Would you mobile mesonet for science?

[Randy Bowers]

...can't the code compensate or ignore all data during rapid acceleration and when in reverse?

Or, even if the software could just simply flag periods of rapid acceleration and deceleration for QC. A decision could then be made whether to keep the data or throw it out.

By the way, count me in on this.

 

[Stephen Locke]

No. Just want to be the first one to say no. Mostly because I prefer an inconspicuous profile.

But really, I think its a great idea. Amazing to imagine how much data will be available on high convergence setups. Even people arriving late to a storm could contribute valuable data from miles away from the meso. If you play it right you could divert funds away from Vortex XXX.

 

[Tyler Allison]

all great ideas folks. I'll keep folks posted on the progress. On a scale of 0-100% ready we are on 1%. Software developer identified, hardware builder identified, research folks involved. Now to see if we can get a prototype together and see if "good enough" is really "good enough".

BTW...we can probably produce 2 types of kits. One with wind measurements and one without. Pressure/temp/humidity is as useful as wind. Given recent research..maybe more so. The non-wind version would allow you to run without anybody knowing. It's the wind one that sticks out like sore thumb since it needs to be 15 feet off the ground!

 

[Clarence Bennett]

I am definitely onboard. This seems to have a real head of steam and I can tell you that in my part of the country we have no mesonet. Count me in!

 

[david diehl]

Count me in on this, Great idea, and I am sure that we all will come up with ideas on how to tweek this out.
I think the 15 foot rule will be eaisy for my vehicle, sence it is 7 foot tall already

 

[Stephen Locke]

The non-wind version would allow you to run without anybody knowing. It's the wind one that sticks out like sore thumb since it needs to be 15 feet off the ground!

Ok, I could compromise my principles. Soften my no to "maybe".

 

[Steve Polley]

I would also be interested if this can be affordable to chasers.

 

[Chris Allington]

Ok, I could compromise my principles. Soften my no to "maybe".

I would have to say I'm probably in this boat... if its easy to implement and not massive (huge profile='s less gas mileage), and fairly inexpensive than I would do it.

 

[David Wolfson]

Heh. 15' pushes the maximum over-height that gets you through towns and cities. FYI.

For example, Oklahoma law is as follows:

[FONT=Consolas, Courier New, Courier]Effective September 24, 2009, the following rule shall be implemented regarding requirements for vehicles and loadsEXCEEDING 14 feet 6 inches in height. Every vehicle and or load EXCEEDING 14 feet 6 inches in height shall be accompanied by two escorts. One traveling in front of such load with a height pole of the same height and one following the overheight vehicle.[/FONT]

 

[Marcus Hicks]

You could count me in on this idea as well. I'd be up for mounting that on my vehicle

 

[David Drummond]

Count me in on this, Great idea, and I am sure that we all will come up with ideas on how to tweek this out.
I think the 15 foot rule will be eaisy for my vehicle, sence it is 7 foot tall already

I'd be interested in how that would be engineered for the broad range of vehicle types chasers use. Like those of us with larger vehicle, 15 feet might only be 6 foot above the roof as opposed to 10+ feet for regular cars. Some sort of adjustable mast maybe?

Tyler, would we as chasers be able to see any of the data in real time? Like I run a Davis station because I like to know what the dewpoint is all the time and make measured reports on wind etc. If so I could complete replace that setup with what you have going.

 

[Jayson Prentice]

I think Tyler was giving an exaggeration when he mentioned 15' off the ground for the typical height of wind measurements. For most vehicles the same build would be applicable, as the measurements would be out of the slipstream of the vehicle and thus would be valid measurements of the environment. There may be some vehicles that the typical build won't work with; that have a larger slipstream... As Tyler said, they aren't too far with the process and all of these questions will have to be answered before this becomes a scientific endeavor. Once again, this is a great idea, but will take a lot of time and effort that may pay off big in the end.

 

[Ross Kimes]

I would definately be interested in doing something like this.

 

[Travis Davis]

I would be interested in this too.

 

[Charles Kuster]

I would definitely be interested in this as well. Great idea!