Digi CORA II MW15 Launching Instructions  
(written by PZ 7/21/04, applies to the North American Monsoon
Experiment (NAME) protocol; updated from 7/3/04)

1. Open sonde package, remove strip w/ calibration coefficients, remove
battery, place package somewhere outside where it can equilibrate w/
ambient temperature and RH (keep out of direct sunlight).
2. Unpack battery, soak in water 5-10 min., inside its own package
3. Remove serial number label from sonde packaging, place in lime-green log book
4. get the surface meteorology values:
	a. Read off surface T and RH from the flux data logger package (press * then 6,
	then press A (for advance; B for back) to sensor#14 for T, sensor#15 for RH).
	You will also be asked later for SST: #13 on the data logger
	b.*IMPORTANT: Read off surface p from the last column of the most recent "P1_{julianday,hr}"
	file, bottom row. Add 1 mb to this value - the P1 file gives readings for the Licor
	package, 10 m above the deck. Adding 1 mb corrects for the height differential.
	The NAME office uses this value to calculate geopotential height fields in aid
	of its forecasting, important to get this right.
	c. We have been using surface wind speed and direction values of 5 and 0,
	respectively. NAME project office appears to be okay with this (they have
	been told).
5. Power up DigiCORA unit and PC if not already on.
6. Do the DigiCORA setup:
	a. check the time: it should be in UTC. press ACCEPT.
`	b. select operation SOND
	c. select sounding mode RESEARCH
	d. research mode for BOTH
	e. select sounding mode research: GO ON
	f. wind measuring method: GPS
	g. station position: REJECT
	h. method to enter station position: GPS
	i. ACCEPT station position  (the shown lat/lon)
	j. enter elevation: 5 m
	k. start mode: AUTO
	l slide sonde calibration tape in DigiCORA tape ENTRY (R to L, w/
		cut end of tape slanting to the left from top to bottom of tape)
	m. you will be asked to enter in the surface met values.
	  also "ASAP status": enter NO for this.
7. Start PC software (by double-clicking on Start.exe icon (a "star")).
8. Fill up balloon. This will be a two-person job, with one person holding
the balloon, the other doing the helium. FILL THE BALLOON TO A PSI OF 450.
9. connect battery, attach sonde package to balloon.
10. Release balloon - check winds to make sure balloon will get pulled
away from the ship.
11. EDTMW program will collect data, This may take a few minutes, but if
it takes longer than this, you may have a problem. If after reaching p=700 mb,
the computer still isn't saving data, you will have to redo the launch.
12. When you think the sonde is done, press STATUS twice, this should show
a STOP. then press C1.
13. Record date, time next to calibration tape serial number in the logbook. 
14. Record same info in an excel spread sheet maintained on the Dell computer.

15. To archive the data (after the end of the sonde; ~ 2 hrs):
	a. Close all opened windows on computer screen.
	b. Start Archive.exe icon (double-click).
	c. Click on icon w/ two hard driver representations.
	d. Close archive window
	e. Click on Fileconv.exe. Go to FILE, open, archive, list all files.
	files are in C:/metgraph/archive/ascii. 
	f. create a *.ptu and a *.wnd file.  Select level filter = MORE for this.
	g. Move the files to an archive directory containing all the sonde files to date.
16. FTP the *ptu,*wnd files to etl site:
	a. zip the *ptu and *wnd files
	b. place files in a "NameFTP" directory on the Toshiba laptop.
	c. on Toshiba laptop, click on "X" in bottom right hand corner. this
		should connect the laptop to the outside world through the iridium.
	d. open a MS-DOS window
	e. ftp ftp.etl.noaa.gov
		username: etlguest
		pwd: your email address
		cd name
		put the 2 files