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(b)
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The shelter was of the standard Cotton Region type, with the door
facing NNWe
(c)
observational
of the standard tropical type (USAF tropical thermometer).
data
(d)
Tuments used, and
{e}
The
Both anemometers were standard 3-cup instruments.
Anemometer #1 was an
instrument that showed total nautical miles of wind on a dial that was read directly.
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This anemometer was mounted om a special mast at a height of ll feet above the ground
The Specific
(18-20 feet above mean sea level).
ated in the Genera] ;
Anemometer #2 was a recording (triple-register)
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instrument mounted on the tower at a height of 33 feet above the ground (41-43 feet
above mean sea level).
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The wet-bulb thermometer was a jacketed variety of the dry-bulb, mounted
in the shelter on a standard hand-crank apparatus.
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ata.
It was graduated in half-
degrees Fahrenheite
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text.
The direct reading dry-bulb thermometer was a mercury-in-glass instrument
(f)
Barometry was based on a standard mercury instrument that was used to check
daily the recording microbarograph from which the observational values were obtained
Values are given here in terms of station pressure, which represents a height of
19 feet above mean sea level.
(g)
A GMD-la was used for rawinsonde observations.
(h)
The radarscope was a CPS/9.
BRUCE
nstruments on
Site Description:
nich the regular
Figures 9 and 1, show the location of instruments on BRUCE and
-Plate I shows views of these instruments.
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These figures and the photographs in the
Plate give detailed information as to the nature and distribution of ground cover and
‘d taxi-way that
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as to the topography (very minor relief) of the Islet.
barren beneath the anemometer, the shelter, and the raingages and consisted of beach-
tations 1 and 2.
rock covered by a veneer of coralline sand and gravel.
fas this gage
Instruments;
ntil February 1,
ce to the trade—
‘lhe ground was predominantly
(a)
Raingages:
Standard 8-inch gages were used at both the Ocean and Lagoon
(b)
The shelter was of the standard Cotton kegion type, with the door facing
(c)
The anemometer was a 3-cup instrument with a totalizing dial (values given
sites.
ut 60 yards
northo
location of the
’ from this
in nautical miles),
It was mounted on a special mast at a height of 11 feet above
the ground (18-20 feet above mean sea level).
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