Weather Data Collection Options
and Prototype Template for Technology Metadata.
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item category
URL
date
primary contact
other contacts
primary contact site 
archive
use
use for LTER
description
cost
 
 
 
 
item  Weather Equipment for Schoolyard LTER
item category (controlled): automated, nonautomated, input(web), visualize, curriculum, training, archive retrieve 
URL
date 30 March 1999
primary contact Karen Baker
other contacts
primary contact site  PAL
archive
use
use for LTER
description
cost
 
 
 
 
item  GLOBE
item category nonautomated
URL http://www.globe.gov
date
primary contact
other contacts
primary contact site 
archive
use Texas - Pearland Middle School; SD-Natural History Museum; SD County Office of Education; Lewis MS; Bay Park Elem.; Waggenheim Middle; WI-Appleton;
use for LTER
description standard kit includes equipment; training required to upload data and (?) receive kit
cost
 

 
item  Davis
item category automated
URL http://www.davisnet.com
date
primary contact Hayward, CA  800-678-3669
other contacts
primary contact site 
archive pc or mac 
Weatherlink Software Suite - downloads from datalogger on remote command; 
archives data by time (intervals: 1min, 5min, 30min) to flat file that can export all variables by day/month/year
use 200 schools; can post online, national and internet,   Jim Richmond/NEAES
Besse Dawson, Pearland High School, Houston, TX
use for LTER NTL
description small online center 
Internet Solution Guide Software ($250 ->$500) 
best known or most population of three is weatherview by Palap
cost $400-$500
 
 
 
 
item  Rainwise
item category automated
URL http://www.rainwise.com
date
primary contact Bar Harbor, Maine; 800-762-5723 or 207-288-5169
other contacts
primary contact site 
archive
use
use for LTER Texas:  (Dawson/PAL) Pearland Middle Schools
description minor curriculum materials
cost
 
 
 
 
item  AWS Weathernet
item category automated
URL http://www.aws.com
date
primary contact Gaithersburg, MD 800-544-4429 x107
other contacts
primary contact site 
archive
use 300 schools in US and Canada;  
PAL/Aquarium (SD TV Channel 39; Bob Wiley at Aquarium 534-5751;  Chn39 approached SIO; display at membership desk and machine in Wiley office) 
macmet application 1-800-544-4429;  
software $200 for retrieve local site or other online sites over web historical data; 
not know re calibration;  
archives locally and presented on web;  
SB (Hollister Elementary School); 
SD(Silver Gate Elme; Chula Vista HS; Univ of Wisc at Whitewater;  
WISC WSAWTV) see http://aws.com/globalwx.html 
use for LTER
description for profit company develops links to local meteorologist and tv broadcast; software, equipment, webpage to post weather, access others 
cost $4000-$5000
 
 
 
 
item  Campbell
item category automated
URL http://www.campbellsci.com
date
primary contact Logan, Utah 84321-1784: phone 435-753-2342 
other contacts
primary contact site 
archive
use
use for LTER LTER sites; CWT schoolyard
description weather equipment used on majority of LTER sites;  
no educational online materials
cost
 
 
 
item  NOAA weather kiosk
item category synthesis provider
URL www.cinms.nos.noaa.gov
date
primary contact Shanna Bingham - Channel Island Nat. Marine  Sanctuary  805-966-7107
other contacts computer: Kathryn Hintergardt 805-966-7107 x377
primary contact site 
archive none
use Channel Island Nat. Marine Sanctuary (NOAA) via SB Museum of Natural History
use for LTER
description web-based site at fuel dock in Santa Barbara harbor and Navy pier
cost not for sale