TS-100 Utah State University

The Department of Plants, Soils, & Climate at Utah State University maintains a solar powered weather observatory on campus using both an Apogee TS-100 Aspirated Radiation Shield and a standard static shield to monitor air temperature. A real-time graph on the site illustrates errors that can occur with static shields in certain conditions.

TS-100 Fan-aspirated Radiation Shield used on USU weather station with passive shield

Application Summary

Summary
The USU weather station uses both an aspirated and static shield to monitor air temperature. A real-time graph on the site shows errors that occur when using static shields.
Apogee Sensors Used
Organization
Department of Plants, Soils, and Climate
Location
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
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