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Siting and Exposure

last update  ► 1 September 2005

Road Weather Information System Environmental Sensor Station Siting Guidelines

http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/ess05/index.htm

  Siting of Instruments in Urban Areas
http://www.urban-climate.org/resources_fr.htm
 

Guidelines for the Siting and Exposure of Meteorological Instruments and Observing Facilities
(Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology, Australia - Observations Specification 2013.1)

www.bom.gov.au/inside/oeb/networks/

 

Siting Standards for Meteorological Observing Sites
(Meteorological Service of Canada - MSC 2-2001)

http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/msb/circulars_e.cfm

 

Siting and maintenance of Weather Stations

http://cals.arizona.edu/pubs/water/ (az1260.pdf)

 

Federal Standard For Siting Meteorological Sensors At Airports

www.ofcm.gov/siting/text/c-toc.htm

 

Where to site weather station, how to choose a location

http://www.campbellsci.com/x.cfm?a=63

 

Observing Urban Weather and Climate Using 'Standard' Stations

www.meteo.bg/EURASAP/35/paper1.html

 

Siting and Exposure 

www.webmet.com/met_monitoring/36.html

     

Web Editor Sary Vargas, 19 July 2007