ARTO1 was inspected ans serviced over the period 14-17 March 2015. Minimal cleaning was required at this site. Anchor ropes and buoy base were cleaned.
The copper coating on the sonde probes was still intact and in good condition and was not replaced. Calibration of probes was conducted. However, the sonde was in re-installed until a 7 days later. The probes were maintained in a moist environment until the sonde could bere-installed.
The RMY temp/RH installed the previous month was not collecting data.
The unit was inpsected and reinstalled, but the problem persists. On
further correspondence with C-ARMs two other options will be looked at
to correct the problem.
The Sontek ADP was also deployed on this trip.
Cellular communication was confirmed, but no RF communication could be achieved on the day.
The next visit is scheduled for the end of May 2015