=====  Weather Station  =====

====  Overview  ====

A Environdata Weather Maestro weather station is mounted on the Broadway Building rooftop.

==== Sensors ====

The Weatherstation is a Environdata Weather Maestro DL30. It has the following sensors installed:
  * Tipping Bucket Rain Gauge (RG12 Series)
  * Solar Radiation Sensor (Pyranometer SR40)
  * Air Temperature Sensor (TA40 Series)
  * UVA Sensor (Skye UVA SKU 420)
  * Wind Direction Sensor (WD45)
  * Wind Speed Sensor (WS45)

====  Methodology  ====

The weatherstation is wirelessly polled every 10 minutes. It reports the following variables:

  * Air Temperature (°C)
  * UVARadiation (0-100W) (Watts/m²)
  * Solar Radiation (Watts/m²)
  * Rain Gauge
    * Rain Gauge (mm)
    * Rain Total from 9am (mm)
  * Wind Instruments //(0° is True North)//
    * Inst. Wind Speed (km/h)
    * Inst. Wind Direction (Degrees)
    * Peak Wind Gust (km/h)
    * E/-W Wind Speed (VSin) (km/h)
    * Wind Direction Sine
    * Wind Direction Cosine
    * N/-S Wind Sp (VCos) (km/h)
    * Wind Direction (Degrees deviation from North)
  * Maintenance Variables
    * Battery Voltage (V)
    * Solar Voltage (V)
    * Charge Current (mA)
    * Load Current (mA)
    * Communications (Minutes)

====  Downloads  ====

  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:dl30_weather_maestro_data_logger_2011_email.pdf|Weather Maestro Product Sheet}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:rg12_tipping_bucket_rain_gauge_2011.pdf|Rain Gauge Specifications}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:sr40_solar_radiation_sensor.pdf|Solar Radiation Sensor Specifications}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:ta40_air_temperature_sensor.pdf|Air Temperature Sensor Specifications}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:uva_sensor.pdf|UVA Sensor Specifications}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:wd45_wind_direction_sensor.pdf|Wind Direction Sensor Specifications}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:ws45_wind_speed_sensor.pdf|Wind Speed Sensor Specifications}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:ad40_vector_analysis_firmware.pdf|Wind Vector Analysis Overview}}
  * {{:technical:sensors:weather:rl60_uhf_radio_link.pdf|Radio Link Specifications}}

====  Links  ====

  * [[http://www.environdata.com.au/weather-stations-and-software/maestro-weather-station|Weather Maestro Product Page]]