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Equipment ListSubmitted by delboy on Wed, 2006-09-27 16:01.
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| Catagory | Quantity | Item | Model No | Features | Peak Watts | Mean Voltage | Description | Cost | Required by | Obtained | Assembled | Packed | Web Site | Attachments | Notes | |
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| Essential | 1 | Wind Speed sensor | Sensor for measuring mean wind speed and wind gust, to determine if wind power is a feasible energy option at the site and also to provide us with data for wind-testing simulations during the development of the prototype station | |||||||||||||
| Essential | 1 | Wind Direction sensor | Sensor to determine prevailing wind direction and frequency of changes in wind direction during the year | |||||||||||||
| Essential | >=1 | Air Temperature sensor | Sensor to measure minimum, maximum and mean temperatures at the site | |||||||||||||
| Essential | 1 | Snow/precipitation sensor | Sensor to measure snowfall and other types of precipitation at the site during the year |
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| Desirable | 1 | Relative humidity Sensor | Sensor to measure changes in relative humidity at the site | |||||||||||||
| Desirable | 1 | Air Pressure sensor | Sensor to measure changes in air pressure in order to learn and test our ability to anticipate storms or fine weather remotely | |||||||||||||
| Desirable | 1 | Solar and/or Net Radiation sensor | Sensor to measure the direct and reflected solar radiation in order to estimate the potential solar gains at different times of the year | |||||||||||||
| Desirable | 1 | Sunshine Duration sensor | Sensor to measure the duration of visible sunshine over the year, this will allow us to calculate how far into the Antarctic autumn we can rely on solar power and how early in spring we can rely on solar power | |||||||||||||
| Desirable | 1 | Webcam | Webcam colour with microphone incorporated solid state CCD (Charged Coupled Device) extremly small and very light not weather proof. A device similar but not neccessarily this one will be used to look back at the automomous Weather Station and provide a visual and audio reading on the enviroment and that of the weather station itself. | £20 | ||||||||||||
| Deprecated | 1 | Aag One Wire | Aag One Wire |
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Three sensors in one device Wind Speed determined by means of a magnet initiating a reed switch sensor to determine speed, a seperate cascade of reed switches to determine wind direction and a thermocouple to determine temperature. With the 1-Wire™ ® Weather Station up there where the air is free and wired to your PC, you get instant access to weather facts -- wind speed, direction, and temperature -- right outside your door, not at a TV or radio station 30 miles away. Based on the succesful design made by the engineers of Dallas Semiconductors, and using the same family of integrated circuits. Completely based on the Web-addressable components of the 1-Wire® technology the instrument allows, in a very economical way, to measure temperature, wind speed and wind direction, by the way of only one wire (plus ground) , with only the power supplied by the RS232 serial port or the USB port of the PC. |
£62.00 | June 2006 | Assembled & Tested | Not applicable | Aagelectronica | No specification suplied | Item rejected due to fragile nature of component for supposed Antarctic conditions | ||||
| Depricated | 1 | Aanderaa Automatic Weather Station | AWS 2700 |
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The basic concept of the Weather Station is a modular design which allows for flexibility in system configuration and easy expansion. All elements are standardized, field-friendly and waterproof. The instruments can also be integrated with other systems. A large number of submersible, ground and atmospheric sensors have been developed by us, all featuring standardized output signals and the same electrical and mechanical connections. They are among the most field-friendly in the world, are easy to transport, assemble, install and operate. Powered by solar cells, they can operate unattended for long periods of time in remote places because of their low current consumption. | € 27,000 Euro's | Aanderaa | Equipment rejected cost prohibative and inflexible | ||||||||