A 1400-Ft Meteorological Tower with Automatic Data Readout

Abstract

This paper describes the meteorological and data readout instrumentation on a 1400-ft television tower near Dallas, Tex., with sensors located at 12 levels for observing wind and temperature. The data provided by the 36 sensors are integrated for preset intervals, sampled periodically and read out automatically onto punched tape and an electric typewriter. Salient features of the installation are described and samples of the data are shown. As illustrations, meteorological data taken during the passage of Hurricane Carla in the Fall of 1961 and during a low level jet situation are presented.