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A solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site

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Description

A solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site.These are deployed to take measurements in and around severe weather.Tower instruments give wind direction and speed; rain gauge on left.White box houses temperature, relative humidity and pressure instruments.

Credit

NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Collection

NSSL

Instruments

Keywords

Instrumentation