
Additional single copies of this document may be
ordered from:
USDA Forest Service, MTDC
5785 West Broadway
Missoula, MT 59808-9361
Phone: 406–329–3978
Fax: 406–329–3719
Davies, Mary Ann. 2002. User’s guide for the DataRAM 2000
particulate monitor. Tech. Rep. 0225-2803-MTDC. Missoula,
MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula
Te chnology and Development Center. 18 p.
Describes how to set up the DataRAM 2000 particulate monitor
to collect smoke data. The guide explains where to site the
instrument, how to start a run, how to stop a run, how to set up
a laptop computer, how to download the data into the laptop,
Mary Ann Davies received a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering with a minor in industrial and management engi-
neering from Montana State University in 1988. She worked in
the Pacific Northwest Region as a facility engineer and as a
tramway engineer. She also developed mountain bike routes
About the Author
using a rating system she designed. Mary Ann has worked in
fire management as a crewmember and as a crewboss. She
worked for 5 years with the Rocky Mountain Research Station
in the fire chemistry and fire behavior groups before coming
to MTDC in 1999.
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and how to transfer the data into an Excel spreadsheet. The
guide also explains how to set up the remote satellite telemetry
system, assemble and configure the DataRAM for proper
communication with the telemetry system, and verify that the
system is sending data.
Keywords: air pollution, air quality, configuration, data collection,
data communication, instruments, nephelometers, particulate,
telemetry, wood smoke
For additional technical information, contact Mary
Ann Davies at MTDC.
Phone: 406–329–3981
Fax: 406–329–3719
Electronic copies of MTDC’s documents are available
on the Forest Service’s FSWeb Intranet at:
http://fsweb.mtdc.wo.fs.fed.us
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