
Table 7-7: CSAT3H heater controller outputs
Variable name
Units
Description
VPD_amb_ctrl_Min
hPa
Minimum vapor pressure deficit determined by the
temp/RH probe connected to the CSAT3H heater
controller
crrnt_trnsds_Avg
Amps
Average current provided to heat the sonic transducers
pwr_trnsds_Avg
Watts
Average power provided to heat the sonic transducers
crrnt_arms_Avg
Amps
Average current provided to heat the sonic arms
pwr_arms_Avg
Watts
Average power provided to heat the sonic arms
pwr_trnsds_arms_Avg
Watts
Average total power provided to heat the entire sonic
trnsd_heater_on_secs
s
Time during the interval that the transducers were heated
trnsd_heater_ctrl_secs
s
Time during the interval that the CSAT3H heater
controller was given the green light by the main data
logger to provide heat to the transducers
trnsd_heater_fail_secs
s
Time during the interval that the transducer heaters failed
to heat
arm_heater_on_secs
s
Time during the interval that the arms were heated
arm_heater_ctrl_secs
s
Time during the interval that the CSAT3H heater
controller was given the green light by the main data
logger to provide heat to the arms
arm_heater_fail_secs
s
Time during the interval that the arm heaters failed to
heat
trnsd_ice_wet_lck_sec
s
Time in which one or more transducers was not
transmitting signal due to ice/dew as determined by
diagnostics and ambient temperature/dew point
heating_inaplcbl_sec
s
Time in which one or more transducers was not
transmitting signal for potentially unknown reasons or
reasons beyond ice/dew
secs_blocked_Max
s
Maximum consecutive seconds the transducers were
unable to establish a signal
mV_real_trnsds_Max
mV
Maximum millivolt signal CSAT3H heater controller used
to determine how much heat to apply to the transducers
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