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SHARJAH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT is equipped with a VAISALA
MILOS 500/MIDAS IV AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATION to record the following
parameters:
| Air
Temperature |
Degrees
Celsius (C) |
Vaisala
HMP45D platinum resistance thermometer. |
| Relative
Humidity |
Per
cent (%) |
Humicap
thin film capacitive sensor. |
| Atmospheric
Pressure |
Hectopascals
(Hpa) |
Vaisala
Barocap PTB 200A silicon capacitive sensor. |
| Wind
Speed |
Knots
(kts) |
Vaisala
WAA 151 anemometer. |
| Wind
Direction |
Degrees
from True North |
Vaisala
WAA 151 vane. |
| Sunshine |
Hours |
Vaisala
DSU12 thermo bi-metallic strip sun detector. |
| Solar
radiation |
Watts/m2
(w/m2) |
Kipp
& Zonen solarimeter. |
| Rainfall |
Millimeters(mm) |
Weathertronics
model 6010 tipping bucket rainguage &
Vaisala DRD 11A rain detector. |
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Note:
Temperature & humidity sensors are housed in a Vaisala
DTR solar radiation shield.
Non
AWS MEASUREMENTS MADE AT AN ALTERNATIVE SITE:
| Ground
temperature |
Celsius |
Casella
spirit-in-glass 'Minimum' thermometer. |
| Earth
Temperatures |
Celsius |
Symons Patt-Casella wax-in-glass thermometer. |
| Evaporation |
Millimetres |
piche
evaporimeter. |
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