I'm in california and right now there is consistent smoke in the atmosphere.
Its like a fog
We we use an R12/R10 RTK base,?ÿ what should I expect for GPS work.
longer times for a Fix ??ÿ or ?
ps. my crew has N95 masks
I have no personal experience with this condition, but don't expect any significant impairment. Smoke should be electromagnetically inert.
Good question!
I have no idea. I suppose that IF the particulates in the smoke have an electrical charge, then MAYBE, but whether or not the effect is non-trivial is far beyond my mush filled melon.
Edit...Bill knows his stuff, so I will go back to watching the ball game...
I do know that the smoke is very noticeable here in SW Wyoming.
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Nope, not significant.
Thank you,?ÿ ?ÿ off we go
The California wildfires have been getting decidedly worse in recent years.?ÿ In late 2018 it was bad enough that I had to wear an N95 mask in the field for a week or two.?ÿ I found myself checking a website showing air quality monitoring sites before leaving the office every day to see what I was in for, and noticed PurpleAir sensors scattered around town.?ÿ I looked into it and decided to buy one.?ÿ But by the time it arrived the air had cleared.?ÿ We had a lot of remodel construction going on at the time, so it just sat on a shelf until a few days ago when I put it up.?ÿ It's live now and can be found here.
I no longer remember what website I was monitoring in 2018, but it showed both EPA sensors and the PurpleAir sensors.
I wore an N95 all afternoon today, in 95?øF weather and positively ghastly air quality.?ÿ They're really not much fun to have on, especially if you're doing hard labor like I was (digging for monuments in parched ground).?ÿ Tomorrow promises to be about the same.?ÿ 🙁