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Description:
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Coastals 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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-
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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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