
CS110 Electric Field Meter
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Both the upward-facing and the inverted and elevated unit need to
be electrically connected to Earth potential. This can best be
accomplished by a grounding rod and wire connected to ground lugs
provided on both the upward-facing plate and on the mounting
bracket on the standard CS110.
Ideally, site correction should be done in the absence of precipitation, and during
the presence of slowly varying electric fields of bipolar polarity and magnitudes
large enough to make instrument offset errors negligible. These conditions may
be infrequent in practice, making site correction using a flush-mounted upward-
facing unit somewhat challenging. Falling precipitation along with blowing dirt
can result in questionable measurements by an exposed, upward-facing unit.
Cleaning of the electrodes of an upward-facing unit is recommended after it has
been exposed to blowing dust and/or falling precipitation. The measurement of
meteorological parameters such as rainfall, along with the averaging and data
storage capability of the CS110 can be utilized to autonomously measure, process
and store data to aid in site correction.
Campbell Scientific, Ltd. has performed a site correction on the CS110 2 Metre
CM10 Tripod Site described in Appendix G. The collected data between the
upward-facing unit and a downward facing CS110 2 Metre CM10 Tripod site is
illustrated in Fig 11. A best-fit line computed from the data resulted in C
site
=
0.105
±
4%, which is valid for users at other sites who use the same site
dimensions on level terrain clear of vegetation. Dimensional details of the 2 metre
standard meteorological site are described in Appendix F.
10/02/05 Site Correction of CS110 2 Meter CM10 Tripod Site
Results indicate Csite = 0.105.
y = 0.1051x - 35.664
R
2
= 0.9996
-10000
-8000
-6000
-4000
-2000
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
-80000
-60000
-40000
-20000
0
20000
40000
60000
80000
Uncorrected (Csite = 1) Electric Field (volt/meter) for 2 Meter Mounted CS110 on CM10
Tripod. SN: 1023 (Mparallel_Plate = 81.77 volt/meter*millivolt)
El
ect
ri
c Fi
el
d (
vol
t/
met
er
f
o
r Upwar
d
Faci
ng CS110 SN:
1022
M
p
a
ra
lle
l_
p
la
te
=
8
7
.6
v
o
lt/me
te
r*milliv
o
lt
Figure 11. Site Correction Data for CS110 2 Metre CM10 Tripod Site
NOTE
Uncorrected (C
site
= 1) Electric Field (volt/meter) for 2 Meter Mounted CS110 on CM10
Tripod. SN: 1023 Mparallel_Plate = 81.77 volt/meter*millivolt
El
ec
tr
ic
Fi
el
d (v
ol
t/
met
e
r) f
o
r Upward
Fac
in
g
CS110 SN
:1022
M
par
al
lel
_
pl
at
e
=
87.
6 v
ol
t/
met
er*
mi
lli
vol
t
10/02/05 Site Correction of CS110 2 Meter CM10 Tripod Site
Results indicate C
site
= 0.105.
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