Tuesday, 16 January 2007: 8:45 AM
Temperature deviation study of three co-located platinum resistance thermometers
207A (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)
The United States Climate Reference
Network (USCRN) utilizes three Platinum Resistance Thermometers (PRT) that are
each enclosed in the inlet of a Met One aspirated shield. The redundancy of
these three temperature measurements yields high confidence in assessing the
surface air temperature. Temperature deviations between the three PRTs are
believed to be moisture driven during episodes when all three PRTs are not
within .3°C, all other hardware is working properly, and
environmental conditions are high in relative humidity. Our research seeks to
validate this point by studying the microclimate of the inlets of the three
co-located shields. Each of these inlets contains a PRT, one wetness sensor,
and a relative humidity sensor.
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