Weather station

About: Weather station is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 1789 publications have been published within this topic receiving 42864 citations. The topic is also known as: meteorological station & meteorological observation post.

Dual-mode wireless miniature weather station system based on general packet radio service (GPRS) and satellite communications

Abstract: The utility model discloses a dual-mode wireless miniature weather station system based on general packet radio service (GPRS) and satellite communications. The dual-mode wireless miniature weather station system based on the GPRS and the satellite communications comprises a plurality of sensors. The dual-mode wireless miniature weather station system based on the GPRS and the satellite communications is characterized in that the sensors are connected with a control computer in a miniature weather station, and the control computer is respectively connected with a satellite communication module and a GPRS communication module. According to the dual-mode wireless miniature weather station system based on the GPRS and the satellite communications, a dual-mode wireless communication method including a GPRS communication mode and a satellite communication mode is utilized for transmission; and preferentially, the GPRS communication mode is utilized to transmit meteorological data in the miniature weather station, and when the GPRS communication mode cannot be utilized, the satellite communication mode is utilized to transmit the meteorological data.

Method and apparatus for determining weather data confidence

Abstract: A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided for weather station data usage based on weather data confidence. In the context of a method, the method includes receiving historical weather data associated with a candidate weather station and plurality of weather stations, determining distances between a candidate weather station and respective ones of the plurality of weather stations, and generating a station to station location based model of weather attribute errors associated with the distances between the candidate weather station and the respective weather stations of the plurality of weather stations.

Disquiet on the weather front : the welfare impacts of climatic variability in the rural Philippines

Abstract: Three recent rounds (2003, 2006, and 2009) of the Family Income and Expenditure Survey are matched to rainfall data from 43 rainfall stations in the Philippines to quantify the extent to which unusual weather has any negative effects on the consumption of Filipino households. It is found that negative rainfall shocks decrease consumption, in particular food consumption. Rainfall below one standard deviation of its long-run average causes food consumption to decrease by about 4 percent, when compared with rainfall within one standard deviation. Positive deviations above one standard deviation have a limited impact. Moreover, for households close to a highway or to a fixed-line phone, consumption appears to be fully protected from the impact of negative rainfall shocks.

Measurement of Enteric Methane Emissions by the SF6 Technique Is Not Affected by Ambient Weather Conditions.

Abstract: Despite the fact that the sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) tracer technique was developed over 25 years ago to measure methane production from grazing and non-housed animals, no studies have specifically investigated whether ambient wind speed, temperature, relative humidity and rainfall influence the accuracy of the method. The aim of this research was to investigate how these weather factors influence the measurement of enteric methane production by the SF6 technique. Six different cohorts of dairy cows (40 per cohort) were kept outdoors and fed a common diet during spring in 3 consecutive years. Methane production from individual cows was measured daily over the last 5 days of each 32-day period. An automated weather station measured air temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and rainfall every 10 min. Regression analyses were used to relate the average daily wind speed, average daily temperature, average daily relative humidity and total daily rainfall measurements to dry matter intake, average daily methane production and methane yield of each cohort of cows. It was concluded that the modified SF6 technique can be used outdoors during a range of wind speeds, ambient temperatures, relative humidities and rainfall conditions without causing a significant effect on the measurement of methane production or methane yield of dairy cows.