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RNY003 Site Information

Geolocation Data

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.

R. M. Young 41342 4-Wire RTD

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.

LI-COR LI-200R Pyranometer

Range: 0 to 3000 W m-2

Accuracy: ±3%

Measures global solar radiation.

Annke 8MP 4K Outdoor Cameras

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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