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Description:
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Coastal?s MacroMets measures
meteorological parameters including, but not limited to:
wind speed and direction, barometric pressure, relative humidity,
air temperature, rainfall and radiation.
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Coastal
MacroSeries Instrument (pressure only)
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Capacity:
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200 K standard
Optional (Compact Flash Cards):
8MB, 16 MB, etc.
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Housing:
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Diameter
? 5.5 in.
Length
? 15.5 in. (including handle)
Weight
? 17 lbs. in air
Material
? Stainless steel and UHMW plastic housing
Additional sensors will vary the length
and weight of a MacroMets.
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Power:
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User replaceable standard
alkaline D cells
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Interface:
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Wizard
IBM PC compatible software
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ASCII data files in engineering
units
User controlled sampling
parameters and sensor functions
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Optional
Met Sensors (l to r)
Radiation, External Temp Shield, Turbidity,
External Pressure, Wind, RH, C-T, Rain Bucket |
Clock:
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Solid state real time, accuracy
one minute per year
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Standard & Optional:
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Barometric
Pressure
? ICS StrainGauge Pressure Sensor
Wind Speed
? RM Young Propellor Vane
Wind Direction
? RM Young Helicoil
Orientation
? FSI Ostar Compass
Temperature,
External ? YSI Thermister
Relative Humidity?
Vaisala HMP 35A
Rainfall
? RainWise Tipping Bucket
Radiation
? Biospherical Inst. QSP-200 PAR Sensor
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Function
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Sensor
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Range
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Accuracy
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Resolution
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Units
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Barometric
Pressure
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IC
Sensors Strain Gauge, piezoresistive
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30,
50, 100, 250
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0.1%
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12
bit
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psia
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Wind
Speed
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RM
Young Propellor Vane
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0-60
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2%
of read
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.015
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m/s
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Wind
Direction
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RM
Young Helicoil
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0-360
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+5<
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.09?
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deg.
rel.
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Orientation
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FSI
Ostar Compass
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0?-360?
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2?
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.09?
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deg.
mag.
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Temperature
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YSI
Ext. Bulkhead Thermister
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-5?
to 35?
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0.1?
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.02
typ
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?C
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Rel.
Humidity
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Vaisala
HMP 35
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0-100
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+2%
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.012%
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%
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Rainfall
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Rainwise
Tipping Bucket
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32cm/5min
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0.2
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0.2
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mm
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Radiation
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Biospherical
Inst. QSP-200
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0-5x1017
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12
bit
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quanta/
cm2/sec2
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Download MacroMets spec sheets in .pdf format
MacroMets
116KB
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