VTMX TEST
BEGINNING 05/24/2000


        Eleven portable meteorological stations (PWIDS) were fielded for the
test.  At each location, data were sampled every second, averaged over a sixty
second interval, and then transmitted to a CP point via a radio link or simply
saved on storage modules.  All of the stations were located in the Salt Lake
City area.  Specific locations of the stations are given below:

        Site JL (01)....Roof of the old Salt Lake County Jail.

        Site MG (02)....Memory Grove.                        

        Site CA (03)....Roof of the Capitol Administration Building.

        Site QB (04)....123 South 200 East (east of Questar Building).

        Site HW (05)....321 South 200 East (east of Heber Wells Building).

        Site AB (06)....300 South 40 East (in front of Amerasia Building).

        Site GC (07)....200 South 65 East (north of Gallavan Center).

        Site BB (08)....341 South State St. (south of Brighton Bank).

        Site CT (09)....300 South 139 East (in front of Cineplex Theater).

        Site RM (10)....265 South 200 East (in front of Russon Mortuary).

        Site LF (11)....Jordan Land-Fill.


        The data files are named by a two-character test name, a two-charater
station name, and a four-digit Julian date.  A break-down of a typical data
file named VTJL0145.DAT follows:

                            Station name (station JL in this case)
                            |
                            |
                           --
                         VTJL0145.DAT
                         --  ----
                         |      |
                         |      |
Name of test (VT for VTMX)      Julian date (00145 in this case)


        Data are divided into nine columns and are easily imported into a
spreadsheet.  Column one is the station identifier (station name or location).
The Julian date is saved in column two.  Column three is the time in local
time coordinates (MST).  Column four is the seconds of the minute.  The fifth
and sixth columns are wind speed (meters per second) and wind direction, res-
pectively.  Columns seven and eight are temperature (Centegrade) and humidity,
respectively.  A sample of the data follows:

       JL  145  1500   0  3.576  349.7   23.9  13.16
       JL  145  1501   0  3.762  358.4  23.88   13.1
       JL  145  1502   0   3.88  346.2  23.86  13.27
       JL  145  1503   0   3.38  338.9  23.86  13.48
       JL  145  1504   0  3.311    338  23.92  13.21
       JL  145  1505   0  4.252  335.7  23.94  12.77
       JL  145  1506   0  3.889  349.9  23.94     12
       JL  145  1507   0  4.281  341.3  23.97  12.73


        If any questions arise concerning the meteorological data collected,
please contact the Dumbauld Meteorological Center at the following numbers:
        (801)831-5006, DSN 789-5006
        (801)831-5496, DSN 789-5496
        (801)831-5101, DSN 789-5101



PROBLEMS or CONCERNS:

 1.  The first PWIDS station (JL) was installed on 05/24/00 (00145). 

 2.  The second and third PWIDS stations (MG & CA, respectively) were in-
 stalled on 06/08/00 (00160).

 3.  The fourth PWIDS station (QB) was installed on 07/20/00 (00202).

 4.  The fifth and sixth PWIDS stations (HW & AB, respectively) were installed
 on 08/24/00 (00237).

 5.  The seventh, eighth, nineth, and tenth PWIDS stations (GC, BB, CT, & RM, 
 respectively) were installed on 10/03/00 (00277).
 
 6.  Data were extremely intermittent and mostly non-existent beginning on day
 09/03/00 (00247) and extending to day 09/10/00 (00254) for all the PWIDS
 stations, and especially station six.

 7.  Due to the orientation of several solar panels or their shadowed location,
 battery charging was less than optimal.  This resulted in loss of data at sev-
 eral locations throughout the duration of the test.