Cedar Point
30°18.507'N, 88°08.372'W
Meteorological Sensor
Sensor:
Wind Speed and Direction
Type:
Wind Monitor 05106-L
Range:
0-224 mph
Accuracy:
+/- 6 mph or 1% of reading
Resolution:
0.2192 mph/(scan rate in seconds)
Height:
12.23m above deck
Sensor:
Air Temperature and Relative Humidity
Type:
HMP45C Humidity and temperature probe
Range:
-40° C to +60° C 0-100%
Accuracy:
Temperature: +/- 0.2 at 20° C Humidity accuracy at 20° C:+/- 2%RH (0 to 90% Relative Humidity) +/- 3% (90% to 100% Relative Humidity)
Resolution:
Height:
Sensor:
Photosynthetically Active Radiation
Type:
Quantum Sensor LI-190SB
Range:
10,000 umol/s/m2
Accuracy:
+/- 5%
Resolution:
1uE/m2/s
Height:
Sensor:
Total Solar Radiation
Type:
Quantum Sensor LI-200X-L
Range:
0 to 3000 W/m2
Accuracy:
max +/- 5%, +/- 3% typical in natural daylight
Resolution:
0.01 kW/m2
Height:
Sensor:
Barometric Pressure
Type:
Barometer PTB101B
Range:
600 to 1060 mb
Accuracy:
+/- 0.5 mb at 20°C
Resolution:
0.01 mb
Height:
Sensor:
Precipitation
Type:
Tipping Rain Bucket Guage TE-525
Range:
Up to 3 in/hr
Accuracy:
+0, -5%
Resolution:
0.01 in
Height:
Hydrographic Sensor
Sensor:
Temperature
Type:
Thermistor
Range:
-5 to 50° C
Accuracy:
+/-0.2° C
Resolution:
0.001° C
Sensor:
Dissolved Oxygen percent
Type:
Optical Luminescence
Range:
0 to 500% air saturation
Accuracy:
0-200% air saturation, +/- 1% of the reading or 1% air saturation, whichever is greater; 200-500% air saturation, +/- 5% of reading
Resolution:
0.1% air saturation
Sensor:
Dissolved Oxygen mg/L
Type:
ROX Optical Luminescence
Range:
0 to 50 mg/L
Accuracy:
0-20 mg/L, +/- 1% of the reading or 0.1 mg/L, whichever is greater; 20-50 mg/L, +/- 5% of reading
Resolution:
0.01 mg/L
Sensor:
Salinity
Type:
Calculated from conductivity and temperature
Range:
0 to 70 ppt
Accuracy:
+/- 1.0% of reading or 0.1 ppt, whichever is greater
Resolution:
0.01 ppt
Sensor:
Vented level
Type:
Stainless Steel Strain Gauge
Range:
0 to 33 ft
Accuracy:
+/-0.013ft or +/- 0.004m
Resolution:
0.001 ft
(0.001m)
Sensor:
Turbidity
Type:
Optical, 90° Scatter w/ Mechanical cleaning
Range:
0-4000FNU
Accuracy:
0-999 FNU: 0.3 FNU or+/-2% of reading, whichever is greater; 1000-4000 FNU: +/-5% of reading.
Resolution:
0.01FNU
Sensor:
Conductivity
Type:
4-electrode
nickle cell
Range:
0 to 200 mS/cm
Accuracy:
+/- 1.0% of reading +0.002 mS/cm
Resolution:
0.0001 mS/cm to 0.01 mS/cm (range dependent)
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