Volume 15 - Summer 2018


This Issue of Windwords:

Welcome to the Summer 2018 issue of Windwords.

In this issue you will find the following topics...


BAO Tower Demlition

SCION Test Burn in New Zealand


More TriSonica™ Mini Facts

Very Interesting

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665 Frontage Rd., Suite 280
Longmont, CO   80501

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BAO Tower Demolition at Erie, Colorado


    
Amid wheat fields and natural grasslands approximately 25 miles east of the Rocky Mountains, the Boulder Atmospheric Observatory (BAO) in Erie, Colorado has been a unique location for studying the planetary boundary layer and for testing and calibrating atmospheric sensors. Operated for almost 40 years by what is now the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory’s Physical Sciences Division, and host to numerous field programs.  Initially called the NOAA/NCAR/CIRES Joint Meteorological Observatory, the BAO sat on 100 acres of land leased by NOAA from the Colorado State Land Board. The centerpiece of the facility, a 985-foot tower, was constructed in 1977 at a cost of approximately $1.5M. In October of that year, NOAA began outfitting the site, and ATI instruments were some of the first to be installed.

On December 20, 2017 the tower was brought down.  The demolition was filmed using a drone and is amazing to watch.  Click on the following link to watch the video.

Tower Demolition





SCION Test Burn in New Zealand



ATI sonic anemometers have been used in many different environments over the years.  SCION, a Crown Research Institute in New Zealand, has done their part.  This past winter, actually summer in New Zealand, they used their ATI Sonics in a fire burning experiment research project, where the Sonics were taking measurements in the middle of the fires.  It is a very impressive operation that you can read about and view some of the pictures by clicking on the link at the bottom of the following excerpt...



New Zealand research burn experiments test new theory on fire spread

 It’s a hot, windy February day - perfect conditions for fire (in the Southern Hemisphere). Twenty-seven scientists and several million dollars of specialized equipment are gathered in a paddock of harvested wheat stubble near Darfield, New Zealand.

 This is the first phase of a four-year burning program that will test a new theory on fire spread. The new theory was developed in the US Forest Service lab in Missoula, Montana, but this is the first time it’s been fully tested in the field.

 The project is an international collaboration between the Scion Rural Fire Research Team and University of Canterbury from New Zealand, and the Missoula Fire Sciences Lab and San Jose State University’s Fire Weather Research Laboratory in the USA. The team will use the data being collected to help unlock the mysteries of fire behavior and produce better models for how wildfires spread.

Read the entire article and see more photos HERE.




More TriSonica™ Mini Facts

Did you know...?

  • The TriSonica™ Mini can now output both RS-422 and RS-485 as well as RS-232.
  • The TriSonica™ Mini can be synchronized with other meteorological instruments.

NEW!

For those of you that would like to use the TriSonica™ Mini, but don’t have a computer or data logger with a serial port, we have a new addition to our Mini options.  We now have a new module, which will plug into the USB port of your computer, and you can connect the TriSonica™ Mini output directly to it.  It not only provides a serial to USB conversion, but also will power the TriSonica™ Mini directly from the USB port.


Imagine the Possibilities...!

Here is a photo of two TriSonica™ Minis mounted on a drone...



Very Interesting...


      Noticed Headlines

  • Lost: one small apricot poodle, neutered, like one of the family
  • A superb and inexpensive restaurant, fine food, expertly served by waitresses in appetizing forms
  • For Sale: a quilted high chair that can be made into a table, potty chair, rocking horse, refrigerator, spring coat, size 8 and fur collar
  • Dinner Special –turkey $2.35, Chicken or Beef $2.25, Children $2.00
  • Low self-esteem group meeting tonight in the church hall, please use back door
  • For Sale: antique desk suitable for lady with thick legs and large drawers
  • Sign at Dry Cleaners: thirty-eight years on the same spot


       Why?

  • Why do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in our driveways and put our useless junk in the garage?
  • Why do supermarkets make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions, while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front?
  • Why is it that doctors and attorneys call what they do ‘practice’?
  • Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?
  • Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?
  • Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?
  • Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?
  • If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?
  • Why isn’t there a mouse-flavored cat food?
  • Why didn’t Noah just swat those two mosquitoes?
  • Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavoring and dish washing liquid made with real lemons?
  • Why don’t you ever see the headline ‘Psychic Wins Lottery’?

 



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