RNY003 Site Information
Geolocation Data
Station ID |
Station Number |
Location |
County |
Date Installed |
Latitude/Longitude |
Site Elevation |
RNY003 |
003 |
Rochester, NY |
Monroe County |
July 14th, 2024 |
43.12°, -77.62° |
177 m (580 ft) above Mean Sea-Level |
Instrumentation
R. M. Young 05103-45-5 Alpine Wind Monitor
Measured at a height of 5 meters.
Accuracy: ± 0.3 m/s (0.6 mph) or 1% of reading, ± 3°
Range: 0 – 100 m/s, 0 – 359°
Measures horizontal wind speed and direction.

Measured at a height of 2 meters.
Range: -50 to +50°C
Accuracy: ± 0.3°C @ 0°C
Measures fast response temperature.

Vaisala HMP35C Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe
Measured at a height of 2 meters.
Range: -35 to +55°C, 0 to 100%RH
Accuracy: ± 0.9°C, ± 2.0%RH (0 to 90%RH), ± 3.0%RH (90 to 100%RH)
Measures temperature, relative humidity, dew point, wet bulb temp., and mixing ratio.

Vaisala PTB101B Barometric Pressure Sensor
Range: 600 – 1060 hPa
Accuracy: ±0.5 hPa @ +20°C
Measures station pressure.

Texas Electronics TR-525 Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge
Range: 0.1 mm per tip
Measured at a height of 1 meter.
Accuracy: 0-2 in (50 mm) per hour, ±1%
Measures liquid precipitation.

Campbell Scientific SnowVue 10 Sonic Snow-Depth Sensor
Range: 0 to 9.6 m
Accuracy: 0.2% of distance to target
Measures snow depth.


Streams sky view and ground shot image to web server via FTP every minute.

Data Recording and Distribution
Campbell Scientific CR6 Automated Monitoring Platform

Records measurements from all instruments and outputs data via HTTP Get request through LAN every 1 minute.
Web Server
PHP script extracts data values from CR6 HTTP Get query and inserts them into MySQL 8 database.
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