"Real-time" SNP Weather Data Station is back on-line!!
The USGS operates seven weather stations within forested areas of the Shenandoah National Park. USGS personnel must frequently visit each station either to download recorded data or repair instruments that are damaged by wildlife and extreme environmental conditions in the Park. One of the weather stations provided real-time transmission of weather data as featured on the Shenandoah Phenology site. However, this real-time capability has been inoperative because of technical difficulties with the satellite uplink system. This problem has been overcome. In addition, the transmission system has been replicated on a second weather station. Modification and testing of the real-time weather page to include data from this site is now underway. The data collected by these stations are being combined with satellite and ground based imagery for climate, hydrology, and habitat research. (More....)
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