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| Instrumental setup of the automatic weather station installed at the South Col in May 2008 | ||||||
| Parameter | Instrument | Sensitive element | Range | Accuracy | Response time (s) | Sensor height (m) |
| Air temperature | Thermohygrometer LSI Lastem DMA 672a | Pt100 Class B 1/3 DIN | −30°C to 70°C | ±0.1°C (at 0°C) | 10 | 2.5 |
| Relative humidity | Thermohygrometer LSI Lastem DMA 672a | Capacitive hygrometer | 0% to 100% | 1.5% (from 5% to 95% at 23°C) | 10 | 2.5 |
| Barometric pressure | Vaisala PTB330b | BAROCAP© silicon capacitive absolute barometer | 50 to 1,100 hPa | ±0.75 hPa (from −40°C to +60°C) | 1 | 2.5 |
| Wind speed | LSI Lastem CombiSD DNA022a | three-cup and vane anemometer with optoelectronic disc | 0 to 60 m/s | 0.1 m/s + 1 | 2.5 | 3 |
| Wind direction | LSI Lastem CombiSD DNA022a | 2,000-Ω wire potentiometer | 0° to 360° | 1% full scale | 0.74 | 3 |
aLSI Lastem, Milano, Italy. bVaisala Ltd., Suffolk, UK.
Moore et al. Extreme Physiology & Medicine 2012 1:2 doi:10.1186/2046-7648-1-2
