ITAS Automatic Weather Stations
GFI has a set of 6 automatic weather stations composed of robust standard instrumentation. Measured parameters include pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and direction, precipitation and global radiation.
In detail, the AWS includes the following instruments:
| Instrument name | Function |
|---|---|
| Campbell Scientific | CR1000 datalogger |
| RM Young 61302V | trykksensor |
| S+S Regeltechnik HTF 100 Pt100 | temperatursensor |
| Vaisala HMP155 | temperatur- og fuktighetssensor |
| RM Young 5106-45 Alpine | vindhastighets- og vindretningssensor |
| Pessl IM523 | nedbørssensor |
| Apogee SP110 | strålingssensor |
The weather station configuration is fully documented in the attached manual:
File:ITAS_GFI_Manual_20160518.pdf (in Norwegian)
The weather stations are configured to acquire 10 min measurements, and transfer the logger files to GFI via mobile network once per day at 11:00 UTC.
Routines are available at GFI to convert from the ASCII format files to netCDF files will full metadata information.