. quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 1 Cable gland The wet sensor and solar panel wires will go through 2 Cable gland The robot and computer wires will go through 3 Cap The sensor head cord will go through 4 Foam 5 Solar Panel 6 Wet sensor 6 Wet sensor The wet sensor detects rain in order to stop measurements and protect the sensor head from water when it is raining The output plug of the sensor is a RJ11 connector Standard length of the wire is 3m The sensor head cord connects the CU and the sensor head The standard length is 3 meters One side connector is DB15 male type and this other side is Jupiter type with 22 pins female 7 Sensor head cord Revision 3 2 April 2015 8 65 Y N II CHD CE318 T Photometer 22 User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING aus NN NN 8 Batteries and charger The black batteries supply power to the CU The battery is 8AH The YUASA battery is furnished when the satellite transmitter is used The battery is 24AH The Mascot 2240 battery charger is used only in case of solar panel breakdown 9 Flycase 10 PhotoGetData software PhotoGetData is the software used to communicate from the acquisition PC to the CU PhotoGetData is not needed when using data transfer by satellite communication protocol PhotoGetData x Fite Tools Data Help cote cone xX
4. Configuration Get records Clear al Open KE Save KE Latitude 0 0000 Number 0 Longitude 0 00007 Records 0 Date Time a mm m COM Disconnected 10 17 31 W255 255 5P810001707 Get records finished a Revision 3 2 April 2015 9 65 h quill CHD an S 2 CE318 T Photometer Ss 2 U O tion M Ss Ss ser Operation Manua ADVANCED MONITORING 11 Satellite transmitter optional The satellite transmitter is useful in remote places where no reliable PC is available lt enables to send the data directly to an appropriate geostationary satellite which has a dedicated transmission channel for the CIMEL photometers 1 Solar Panel Solartek 2 JAG antenna 3 Mast 1 3 Sensor head types 5 different sensor head types exist Standard lt uses 340 380 440 500 675 870 937 1020 and 1640 nm filters Polarized A filter wheel containing 3 sets of 3 polarizers operating in infrared POL1 Ultraviolet POL2 and visible POL3 and which are orientated with a 120 angles is added on top of the wheel containing the Standard filters Additional information about the aerosols nature and shapes can then be retrieved Seaprism It is designed for Ocean Color application It uses only silicon detectors It uses 412 440 500 531 550 675 870 937 1020 nm filters BRDF it uses 380 440 550 675 740 870 937 1020 and 1640 nm filters BRDF 12 filters lt is designed for satel
5. OFF ON OFF DCP Channel DCP assigned channel 0 266 0 DCP Type Type of the used satellite METEOSAT GOES 100 GOES 300 e DCP ID DCP assigned ID 00000000 FFFFFFFF 00000000 e DCP Max Define the maximum number of bytes allowed to be transferred to the DCP 150 1292 625 e DCP Interval DCP transmission period 00 00 00 23 59 59 00 30 00 e DCP Offset DCP start period 00 00 00 23 59 59 00 00 00 e ASea SEAPRISM Azimuthal angle from the sun for the sky amp sea measurements 180 180 90 e ZSea SEAPRISM Zenithal angle for the sky amp sea measurements SKY measurements will be done at the horizontal Zsea degrees and SEA measurements at horizontal Zsea degrees 0 180 40 NMSea SEAPRISM Number of sea measurements 11 NMSky SEAPRISM Number of Sky measurements 3 AHL SEAPRISM Maximum angle on the left side 270 AHR SEAPRISM Maximum angle on the right side 270 To save new settings exit from the menu If a parameter is changed a dialog message appears and asks to confirm the modifications 3 8 DATE The CU date and time can be set manually via the DATE menu After the modification exit from this menu A dialog message appears and asks to confirm the modification 3 9 CIMEL Here is a list and description of the parameters in the CIMEL menu e TSV displays True Solar Time e ROBOT displays the robot azimutal and zenithal mechanical switches valu
6. b Collimator The collimator is a component that enables the light to be guided correctly to the sensor head outside lenses The collimator helps to reduce the stray light 1 notch 2 tightening screw 3 alignment hole 4 spot 3 Robot The robot is the component on which the sensor head is attached lis mechanical design enables it to point on whole directions of the sky on the azimuthal and zenithal angles with a very high accuracy lt is controlled through 2 cables with RJ11 connectors one for each axis am a i Te my 1 adjustment wheel X2 2 robot base 3 strap 4 V shaped part and positioning notches 5 spirit level Vertical robot axis Revision 3 2 April 2015 6 65 K Th CHD CE318 T Photometer Ss Bs User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING 4 Tripod and tray The tripod is the supplied infrastructure where the protection case and the robot are fixed and that enables the whole system to be stably fixed on the ground The tray is a part fixed horizontally on the tripod and where the robot will be fixed on 1 emplacement for the protection case 2 tray 3 tripod feet 5 Protection case with solar panel The case is the component where the CU and the pair of batteries are placed The solar panel that powers the system is incorporated in the case The output plug of the solar panel is a RJ11 connector Revision 3 2 April 2015 7 65 h W N
7. 1 Azimuthal angles 1 D 0 1 1 SUN Gain used to measure D First direction of measurement Steps in between 2 measurements in O Second direction of measurement cegreos Filter changing Revision 3 2 April 2015 39 65 my Th HD N II CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NN WAAAY ADVANCED MONITORING 1020 nm 1020 nm 1020 nm 1020 nm 1640i nm 1640i nm 1640i nm 1640i nm CURVE CROSS Scenario validation in progress Description not available yet CIRCLE only with BRDF photometers The CIRCLE scenario consists in measuring at the constant zenithal with varying azimuthal angles from O to 360 with 5 steps using SKY gains 1640 nm InGaAs channel 1640 nm InGaAs channel 8 0 nm 8 0 nm 8AM BRDF only with BRDF photometers The BRDF scenario consists in launching successive CIRCLE scenarios starting from a zenithal angle of 5 and finishing with a zenithal angle of 60 Filters used and the sequence is the same than CIRCLE scenario SPR only with SEAPRISM photometers The SeaPRism scenario consists in making M measures on the sea and N on the sky see NMSea NMSky parameters This scenario is executed 8 times one for each filter It is important to notice that AHL and AHR parameters impose spatial restrictions in Sea measurements Indeed ideally the photometer would have a field of view of 360 to make sea measurements In practice the photometer is usu
8. Plug the RS232 link to the dedicated PC already done in installation part e Install PhotoGetData on the computer The software is provided on the USB stick or a CD sent with the instrument and can be downloaded on Cimel website e Launch PhotoGetData In the tools gt configuration menu In the communication tab gt Choose Serial in the communication type and choose the Port COM associated to the photometer Communications Tyee Port COM4 Note USB should be used only for punctual data transfer The backup on the SD card can t be done when the USB link is plugged Revision 3 2 April 2015 22 65 S amp 5 722 2 CE318 T Photometer WEEE S ae User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING In the data tab gt Tick enable the creation of automatic recording create K8 and or create ASCII gt Choose the data saving directory gt Set the time from which the data will be transferred and the frequency of transfer Automatic recording Enable Create K8 Ml Create ASCII Directory C Users CIMEL Start time 09 00 00 T Feriod 1 Hour gt Choose the recording period and the generic file name of the records Recording period None Monthly Retrieval date Daily Annual Generic files name VERS Photometer version Prefix SP VERS HEAD Mia is 5 2 HEAD gt head number Example 5P81000100_000120140701 k8 2 3 1 2 Computer configuration The computer must be configured as fo
9. correctly assembled Check the spirit level lf this procedure does not solve the problem it means that the sensor head cord is probably damaged Please contact cimel technical support for any damaged sensor head cord or if the procedure is not solving the problem Revision 3 2 April 2015 50 65 h W CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 7 3 InGaAs silicon discrepancy lf the photometer is declared in AERONET network InGaAs Silicon discrepancy warning flags may be emitted They will be emitted on this website http aeronet gsfc nasa gov cgi bin weekly report v2 lf not declared it is difficult to detect this discrepancy easily A measure with the 1020 nm is done either on the silicon and the InGaAs channel Algorithms are checking the ratio in between the two measures and it should be constant The main cause that may lead to these discrepancies is e One of the channel or both channels are obstructed by something spider web insects Procedure to follow e Clean the collimator with dry air or a bottlebrush and make sure that nothing is obstructing the channels lf this procedure does not solve the problem please contact CIMEL technical support 7 4 High dark current lf the photometer is declared in AERONET network high dark current warning flags may be emitted They will be emitted on this website http aeronet gsfc nasa
10. only Below is a visual description of the Almucantar and Polarised Almucantar Revision 3 2 April 2015 36 65 J L quill CHD CE318 T Photometer A User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING my NU NN NN Th HD ALMUCANTAR 100 a 3 3 5 4 5 EM SKY Gain used to measure M AUREOLE Gain used to measure SKY and AUREOLE Gain used to measure SUN Gain used to measure Steps in between 2 measurements in ALMUCANTAR POLARISED 7 degrees 100 SEQUENCE D Almucantar right 25 Return to the sun position b Almucantar Left Return to the sun position 6 Filter changing 160 160 4 25 1020 nm 1020 nm 1020 nm HeadsensorT Sensor head T C 740nm C 702 nm Sensor head T C Revision 3 2 April 2015 37 65 J N CHD CE318 T Photometer 22 User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING my NU NN NN Th CHEERED PP PPP The Principal Plan technique also consists in measuring the sky radiance in the aerosol channels Unlike the almucantar a constant azimuthal angle is kept with varying zenithal angle to make measurements In the PP scenario zenithal angles vary from 6 to 150 using e SUN gain on the sun e AUREOLE gain between 6 and 6 e AUREOLE and SKY gain for 6 and SKY gain between 6 and 150 In the Principal Plane Polarized scenario zenithal angles vary from 85 to 175 using S
11. properties in line with their technological development Caution Before installing and using your instrument please read carefully this guide which will help you to quickly familiarize yourself with its operation Please read also carefully the preventive maintenance that has to be done weekly and yearly on the CE318 T Revision 3 2 April 2015 2 65 my lip JANANE NANANG S Fes x g CE318 T Photometer El i EE boz User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Table of Contents 1 Product overview aia aan awasi aapa naa dak aaia A Aia da an a A aaa jan a da Sa gh 4 LE LKS ETI GN aane E E E A EA E apaa jane A E A iga nanah ena e nana aan a agan aane ah anana an aan anan T 4 12 SY Shel components CHIC desci iDO saras arasa danau dd aa sdb el 4 1 3 SSD a N N aan 10 1 4 Data ETATS PR e a aaa saa ee a GU A ga Ga a a aa no one cui 11 2 Installation aia aaa aaa dawan eea ahan aaa aaa daa aw a dala ajaa AAA ANNA 12 2 1 Installation site recommendations rennes 12 22 Hardware TMS EAN ES RAM Sell Dusan enla GAN RAAE ENAA NAN KG AA ANARA Ag ANNA ga agawa 12 padaha ON a Gen a aa NANG ANG ere RN an AG a NAGA eer radan a aa aia 12 ZA 3 51016 O PTG kasa saa enti nT ere cre etre NGANG aa ANDUGA GA EE a AN Pak aa Sea Aak ANE eS ree 12 Fic A 14 2 2 4 Robot and sensor head mounting inner 15 253 Communication protocol installation and Setup nn 22 Vet eal A O pts 22 2 3 2 Satellite transmission installation and configuration s
12. protection case 3 Get back the 4 screw which are inserted in the solar panel slides and replace the solar panel Note To replace the wet sensor the solar panel needs to be desinstalled Revision 3 2 April 2015 45 65 S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual Qi au TUD WA Soy INN ADVANCED MONITORING 4 Loosen the 2 nuts maintaining the probe clamp 5 Withdraw the screw and the wet sensor with is wire from the protection case 6 Slide the wet sensor to get it back and replace it J 5 2 2 Robot leveling adjustment After a PARK scenario even if the spirit level is well centered it might happen that the V shape part of the robot is not perfectly horizontal You can check with a leveler If the case happens 1 Loosen the 2 hexagon socket screws 2 Rotate the robot horizontal axis so that the V shaped part is perfectly horizontal Check with the leveler 3 Tighten the screws and check is the v shape part is perfectly horizontal after having launched a PARK scenario Revision 3 2 April 2015 46 65 2 faa Ze Z CE318 T Photometer SS RE ER SZ User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Manual rotation of the V shaped part Hexagon socket screw to untight V shape part perfectly horizontal 5 2 3 Flash memory formatting Flash memory can be formatted via a hidden menu by following this procedure FORMAT Password 15 0000 OO O O O O Se
13. value acquired Current value O O 23 When the track is done correctly repeat step 20 21 and 22 once or twice to validate the photometer behavior 24 Tight the screws into the tray to fix the robot without changing its position Important note watch out that the level didn t move If the level moved go back to step 18 and after repeat step 20 21 22 25 Format the SD card and the flash memory MEMORY SD CARD FORMAT 000090 O O O Select MEMORY SD CARD FORMAT and press green button twice to validate FORMAT CIMEL Password 15 FLASH 6 O O 000590 000590 Select CIMEL set Password to 15 press twice return to get in the hidden Settings menu select e an A and validate with the green button Revision 3 2 April 2015 21 65 Y N II LU CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ant WA NON NN ADVANCED MONITORING 26 Set the photometer in automatic mode SETTINGS O O 00090 O O Select SETTINGS then Auto and switch it to ON The photometer installation is finished for the hardware part We are now going to describe the software installation and configuration for the different mode of communication 2 3 Communication protocol installation and setup 2 3 1 RS232 communication To transfer the data from the CU to a PC via a RS232 link then follow the steps described below 2 3 1 1 Software configuration e
14. 7 TOUS OO AAA O a NANA NAN eo A 49 7 1 Communication and data transfer is COWN ccnnoccconenmonesmnsrr rr 49 FLE Using seri l port transter Protocol nee semi entame epica de nia 49 Loli Using satellite Trans ICO nues 49 7 2 BACS Ar KD ee ee er 50 7 3 MGaAs SIC OO CES DAMON a nein AAE EASE 51 7 4 O ds 51 7 5 COS EE MO a A A N E A 51 7 6 OO er ere ee eee 52 Vids Dissym AC AMM ra 52 7 6 O ee ee a AG ANAA DA ee AG SAR ee a angah 53 8 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ inci 54 9 T CHNICALSDECIICATIONS a 56 9 1 Generalista epic piel 56 9 2 Dimensional dra 57 10 After Sales Service and Customer Relations 65 Revision 3 2 April 2015 3 65 my Nip L LU CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 1 Product overview 1 1 Presentation This high precision photometer for observing networks measures the optical properties of the atmosphere especially by measuring on one hand the sun and moon irradiance and on the other hand the sea soil and sky radiance It provides the quantification and physical optical characterizations of the aerosols Due to its very low power consumption thanks to the MicroAmps technology to its self powered system and to its rugged design the CE318 T fully meets the operational requirements of continuous monitoring in terms of reliability long lifetime and very low maintenance cost The CE318 T photometer technology is constantly enhanced t
15. ADVANCED MONITORING my Nip N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING Dear Customer and users You have just purchased a Cimel sunphotometer CE318 T and we would like to thank you The CE318 T is the most recent model of the well Known Cimel CE318 sun photometer This new model is available and recommended to all users that intend to operate it in the framework of AERONET As of today the usual CE318 N model remains recommended to users that are not affiliated to AERONET We have placed in this instrument all our passion and know how so that it best meets your needs Innovation and performance we designed it so that it is always easy to use In the line of Cimel products you will also find a wide range of remote sensing instruments like the Cimel LIDAR CE370 and CE376 automatic aerosol LIDARs Of course in an ongoing effort to satisfy your demands as best as possible concerning our products our after sales service department is at your disposal and ready to listen and answer to all your questions and suggestions contact information at the end of this booklet Please visit our website at www cimel fr you will find all our products as well as additional and useful information Cimel As part of our commitment to constantly improve our products we reserve the right to make changes to their technical functional and or esthetic
16. Battery low The possible causes that may lead to a low battery e The solar panel is down and the battery is not reloaded A long period without any sun The connections are not plugged correctly Connections are rusted marine spray The battery is too old or broken Procedure to follow e Check if the cables are correctly plugged and the cables are not damaged e Check if the battery has no leakage and is powerful enough lf this has not solved the problem please contact cimel technical support Revision 3 2 April 2015 53 65 h W CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 8 Frequently Asked Questions FAQ 1 How often should the calibration process be made The photometer should go through the calibration process every 12 to 24 months Depending on the quality of the measurements the season and the meteorological phenomenon that occurs the calibration process can be forwarded or postponed up to 3 months 2 What does the calibration process consisting in The calibration consists in a sky calibration by intercomparison with an integrating sphere and a sun calibration by intercomparison with master photometers 3 What is the best place to put the photometer The photometer should be positioned in a place sheltered from the wind if possible and with an open sky meaning that it will be able to track the sun without any obstacle from sunrise to sunset
17. If possible a RS232 link will be installed for transfer data to a PC The cable length should not exceed 100m 4 Can I replace components myself Components can be replaced by the owner after diagnosis has been established by CIMEL technical support Never try to replace a component by yourself without CIMEL approval However the sensor head should never be disassembled as it will unset the sky and sun calibrations 5 What is the AERONET network The AERONET AErosol RObotic NETwork program is a ground based remote sensing federation of networks established by NASA and PHOTONS Data acquired by all the photometers are gathered by the central system and a large number of quality insured products are made available for public access 6 How to enter it To enter the network a request must be sent to AERONET See AERONET website 7 What are the first things to do when notice that the photometer is down The first things to do when the photometer is down is to put back the photometer in manual mode and launch a PARK scenario until the first investigations and diagnosis can be done Revision 3 2 April 2015 54 65 my Th Hib j W CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NON NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 8 What are the main outputs of the photometer The main output of the photometer is the calculation of the optical depth AOD which is an important atmospheric parameter as it is linked t
18. KY gain only Below is a visual description of the Principal Plan and Polarised Principal Plan PRINCIPAL PLAN Jt 2 2 5 3 3 5 4 5 6 6 2 16 20 D 5 70 D 10 150 Zenital a sn angles Z POLARISED PRINCIPAL PLAN E N 85 D 5 gt D 5 85 Zenital H e angles de MEASURES Sun AUREOLE Gain used to measure Constant SKY and AUREOLE Gain used to measure DA azimutal angle SKY Gain used to measure D Steps in between 2 measurements in degrees JO SEQUENCE First direction of measurement Return to the sun position Return to the sun position Filter changing O Second direction of measurement Revision 3 2 April 2015 38 65 S S Fer x g CE318 T Photometer a We EEE gt o User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING P HeadsensorT C SemsorheadT C 740nm 0 em Mami Sensor heat 0 CROSS SUN MOON The Cross Sun Moon scenario consists in measuring sun or moon irradiance for several angles close to the sun moon using a cross scheme In Cross Sun Moon scenario Zenithal angles vary from 1 to 1 using SUN gain with constant azimuthal angle Azimuthal angles vary from 1 to 1 using SUN gain with constant zenithal angle For each measure a correction in X and Y is calculated and the 4 quadrant SUM acquired Below is a visual description of the Cross Sun Moon Zenithal angles 1 D 0 1
19. N CSIRO e DCP type Choose the satellite where the data will be transmitted e DCP ID Set the DCP ID This parameter will be provided by the network administrator e DCP max Set the DCP max to 625 for EUMETSAT 1300 for GOES e DCP interval Set the DCP interval to 30 mn for EUMETSAT 1h for GOES e DCP offset It is the offset from the whole hour where the data will be sent This parameter will be provided by the network administrator Revision 3 2 April 2015 29 65 h L quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NON NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 3 Control Unit navigation menu 3 1 Capacitive key functions The red key is used to exit a menu or to cancel an action The green key is used to enter in a menu or to validate an action The yellow and white keys are used respectively to go up down in a menu or to increase decrease an edit value The description of the contextual action of each key is displayed at the bottom of the screen 3 2 Switch on Switch off Standby When the CU is powered display is turned on automatically The CU turns into its sleeping mode after one minute of user inactivity If the scenario menu is open and a scenario is running the CU doesn t turn off the display until the current scenario Is finished Press the yellow push button on the removable terminal block to turn on the display when the CU is in sleeping mode 3 3 Menu description The menu sy
20. The Langley times depend on both the site where the photometer is located and the date They are automatically calculated and set in the photometer sequence list each day at 1AM Moreover night time measurements can be done It is important to notice that night time measurements are not activated by default To activate night time measurements and to choose the measurement period go in the SETTINGS menu on the CU See part 3 7 switch Moon setting to ON choose a value between 2 and 15 mn in P moon setting default 3mn Revision 3 2 April 2015 41 65 h S Fae b CE318 T Photometer SSS bo User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Automatic actions done by the photometer in Auto mode day and night time traga zo wed Revision 3 2 April 2015 42 65 my p L quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NN WANS ADVANCED MONITORING Note If air masses measurements times come after 9HOO or before 15H00 they are skipped The defined times scheduler gets the priority An empty period without any measurements may exist between air mass 1 7 and 9H00 in the morning and between 15H00 and air mass 1 7 in the afternoon If it is the case the following scheduler is executed Night time measurements are executed if The moon phase is between the first and last quarter Moon air mass is higher than 7 Sun air mass is below 7 Sun air mass below 7 means that the sun is a
21. access to facilitate the weekly maintenance of the device e The device should be installed in a clear area where it has the largest field of view as possible so that it can track the sun from sunrise to sunset no buildings trees e Less than 100m cable length to a PC RS232 link mode e A support where it can be strongly fixed so that the system is stable preferably the tripod 2 2 Hardware installation and setup In this description notions on how to manually control the photometer via the CU are necessary it is recommended to read chapter 3 and 4 to have a better overview of what is done when installing the system However the following instructions are detailed enough so that it is not mandatory to read the 2 chapters cited above lf the tripod system is not used skip to part 2 2 4 2 2 1 Needed tools To install the system the following tools are needed e Open end wrench size 10 e Open wrench size 13 lf possible a tubular spirit level will be used in addition of the robot spirit level to make the installation easier 0 4mm m accuracy 2 2 2 Tripod mounting The tripod mounting system is designed for easy installation of the photometers in most site conditions Insert the three photometer tripod feet into the metallic frame Tight the 3 screws on the tripod feet Insert the ribs into the slides designed for this Insert the screw into the tray Tight strongly the screw into the rib with the tray in betwe
22. al conditions Procedure to follow e Try to slightly orientate the sensor to the West it will then be exposed quicker to the morning sun and the dew will evaporate faster e Try to protect the wet sensor from possible marine spray 7 6 Robot errors The possible causes that may lead to robot errors e The cables are wrapped around the robots e The battery is low e The switches are damaged Procedure to follow e Check if the cables are wrapped around the robots e Unplug and replug the the azimuthal AZ and zenital ZN cables e Launch a PARK scenario lf the PARK is not well executed after having done the procedure the mechanical switches might be damaged or broken To check that follow the procedure e Goto ROBOT in the CIMEL menu e Look at the sae switch angle engagement values for AZ and ZN e These values should be between 70 and 90 If it is not the case please contact CIMEL technical support 7 7 Dissymmetric Almucantar lf the photometer is declare on the AERONET network dissymmetric almucantar warning flags can be emitted They will be emitted on this website http aeronet gsfc nasa gov cgi bin weekly report v2 The main cause of dissymmetric Almucantar is an incorrectly levelled robot Procedure to follow e Redo step 18 in the installation chapter Revision 3 2 April 2015 92 65 h W CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 7 8
23. ally installed on an off shore platform or on a jetty Then the field of view is reduced and AHL and AHR enable to set this reduced field of view to only measures the sea radiance AHR eee 145 AHL 45 SOUTH Revision 3 2 April 2015 40 65 S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual K wan NU NN INN Th CHEERED ADVANCED MONITORING 4 2 Group of measurement scenarios In auto mode the photometer follows a schedule and automatically launches both individual scenarios and group of measurement scenarios The following groups of scenarios are used 3 SUN 3 SUN HYB 3 SUN HYBP 3 SUN ALMU 3 SUN ALMUP 3 SUN HYB 3 SUN HYBP 3 SUN ALMU 3 SUN ALMUP 3 SUN PP 3 SUN PPP 3 SUN CRO BLACK 3 SUN ALMU 3 SUN ALMUP 3 MOON 3 SUN SPR 3 SUN ALMU PP BRDF BLACK Note 1 In bold measures that are done only with the polarised photometers By default only HYBP is done ALMUP and PPP have to be activated in PW on the CU Note 2 the group S is only done by the BRDF photometers Note 3 the group P is only done by SEAPRISM photometers 4 3 Day and night measurement schedule in Auto mode 4 3 1 Standard and polarized The photometer follows a daily schedule of automatic actions Some actions are triggered by the time of the day and some by the air mass which is related to the thickness of atmosphere the sun light has been through to get to the photometer Langley times
24. anual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING Procedure to follow Check that the DCP voltage battery is over 12V Check that the cable is OK and correctly plugged between the transmitter and the photometer Check the transmitter functioning status LED and up to the status follow the transmitter documentation e Check that the GPS plugged on the transmitter have a good view of the sky lf this procedure does not solve the problem please contact CIMEL technical support 7 2 Bad sun tracking lf the photometer is declared in AERONET bad sun tracking warning flags may be emitted They will be emitted on this website http aeronet gsfc nasa gov cgi bin weekly report v2 The possible causes that may lead to a bad sun tracking are e The sun spot is too far from the target after a GOSUN scenario see step 11 and 16 in the installation part The external battery is too low The sensor head cord is damaged The four quadrants sensor is too dirty The four quadrants sensor is broken The collimator is not correctly assembled to the sensor head The collimator is deformed The robot base is not horizontal Procedure to follow e Make sure that the sun spot after a GOSUN scenario is not too far away from the target on the collimator Check the battery voltage it must be over 12V Clean the four quadrant sensor with a cotton swab Check visually the external state of the sensor Check if the collimator is
25. bled 22 Connect the transmitter RF Output to the antenna with a RG 8 cable not provided Connect the photometer DCP output to the transmitter RS232 input with the appropriate cable and adaptor Power the transmitter using the regulator the 12 V batteries and the solar panel Connect the GPS device to the transmitter GPS antenna input optional Note It is advisable to buy the cable once the distance there will be between the transmitter and the antenna is approximately known Note 2 Check the LED status for a few minutes after having powered the system If the green led is flashing every 5s the satellite is correctly set Otherwise check the Sutron manual to know where the malfunctioning is coming from Revision 3 2 April 2015 28 65 S h CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual au NU NN INN ADVANCED MONITORING Lj CIMEL O O Saa O HE orze I SATLINK2 LOGGER TRANSMITTER 100 300 1200 BPS Sa ONE T 22 ID 22427226 PHOTONS SUT200612 04 F H A 2 3 2 2 Transmitter configuration with the CU The satellite transmitter configuration is set from the CU menus Go in the SETTINGS menu and set the following parameters e DCP Set DCP to On to enable satellite communication e DCP channel Set the channel number This parameter will be provided by the network administrator on which the instrument is declared AERONET PHOTO
26. d so on 6 Disassemble the collimator from the sensor head Check each channel inside the collimator for possible obstruction If necessary clean it with dry air or very carefully with a bottlebrush It should be perfectly clean Revision 3 2 April 2015 44 65 S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual K ant A NON NAN Th HD ADVANCED MONITORING 7 Check the four quadrant sensor If dirty clean it with a cotton swab Warning Never clean the 2 main lenses on the front plate except after a dust event when they can be cleaned with dry air The effect of the increasing dirt on the lenses due to time deposition can be corrected at the data processing stage Cleaning them will distort the calculations 8 Checking if the GOSUN and the TRACK are correct gt Launch a GOSUN scenario and look at the position of the sun spot compared to the target on the collimator base lf a large shift is visible on the azimuthal axis please watch step 14 in the installation part gt Launch a TRACK scenario and look if the sun spot is perfectly centred on the target on the collimator lf a problem is encountered please refer to the troubleshooting part 5 2 Corrective maintenance 5 2 1 Solar panel and wet sensor replacement The wet sensor and the solar panel on the case are already mounted They might be replaced in case of breakdown 1 Loosen the 4 nuts 2 Withdraw the solar panel with its wire cautiously from the
27. en P AU Revision 3 2 April 2015 12 65 S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual K aoi AALL WA NON NN Th HD ADVANCED MONITORING 6 Attach the tripod feet to the ground with appropriate screws Note Orientate the protection case emplacement South if the location is in the Northern hemisphere or North if the location is in the Southern Hemisphere g SOUTH Revision 3 2 April 2015 13 65 S h CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual au NU WA NN WAAAY ADVANCED MONITORING 2 2 3 Case mounting 7 Insert the 4 ribs into the metallic frame in order to fix the case 8 Tight strongly the screw into the ribs with the inside of the case in between 9 Put the foam at the bottom of the case and on the sides place the batteries and the CU as shown on the picture below Revision 3 2 April 2015 14 65 J N Hill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual my NU WA NN tp IID ADVANCED MONITORING 2 2 4 Robot and sensor head mounting 10 Put the screws into white plastic part 11 Put the screws on the holes trough the robot base but don t tight them to the end let a 2 or 3 cm backlash so that the leveling that is done in the next part is easier to do 12 Connect AZ robot AZimuthal motor ZN robot ZeNithal motor solar panel wet sensor and battery wires to the removable terminal block of the CU passing them goin
28. es e GPS INFO enter in this menu to enable automatic GPS acquisition The acquisition starts when the State information is set to Wait GPS If the GPS is active a G suffix is added at the end of the time on the root menu The first time the GPS may take up to 15 min to get the GPS information Coordinates are checked daily when sun air mass is 9 The coordinates are automatically updated if the photometer has been moved over one tenth of a degree in longitude or and latitude e Password not used menu Revision 3 2 April 2015 33 65 h W quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NN NAN ADVANCED MONITORING 4 General description of the scenarios and their sequence 4 1 Scenario description and sequencing Scenarios may be launched either automatically via the scheduler or in manual mode via the SCENARIO menu see part 3 5 OFF launch OFF scenario PARK Launch PARK scenario The photometer optical head is going to park at the nadir position GOSUN GOMOON launch GOSUN GOMOON scenario The photometer is going to theoretical position of the sun moon TRACK SUN TRACK MOON The track scenario consists in tracking the SUN MOON using the 4 quadrant sensor LTRACK SUN LTRACK MOON The LTRACK scenario consists in tracking the SUN MOON permanently It also measures signal on both channels ORIGI launch ORIGI scenario The photometer goes to its ORIGIN position which
29. g through the cable glands of the protection case protection case dcon Revision 3 2 April 2015 15 65 S CE318 T Photometer Si 52522225 2 lt s S i i TE User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING 13 Launch a Park scenario in the CU menu The robot will find its zero position SCENARIOS O O O O Select SCENARIOS then PARK and validate with the green button 14 Set the horizontal robot axis in the East West direction by manually turning the whole base of the robot Manual ANO rotation of the robot embase 15 Assemble the collimator to the sensor head front plates by tightening strongly the long central threaded rod using a plier The notch must face the 4 quadrants lens on the sensor head frontplate SS Notch that enable the 4 quadrant not to be hidden Revision 3 2 April 2015 16 65 S LE Fae Z 2 CE318 T Photometer gt 3355 ts LL User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Note Watch out that the collimator and the sensor head are completely interdependent There should be no slack while trying to move the collimator after having tightened it 16 Strap the sensor head on the V shaped support of the robot Two things are to be checked First align the sensor head front plate with the upper surface of the V shaped support Then use the notches present both on the robot and the sensor head as a visual indicator to position the sensor head correctly Notc
30. gov cgi bin weekly report v2 The dark current is regularly measured when a BLACK scenario is done on both IngaAs and silicon channel with AUREOLE and SKY gain The dark current should always be low and under a certain threshold The main cause that may lead to a high dark current e An electronic component is damaged defective or not correctly plugged Procedure to follow e Make sure that all the connectors on the card inside the CU are correctly plugged e Check all external cables and wires especially the connections lf this procedure does not solve the problem please contact CIMEL technical support 7 5 Constant humidity lf the photometer is declared in AERONET network constant humidity warning flags can be emitted They will be emitted on this website http aeronet gsfc nasa gov cgi bin weekly report v2 Revision 3 2 April 2015 91 65 my Nip CHEERED N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual MA NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING The possible causes that may lead to a constant humidity e Continuous rain 4 days a week with rain the full day e The wet sensor is close to the sea or the ocean and the wind carries on regularly marine spray on its direction Dew in the morning takes a long time to evaporate The wet sensor is damage time worn or broken The wet sensor is quite sensitive especially the resistive part on its head which can be deteriorated with rough meteorologic
31. hes have to be aligned The 2 purple faces have to be po aligned properly E 17 Plug the sensor head cord from the CU to the sensor head passing it through the cap and attaching it to the pig tail Connect the computer or the transmitter to the DCP input on the removable terminal block via a RS232 to RJ11 cable Note A slack has to be maintained so that the head sensor cord will not be too much extended while the device is operating which can lead to the malfunctioning of the photometer De Revision 3 2 April 2015 17 65 S CE318 T Photometer 2 S 555222 2 gt 225352 Sse Za User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Approximate loose to give to the sensor head cord while attaching it to the pig tail for a good functionning of the photometer A Kekira 18 Level the robot up so that its perfectly horizontal by playing on both precision wheels until the spirit level on the top of the robot is centered This part is a little tricky and may take few trials Using an additional tubular sprit level may facilitate this step Revision 3 2 April 2015 18 65 S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual K wan TUD WA Soy INN ip IID ADVANCED MONITORING 19 Set coordinates UT time and date using the following menu Wait maximum 15 min for automatic GPS synchronization When done the coordinates will be displayed on the screen GPS INFO CIMEL O O O O
32. in between Orientate the support to the right angle on the azimuthal plan Revision 3 2 April 2015 25 65 AL LU CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual K AAL WA Soy INN ip IID 9 Tight the 4 nuts Azimuthal alignement 10 Insert the IAGI antenna into its support Orientate the antenna to the right zenithal angle 11 Insert the screw in both the IAGI antenna support and the Antenna and tight the nut to the opposite side 12 Insert the 2 white screws into the V shaped part 13 Put the white screws around the mast 14 Insert the fixing flats into the white screws until it gets in contact with the mast and tight the 2 nuts Revision 3 2 April 2015 26 65 J L quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual 7 20 NU WA NN WANS ip IID ADVANCED MONITORING 15 Insert the screws in the holes of the V shaped part according to the tilt angle wished for the solar panel step 17 16 Insert the panel brace in the screws and tight the bolts strongly 17 Repeat step 22 and 23 with the second panel brace 18 Insert the screws in the solar panel slides Revision 3 2 April 2015 27 65 K p L II CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual TUD WA Soy INN ADVANCED MONITORING Possible tilt angles M 19 Insert those screws in the panel braces 20 Tight the bolts to fix the solar panel properly 21 IAGI antenna assem
33. in binary e EXPORT ASCII ASCII files are created from binary data 3 7 SETTINGS List and description of the parameters in the SETTINGS menu default value in bold These parameters are common to all photometers types except when mentioned e Auto Enable or disable automatic measurement The internal scheduler is executed automatically OFF ON OFF e Moon Enable or disable moon measurement The moon menus are invisible in the SCENARIO menu if this setting is OFF OFF ON OFF P Moon Period between two Group L scenarios 2min 15min 3min Country Country identification 0 255 0 District District identification 0 255 0 Number Number identification 0 9999 0 Latitude Latitude of the current electronic box 90 00 90 00 0 0000 Longitude Longitude of the current electronic box 180 00 180 007 0 0000 e Altitude Altitude of the current electronic box Om 6000m Om Revision 3 2 April 2015 32 65 h N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING Turbo Enable or disable the Turbo mode OFF ON OFF P Turbo Period between two GROUPS A scenarios 2min 6min 3min Belsky Enable Bclsky mode OFF ON OFF P Bclsun Bclsun scenario period 30s 360s 30min AZ offset Azimuth robot offset 180 180 0 ZN offset Zenith robot offset 180 180 0 DCP Enable the DCP communication
34. is 7 5 on both azimuthal and zenithal axes compared to the PARK position SUN The SUN scenario consists in measuring the sun irradiance for all the wavelengths SUN gains are used and the measurements are done in the following order 16401 nm 1640i nm NS E A eee am po Head sensor temperature C MOON only in Standard and polarized Same sequence than the SUN measurements SKY gains are used to measure Revision 3 2 April 2015 34 65 S h 4 quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NON INN ADVANCED MONITORING BCLSUN The BCLSUN scenario consists in launching in continue TRACK SUN scenario with a time interval defined in SETTINGS menu with P bclsun parameter 3 SUN 3 MOON The 3 SUN 3 MOON scenario consists in repeating 3 times a SUN MOON scenario Temperature is recorded once at the end of the scenario SKY The SKY scenario consists in measuring the sky radiance for several wavelengths SKY or AUREOLE gains are used and the measures are done in the following order dere am sky Pou vis 23 s80nmsky soms tony moms woms tao sky Pon vis 28 Head sensor 6 ss5nmskY soma om amero Misas Zenms ms ams ost POLUVIES ems ET ms TT tomara ves dS sensor TO ISO MAA To O EE BCLSKY The BCLSKY scenario consists in performing 10 SKY scenarios at the zenith if the sun is hidden Revision 3 2 April 2015 35 65 h L LU CE318 T Photome
35. lect CIMEL set Password to 15 press twice return to get in the hidden Settings menu select FLASH then FORMAT and validate with the green button Revision 3 2 April 2015 47 65 h L quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 6 Factory calibration and maintenance 6 1 Sensor head calibration and maintenance Cimel recommends its customers to calibrate the photometers every 12 to 24 months The calibration consists in a SKY calibration using an integrating sohere and a SUN calibration by intercomparison or using Langley plots method The calibration process also includes verification of filters and replacement if necessary verification of detectors and replacement if necessary Verification of acquisition chain verification of sun tracking setting and replacement if necessary 6 2 Robot maintenance Cimel recommends its customers to make maintenance on the robot every 36 to 48 months It consists in Replacement of microswitches Replacement of transmission belts Full cleaning of transmission gears greasing of transmission gears and aging Revision 3 2 April 2015 48 65 my Th HD W CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual MA NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 7 Troubleshooting 7 1 Communication and data transfer is down 7 1 1 Using serial port transfer protocol The possible causes that may interrupt
36. lite calibration It uses 412 440 500 555 675 702 740 782 870 937 1020 1640 nm filters The sensor head types differs in the presence of an additional wheel filter containing polarisers for the Polarized type the filters wavelengths mounted in the head sensor the and the scenario sequence established Filters wavelengths are defined in the UV visible IR spectrum according to scientific retrieval purposes The filters and polarizers curves are delivered with the photometer Revision 3 2 April 2015 10 65 S CE318 T Photometer 3223 2 Y S 2 522525 85 gt 22532 sy Za User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Figure 2 SEAPRISM type Figure 1 BRDF type Figure 5 BRDF 12 filters type Figure 4 POLARISED type 1 4 Data transmission The photometer can use 3 different communication protocols to send its data from the CU e PC data transfer using a RS232 link to an acquisition PC default data transmission The PC is not provided e Satellite data transfer using a DCP transmitter module The proper way to set the module is explained in the Installation chapter e USB link for punctual connections Revision 3 2 April 2015 11 65 my Nip L LLL CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 2 Installation 2 1 Installation site recommendations The site should be chosen carefully in order to comply with the following conditions e Easy
37. ll as possible The GPS coordinates UT time and date being received automatically from the satellite the error on the zenithal axis should be inferior to 1 mm as long as the spirit level is well centered If superior refer to part 5 2 2 lf not centered on the azimuthal axis refine the manual positioning of the robot base as done in step 14 The screws being loosened the base can still be moved After having done the corrections repeat steps 20 and 21 to check again the position of the sun spot Repeat the correction until the sun spot is almost perfectly centered on the target few millimeters off maximum Note The centering error will be compensated by the 4 quadrant sensor in the TRACK process described in the next step Revision 3 2 April 2015 20 65 Azimuthal axis S E _2 722 ZZ CE318 T Photometer ER EEE User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING 22 Launch a TRACK SUN scenario in the CU menu The robot will follow the sun move Check that the sun spot is centered on the collimator spot at the end of the scenario If a problem occurs please read part 5 3 2 SCENARIOS TRACK SUN O O O O Select SCENARIOS thenTRACK SUN and validate with the green button Using a 4 quadrant sensor the TRACK SUN scenario is guiding the robot to the point where the intensity of the signal on both Silicon and InGaAs channel is the highest This intensity is corresponding to the center of the sun Maximum
38. llows in order to avoid intervention as much as possible especially in case of power cut by applying the following changes in the PC setup e Put PhotoGetdata icon in the Windows start folder e Remove any password request while starting the computer Control panel gt User account e f possible an uninterrupted power supply UPS should be installed and the PC bios configured so that it restarts automatically after a power cut see with the local pc expert For AERONET members follow AERONET instructions to install the automatic protocol for data transfer to AERONET central system Revision 3 2 April 2015 23 65 S SE Ta tek CE318 T Photometer as i ii iz User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING 2 3 2 Satellite transmission installation and configuration The satellite transmission of the data is done using a Satlink 2 logger and transmitter model SL2 G312 1 and a IAGI antenna The satellite which will receive and transmit the data depends on the geographic location it can be GOES MSG the satellite has dedicated communication channel that can be attributed to the Satlink2 First of all to install properly the IAGI antenna the azimuthal and zenithal angles corresponding to the satellite the antenna will point to must be known The following website enables to get these angles http aeronet qsfc nasa gov new_web antenna html Choose the satellite the data will be sent to the registered AERONET site or the coordinates of
39. lready set and far enough so that it is not lightening too much the sky Between 2 and 15 mn default value 3 mn 4 3 2 BRDF and BRDF 12 filters The BRDF Photometer executes Group S scenario every day from sun air mass 5 in the morning to sun air mass 5 in the evening A group S scenario is around 2h long The group S scenario automatically starts at a round True Solar Time minute if no other scenario Is running Note 1 The Almucantar is executed only if the sun zenith is between air mass 4 0 and air mass 1 5 Note 2 A PARK GOSUN and 3SUN are executed between each zenith angle change 4 3 3 SEAPRISM The SEAPRISM photometer executes group P scenario every day from sun air mass 5 in the morning to sun air mass 5 in the evening The group P scenario automatically starts at every round hour and half hour True Solar Time Before air mass 5 and after air mass 5 the SEAPRISM photometer executes the STANDARD scheduler Revision 3 2 April 2015 43 65 my Nip JANANE NANG N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual MA NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 5 On site maintenance 5 1 Weekly check preventive maintenance Before making any preventive maintenance switch the CU in manual mode see part 3 7 Here is a procedure that should be done every week in order to prevent the occurrence of measurement electronic or mechanical problems on the photometer If correctly done this procedure will avoid mo
40. mel head dimensional space _ Echelle Format Tol G n 172 mae F EB ord arc ADVANCED MONITORING Revision 3 2 April 2015 62 65 h S rae E CE318 T Photometer EEE i EL CU User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total total weight 0 36 kg inde Tai 30 05 13 Cr ation Mati rer D signation Encombrement collimateur collimator dimensional space Echelle Format Tol G n 142 Adv tie Code article ADVANCED MONITORING Revision 3 2 April 2015 63 65 Th CHEERED my S Lake CE318 T Photometer SSO User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total total weight 1 4 ka x 2 RES ikan 30 05 13 Cr ation Mati re D signation Encombrement batterie battery dimensional space Echelle Format Tol G n 1 2 Aa ae Code article ADVANCED MONITORINE Revision 3 2 April 2015 64 65 my Th HD N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual MA NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 10 After Sales Service and Customer Relations For any technical information about the instrument or for any issues please contact Cimel at Cimel Electronique S A S 172 rue de Charonne 75011 Paris FRANCE Phone 33 143 487 933 Fax 33 143 486 261 Email support cimel fr Cimel can use Skype and Team Viewer to provide technical support When contacting us please indicate e The refe
41. o match the new technological challenges for climate observation and monitoring Cimels photometers are the benchmark devices for most aerosol observing networks and more specifically for the international federation of AERONET The large range of parameters that are derived and calculated from the measurements and from the atmospheric physics equations make the CE318 T photometer a worldwide benchmark device for the following applications Characterization and quantification of aerosols Satellite calibration of aerosol measurements Detection of volcanic ashes plumes in real time Determination of Aerosol Optical Depth Determination of fine mode and coarse mode AODs Determination of the optical properties of the atmosphere for satellite imaging Determination of the ocean s colour Determination of the amount of precipitable water Air quality monitoring Volume size distribution Nature of aerosols 1 2 System components quick description The photometer system is delivered with 1 Control Unit CU The Control Unit is the component that received all the data acquired by the optical head and it is used as the user interface to parameterize the whole system running The CU can transmit the data using different communication protocol see part 1 4 The CU gets four keys a yellow push button and a screen display which enable the users to navigate through the menus The features and the menus are described more precisely in chapter 3 Revi
42. o the aerosol concentrations in the sky Others output values are calculated if in the AERONET network 9 What happens when the wet sensor is activated As soon as the wet sensor is activated the photometer stops its measures and goes to the ORIG position to avoid water accumulation on the sensor head lenses and inside the collimator Revision 3 2 April 2015 55 65 h S CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual au NU NON INN ADVANCED MONITORING 9 Technical specifications 9 1 General Sky angular scanning Whole sky Azimuth 0 360 Zenith 0 180 Revision 3 2 April 2015 56 65 Y H S FATE CE318 T Photometer ss Y So Zw User Operation Manual ADVANCED MONITORING 9 2 Dimensional drawings Poids total total weight 22kg ne pind 30 05 13 Cr ation photometer dimensional space A Echelle Format Tol G n 1 20 aay Code article ADVANCED MONITORING Revision 3 2 April 2015 57 65 S quill CHD CE318 T Photometer A User Operation Manual K oO NN Th CHEERED MI ADVANCED MONITORING Poids total total weight 6kg DETAIL B Scale 2 15 JO 72 L a Y Fu e A mae ll fia 30 05 13 Cr ation nasa Z i Mati re D signation Encombrement tripode a a tripod dimensional space CEA Echelle Format Tol G n 1 15 ae 4 Code article ADVANCED MONITORING
43. rence and the serial number of your product e Your email e Optional Skype and or Team Viewer address In term of technical support cimel policy is to diagnose issues using remote maintenance lt avoids a long period without the instrument running and it avoids sending back all the material to the factory in most of the cases Always contact technical support before sending back the photometer After an instrument failure wait a diagnosis before making any intervention on it Never try to replace a component by yourself without CIMEL approval Revision 3 2 April 2015 65 65
44. rted in a stack and will be executed after the current manual one Revision 3 2 April 2015 31 65 h N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING 3 5 MEASURES Sensors included in the CU measure the additional parameters listed below Values are displayed in real time and updated every 5 seconds Battery Voltage of the external battery Ibattery Consumption by the electronic box Vsolar Voltage of the solar panel Isolar Charging current Vcoin Vcpu Vgsm Vradio Internal power supplies Vrg Pyranometer Wetting Measure of the wet sensor wet dry Temperature Temperature inside the electronic box Humidity Humidity inside the electronic box Pressure Current atmospheric pressure 3 6 MEMORY The produced data are stored in a non volatile flash device in the CU A backup of the non volatile flash memory is done in K8 binary format every morning when sun air mass is 8 sun still set The PC displays the internal Photometer SD card as a mass storage disk Here is a list and description of the parameters in the MEMORY menu e State Display the SD card size and the free space available on it e FORMAT Format the SD card It will be formatted in FAT32 file system Procedure to format flash memory is explained in part 5 2 3 e SAVE Save the flash memory content on the SD card The generated file is a backup of all of the internal non volatile flash
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46. sion 3 2 April 2015 4 65 J W quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual 2 TUD NN INN Th HD ADVANCED MONITORING CIMEL p User interface 1 Graphic display 2 Capacitive keys 3 Mechanical push button Removable terminal block 4 Pyranometer 5 Wet sensor 6 Remote display 7 SDI12 8 USB 9 Sensor head 10 Robot azimuth and zenith motion 11 DCP Serial communication 12 Solar panel 13 External battery dd OO E SR RADIO Other 14 GPS antenna 15 GSM antenna 16 Short range radio antenna Firmware for GSM and short range radio transmissions will be available in 2015 2 Sensor head and collimator a The sensor head The sensor head measures the received signal from the sun sky soil or sea Then it is sent and recorded to the CU Detectors can be either silicon and InGaAs or silicon only for the SEAPRISM sensor head type InGaAs detector is used for near infrared wavelengths K p Horizontal robot axis N quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual NU WA NN INN ADVANCED MONITORING 1 Front plate lenses and optical chambers entrance 7 Step by step motor 2 4 quadrant detector lens 8 Detectors 3 Cover 9 Filter wheel detector 4 Threaded hole for collimator 10 4 quadrant 5 Positioning notches 11 Optical chambers 6 Head sensor cord connector 12 Filter wheel carter
47. st of the problems that may occur 1 Check all the connections especially the ones on the battery rust Check the sensor head cable Check that the AZ and ZN cables are not wrapped around the robot 2 Check that the communication between the acquisition PC and the photometer is still OK If used check that the satellite transmitter is still running and does not have any errors by checking the led status lf a problem is encountered please refer to the troubleshooting part 3 Check that the wet sensor functions correctly Clean it lightly with demineralised water and a non abrasive tissue gt Go inthe MEASURES menu and look at wetting parameter See part 3 4 lf wet wet is displayed if not dry is displayed In order to test the sensor if it is not raining wet it with water and wait around 20s the value of wetting should go from dry to wet lf a problem is encountered please refer to the troubleshooting part 4 Check that the robot is correctly levelled gt Check that the level spirit of the robot is well centered If not please check step 18 of the installation part to solve the problem 5 Check the voltage of external batteries and the DCP battery if used gt Check the photometer external battery measuring the voltage of the battery terminals The voltage should be over 12 Volts gt Same process for the DCP battery if used Check the batteries general state There must be no rust leak an
48. stem is a hierarchical menu system The main menu is composed of the following parameters SCENARIOS MEASURES MEMORY SETTINGS DATE CIMEL 3 4 SCENARIOS The SCENARIO menu varies according to the photometer sensor head option The table below is lists all scenarios available according to the sensor head used These scenarios are described in part 4 1 Revision 3 2 April 2015 30 65 h CE318 T Photometer LLLP User Operation Manual SUN SUN po SSUN BCS GOMOON CROSS o o TRACKMOON CURVECROSS TT MOONE BN _LTRACKMOON GOMOON Jooo o CROSSMOON TRACKMOON gt C Po 3 MOON MOON LTRACK MOON AAA CROSS MOON AA 3 MOON these scenarios are executed only when the moon mode is activated see part 3 7 The SCENARIO menu allows the manual launch of an individual scenario Select and validate a scenario Choose one of the 3 actions Run yellow button launch the entire scenario Next green button change the filter Abort red button quit the scenario Measured values are displayed in real time on the screen Note 1 A scenario cannot be launch in manual mode if an automatically started scenario is running If the SCENARIO menu is accessed while an automatic scenario is running the current action of the CU will be displayed GOSUN SUN Note 2 If a scenario launched in manual mode is running and the auto mode is active the next automatic scenario will be inse
49. ter User Operation Manual ut NN NANO ADVANCED MONITORING BLACK The black scenario consists in measuring the electronic noise of the device The filter wheel is positioned in between two filters so that the signal coming through the two channels is cut Important note The signal measured is the dark current It is subtracted to the full signal measured It is also an indicator for a possible electronic failure if too big Measures are done in the following order AUREOLE gain silicon channel canal 1 AUREOLE gain InGaAs channel canal 2 SKY gain silicon channel SKY gain InGaAs channel SKY CALIBRATE The SKY CALIBRATE scenario consists in performing 3 SKY and 1 BLACK scenario HYBRID Standard Polarised Scenario validation in progress Description is not available yet ALMU Standard BRDF ALMUP Polarised The ALMUcantar technique consists in measuring the sky radiance in aerosol channels keeping a constant zenithal angle equal to the zenith solar angle with varying azimuthal angle In the ALMU scenario azimuthal angles vary from 0 to 180 for an almucantar right and 0 to 180 for an almucantar left using e SUN gain on the sun e AUREOLE gain between 6 and 6 e AUREOLE and SKY gain for 6 and SKY gain between 6 and 150 In the ALMUcantar Polarised scenario azimuthal angles vary from 25 to 160 for an almucantar right and 25 to 160 for an almucantar left using SKY gain
50. the communication between the PC and the photometer are A power cut happened and the PC restart has not been executed properly The serial wire is not correctly plugged or KO The serial port is down PhotoGetData is not well configured DCP parameter is set to ON conflict created Procedure to follow Check that the computer is switched on Check that PhotoGetData is launched Check in the configuration menu that the right port COM is selected Check that the serial cable is well plugged on both computer and photometer side e Test manually the data transfer by clicking on get records in PhotoGetData e Make sure that the DCP parameter is set to OFF lf the manual test is working e Check that the automatic data transfer is well configured lf the communication is still not working e Try another cable e Try another port COM on the acquisition computer if possible lf this procedure does not solve the problem please contact CIMEL technical support 7 1 2 Using satellite transmitter The possible causes that may interrupt the communication between the photometer and the satellite are The battery voltage is too low to transfer the data to the satellite The satellite transmitter is no more finding the satellite The emitter antenna is not correctly set GPS antenna is missing not correctly positioned or damaged Revision 3 2 April 2015 49 65 my Nip N CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation M
51. the photometers location if not in AERONET database and click apply Here is an example for long 3 and lat 45 Cimel Parameter and Antenna Tool ANTENNA POSITION Satellite METEOSAT Select the Satellite Antenna Latitude 45 000000 GOES EAST Antenna Longitude 3 000000 GOES WEST vere Azimuth Angle METEOSAT GMS M Choose Coordinates or AERONET Site 176 Coordinates in Decimal Degrees South and West lt 0 North and East gt 0 Longitude 3 la AE Latitude 45 Or Existing AERONET Site Gosan_SNU rs GOT_Seaprism 5 Gotland Gozo Graciosa Granada Grand_Forks Great_Falls Greenbelt_Park age 7 HORIZON R initialiser Apply GSFC Elevation Angle ZENIT Revision 3 2 April 2015 24 65 W quill CHD CE318 T Photometer User Operation Manual 7 K NU WA Soy INN ip IID ADVANCED MONITORING 2 3 2 1 Transmitter and antenna installation Attach the mast support in the ground Insert the mast into the mast support Tight the screws to fix properly the mast A 4 Slide the stirrup through the mast until it gets to the end position 5 Insert the V shaped part in the stirrup extremities with the mast in between and tight strongly the nuts 6 Insert the stirrup extremities in the V shaped part with the tubular metallic part in between to fix it 7 Tight the 2 nuts 8 Insert the IAGI antenna support in the stirrups with the tubular metallic part
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