Design and Operation of a 50 m Tall Meterological Tower and Data-Acquisition System for Realtime Applications
IR@SERC: CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
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Design and Operation of a 50 m Tall Meterological Tower and Data-Acquisition System for Realtime Applications
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Somayaji, K.M.
Venkatesan Gomathinayagam, S. |
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Meterological tower
Data-acquisition system Realtime application |
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| Description |
This paper describes the implementation of meteorological measurement facility by installing 50 m tall towers at Kalpakkam for atmospheric dispersion studies. Though nothing novel could apparently be attributed to the idea of writing an article on the tower, the cost-effective structural design, portability–recoverability, in-house design of the signal conditioners, remote data acquisition system (RDAS) with a more generic input database covering various sensor models, user-friendly software and on-line data communication links through ethernet, e-mail, RF transceivers, etc. – all with commercially available low-cost systems – are salient novel features of the tower considered worth reporting. Traditionally occurring practical problems of maintenance, access to sensors at various levels, heavy foundation requirements for a stand-alone tower, etc. have been addressed during the design of the tower structure. On the application side, real-time tower data are obtained as input to an operational meso-scale dispersion model for nuclear emergency response management.
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2009
2009 2008 |
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Article
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Current Science, Vol.94, No.6, March 2008, pp.721–728
http://14.139.176.62:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/18 |
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en
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Structural Engineering Research Centre, Chennai
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