Precipitation Meteorological Instruments (PRECIPMET) Handbook
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
The PRECIPMET surface meteorology instrument system provides temperature, relative humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction, and precipitation data relevant to the precipitation network instruments: laser disdrometer (PARS2) and radar wind profiler (RWP). The PRECIPMET is installed at the intermediate facilities (IF) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) atmospheric observatory. The instrument system consists of a Vaisala WXT520 weather transmitter and a 12”-diameter Novalynx tipping bucket rain gauge (TBRG). The WXT520 is mounted on top of the control building at a height of approximately 4 meters. The tipping bucket is mounted on a pole level with the surrounding fencing (approximately 2 meters) to prevent physical interference with the gauge.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Data Center; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Contributing Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-76RL01830; AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2583750
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SC-ARM--TR-226
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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