Subject: [IGSMAIL-3779]: new AMC2 met package
From: Jim Ray (USNO 202-762-1444) <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 12:15:07 EST

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IGS Electronic Mail      13 Mar 09:15:35 PST 2002      Message Number 3779
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Author: Jim Ray

Thanks to the efforts of Seth Gutman <[email-masked]> a met package
was installed at the AMC2 site near Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, on
28-FEB-2002.  A new site log file has been posted at the IGS Central
Bureau.  The met package is a GPS Surface Observing System from NOAA's
Forecast Systems Laboratory with the following specifications:

8.1  Humidity Sensor Model    : HUMICA H-sensor (pn 16663)
       Manufacturer           : Vaisala
       Data Frequency         : 15 seconds
       Accuracy (% rel h)     : +/-1%(0...90%RH)
                              : +/-2%(90...100%RH)
       Effective Dates        : 28-FEB-2002 - present
       Notes                  : NOAA GSOS # 064
                              : Horizontal offset from GPS 527 m
                              : Vertical offset from GPS ~29 m

8.2  Pressure Sensor Model    : PTB220
       Manufacturer           : Vaisala
       Data Frequency         : 15 seconds
       Accuracy (mbar)        : +/-0.1
       Height Diff to GPS (m) : ~29 m
       Effective Dates        : 28-FEB-2002 - present
       Notes                  : NOAA GSOS # 064
                              : Horizontal offset from GPS ~527 m
                              : Vertical offset from GPS ~29 m

8.3  Temperature Sensor Model : PT100 RTD 1/s DIN 43760B
       Manufacturer           : Vaisala
       Data Frequency         : 15 seconds
       Accuracy (deg C)       : +/-0.1 @ 20.0C
       Effective Dates        : 28-FEB-2002 - present
       Notes                  : NOAA GSOS # 064
                              : Horizontal offset from GPS ~527 m
                              : Vertical offset from GPS ~29 m

In addition to Seth, I would like to thank his colleague Mihael Pando,
as well as Bill Bollwerk and Lara Schmidt (USNO/AMC staff) who provided
invaluable assistance with the installation.