Appendix A. Basic Weather Station Program
A-3
A.4 Recorded Data
The Standard Program saves the data under two tables.
Table1 is an hourly summary of recorded data. Table1 is recorded every 60
minutes on the hour.
Derived Data Recorded in Table1
Variable Name
Explanation
RH Relative
Humidity
(%)
TdC_AVG Average
Dewpoint
(Celcius)
WS_ms_S_WVT
Average Wind Speed (Meters per Second)
WindDir_D1_WVT
Unit vector Wind Direction (Degrees)
WindDir_SD1_WVT
Standard Deviation of Wind Direction
WS_ms_MAX
Maximum Wind Speed (Meters per Second)
Rain_mm_TOT
Total Rainfall (millimetres) *
WindRun_m_TOT
Total Wind Run (Metres)
AirTC_Avg
Average Air Temp (Celcius)
RH_Avg
Average Relative Humidity (%)
WS_ms_Avg
Average Wind Speed (Meters per Second)
Solar_W_Avg
Average Solar Radiation (Watts) **
ETo
Calculated Evapotranspiration for the period (millimeters) **
BP_mBar_AVG
Average Barometric pressure (Millibars) ***
Table2 is a daily summary of maxima and minima. Table2 is recorded every 24
hrs at midnight
Derived Data Recorded in Table2
Variable Name
Explanation
Batt_Volt_MIN
Minimum Battery Voltage (Volts)
AirTC_MAX
Maximum Air temperature (Celcius)
AirTC_MIN
Minimum Air temperature (Celcius)
TdC_AVG
Average Dew point Temperature (Celcius)
TdC_MAX
Maximum Dew point Temperature (Celcius)
TdC_MIN
Minimum Dew point Temperature (Celcius)
WS_ms_MAX
Maximum Wind Speed (Meters per Second)
WindRun_m_TOT
Total Wind Run (Metres)
Rain_mm_TOT
Total Rainfall (millimetres) *
Solar_kJ_TOT
Total Solar Radiation (KiloJoules) **
AirTC_Avg
Average Air Temperature (Celcius)
RH_Avg
Average Relative Humidity (%)
WS_ms_Avg
Average Wind Speed (Meters per Second)
Solar_W_Avg
Average Solar Radiation (Watts) **
AirTC_Avg
Average Air Temperature (Celcius)
ETo
Calculated Evapotranspiration for the period (millimeters) **
BP_mBar_AVG
Average Barometric pressure (Millibars) ***
*
Must have ARG100 Tipping bucket rain gauge connected for valid reading
** Must have CS300 Solar radiation Sensor connected for valid reading
*** Must have CS100 Setra Barometric pressure Sensor Connected for valid reading