Comparison and Impacts of Temperature Measurements Using Aspirated and Unaspirated Radiation Shields

There are mechanical and thermodynamic differences between unaspirated and aspirated radiation shields that make each model useful for different environmental settings. This research explores the differences between both models of radiation shields compared to relative humidity, solar radiation, wind speed at two meters, and how seasonal changes affect temperature differences. Five years of Mesonet temperature data was collected between five models of solar radiation shields and compared against the data from the oldest model. This method will show the comparison of the new versus the older solar radiation shield model temperature differences. The results found represent the statistical analysis for the comparison of each solar radiation shield model and in which way the temperature data is skewed in relation to environmental changes.