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Weather Station
Forecast is
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UNDER GRAY SKIES ONE
EARLY FALL DAY, SENIORS
in Tom O’Halloran’s advanced
environmental science lab
hoisted a roughly 10-foot
weather station tower into place
and began installing an array of
meteorological instruments. e
station will record air
temperature, wind speed and
direction, humidity and
precipitation, along with a few
extras including soil moisture
and temperature and radiation
levels. When the station is
complete, an on-board computer
will transmit the data every 60
seconds to the Internet.
e Campbell Scientific weather
station was purchased to support
ecological and environmental
research with a National Science
Foundation grant obtained by
the biology and environmental
studies programs. e
instrumentation and the data it
collects will be used by faculty
and students in research and
coursework. e data also will
be useful to farmers and
others in the community to
monitor weather conditions
such as drought.
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