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Station: WAYN - Mountain Research Station        Date of First Observation: October 3, 1987

Station Type: ECONET - Tower what is this?         Maintenance Logs

City, State: Waynesville, NC      County: Haywood County

Latitude: 35.48752°      Longitude: -82.96768°

Elevation: 2755 feet above sea level

Climate Division: NC01 - Southern Mountains

River Basin: Pigeon

Supported By: NC Agricultural Research Service

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Showing nearest 15 stations ordered by distance...        Name ID City State County Network Distance from WAYN Years of Data Waynesville 1 E 319147 Waynesville NC Haywood County COOP 0.1 mi 1894 - 2018 Waynesville 0.7 ENE NC-HW-4 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 1.1 mi 2007 - 2018 Waynesville 0.7 ENE NC-HW-38 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 1.1 mi 2013 - 2014 Waynesville 0.2 NE NC-HW-53 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 1.5 mi 2014 - 2015 Waynesville 3.4 ESE NC-HW-26 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 1.9 mi 2009 - 2009 Waynesville 2.2 SE NC-HW-30 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 2 mi 2010 - 2018 Waynesville 3.9 E NC-HW-10 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 2.2 mi 2007 - 2014 Waynesville 1.0 NW NC-HW-25 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 2.6 mi 2009 - 2018 Clyde 2.6 W NC-HW-23 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 2.9 mi 2008 - 2011 Clyde 1.5 SW NC-HW-12 Clyde NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 2.9 mi 2007 - 2012 Waynesville 1.8 NW NC-HW-54 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 3.1 mi 2015 - 2017 Waynesville 3.3 N NC-HW-18 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 3.1 mi 2008 - 2011 Clyde 0.9 SW NC-HW-21 Clyde NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 3.6 mi 2008 - 2010 Eaglenest Mtn 312538 Waynesville NC Haywood County COOP 3.7 mi 1949 - 1962 Waynesville 2.3 WSW NC-HW-9 Waynesville NC Haywood County CoCoRaHS 3.9 mi 2007 - 2018

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» Mountain Research Station, NC (WAYN) » Station Sensor Metadata

Site Panorama VIEW 360° interactive panoramic image (A new window will pop-up) Requires Quicktime plug-in. Free download. A new window will pop-up. This station is in the ECONET network. Parameter Metadata for ECONET stations: Place mouse arrow over blue-colored text in table below for more information. PARAMETER SENSOR RANGE ACCURACY DSR DPR DAP DRR Air Temperature ceramic capacitance -52C to 60C (-60F to 140F) +/- 0.2C at -40C, +/- 0.3C at 20C, +/- 0.4C at 40C 1min 1min 1min 30min Relative Humidity film capacitance 0-100% +/- 3% @ 0%-90%, +/- 5% @ 90%-100% 1min 1min 1min 30min Pressure silicon capacitive pressure 600mb-1100mb +/- 0.5mb @ 0C-30C, +/- 1mb @ -52C- 60C 1min 1min 1min 30min Wind Direction potentiometer vane 360 degree mechanical, 0-355 degree electrical +/- 3 degrees 1min 1min 1min 30min Wind Speed helicoid propeller sustained 0-116 kt (60m/s) +/- 0.5 kt 5sec 1min 1min 30min Wind Gust helicoid propeller gusts:0-191 kt (0-100m/s) +/- 0.5 kt 5sec 1min 1min 30min Precipitation tipping bucket rain gage inifinite in increments of tips within +/-1% @ <1 in/hr, -3% @ 1-2 in/hr, -5% @ 2-3in/hr instant instant 1min 30min Soil Moisture Theta MLx probe 0 - 0.5 m^3/m^3 within +/- 1% 1min 1min 1min 30min Soil Temperature thermistor -35C to 50C +/- 0.5C 1min 1min 1min 30min Solar Radiation photovoltaic detector 0 - 3000 W/m^2 within +/- 1% 1min 1min 1min 30min Photosynthetically Active Radiation silicon photodector 0 - 10000 micromole/s m^2 within +/- 1% 1min 1min 1min 30min

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