WMO03044, Altnaharra, No.2, Scotland
58 17 16N 04 26 33W
Altitude 81 metres
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WMO03044, Altnaharra, No.2, Scotland
Posted: August 29, 2012 by tchannon in Analysis, SurfacestationMountain site, no information
WMO03041, Aonach Mor, Scotland
56 49 20N 04 58 09W
Altitude about 1130 metres
Near summit of Ben Nevis, highest UK mountain.
Extreme site probably of little survey interest, does what it does.
WMO03876, Shoreham Airport
50 50 10N 00 17 37W
Estimated Class 1, possibly shadow degraded, see below.
UHI, Class 1 site but with built up area to the West and East, industrial block to the South, river close to the East.
Today this is a largely grass strip aerodrome but has varied over the years.
This is in my opinion a very interesting site with UHI and site layout research possibilities.
WMO03916, Ballypatrick Forest
55 10 50N 06 09 17W
Estimated Class 1. Farm tracks are unsurfaced, typical of area. Only oddity is the colour of the met enclosure surface, why different from grass nearby?
I suppose a coda and one which will turn up often soon is the problem of crops which are uncontrolled vegetation, particularly variable height. In this case I suspect it is grazing.
UHI, none.
WMO03917, Aldergrove, Northern Ireland
Posted: August 29, 2012 by tchannon in Analysis, Surfacestation
WMO03917, Aldergrove, Belfast Airport, Northern Ireland
54 39 48N 06 13 33W (54.66377729916611,-6.22513985034386)
Estimate Class 3, 10 metre radius is almost clear.
UHI, local, close to large carpark at airport, not particularly urban further away.
WMO03041, Bealach Na Ba, No 2
57 25 05N 05 41 19W
You know as much as I do. It’s at the top of a hill.
Wouldn’t worry about this one, difficult site, is extreme, at least for this country. Included for completeness.
WMO03037 Skye-Lusa
57 15 25N 05 48 19W
Estimated Class 1, road covers 5% of 100 metre radius, limit 10%
Image above is poor, confirmed via street level.
WMO03034, Aultbea No.2
57 51 32N 05 37 58W
Class 1, with coda
UHI, local uncertain, distant, none.
WMO03031, Loch Glascarnoch, Scottish Highlands.
Posted: August 28, 2012 by tchannon in Analysis, Surfacestation
WMO03031, Loch Glascarnoch, Scottish Highlands.
Altitude 269 metres
Estimated Class 1, 4.2% of 100 metre radius circle, limit 10%
UHI, none. Open and windy site.
Volker Doormann: Graph links and previous comments
Posted: August 28, 2012 by tallbloke in Astronomy, climate, Cycles, Forecasting, Philosophy, solar system dynamicsA clash has developed between Volker Doormann and this blog. To be fair to Volker, I have reposted his comments here because I decided to remove the originals from the places where they were off topic. Make of it what you will. If Volker sends me something I can publish as a proper introduction to his findings I’ll put up a fresh post for it. Over to Volker.
My model is now able to simulate the global temperatures (except the volcano effects) in daily resolution from 3000 BCE to 3000 CE. I give links to some 14 comparison graphs, which shows the quality of the output of the model and I hope they all will be shown here: graph 1 graph 2 graph 3 graph 4 graph 5 graph 6 graph 7 graph 8 graph 9 graph 10 graph 11 graph 12 graph 13 graph 14.
The model needs only the NASA ephemeris, an Excel sheet and some knowledge to fit the amplitudes of the solar tide functions of the 11 couples from the density of the objects.
It proves not only Al Gore wrong.
best
V.
tallbloke says:
August 21, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Volker, this looks like very interesting work you have done. I’m intrigued to know what your thoughts are on the density of the planets being more relevant than their masses. Would you like to write up an article to publish here at the talkshop along with your graphs?
I thought this was a friendly invitation – but see what happens next.
WMO03026, Stornoway Airport
58 12 49N 06 19 08W
Altitude 15 metres
Fails Class 1, hardstanding >>10% inside 100 metres
Fails Class 2, marginal 11% (limit 10%) at 30 metres but excluding black object and depends on correct identification of Stevenson screen.
Class 3 marginal.
UHI, slight local, car parking, terminal building, apron fairly close, light housing in the area, but is broadly very open and windy.
WMO03023, South Uist
57 21 27N 07 23 06W
Altitude 4 metres
Class 1, highlighted is 5%, allowed 10%
UHI, very slight local, otherwise wide open spaces.
WMO03017, Kirkwall
58 57 13N 02 54 05W
Airport site. Black arrow is pointing at Stevenson screen.
Fails Class 2, slightly marginal 10% but on balance are many objects not taken into account.
Estimated Class 3
Local UHI, car parking, terminal building and apron within 100 metres.
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WMO03014, Foula No 2
60 06 38N 02 03 53W
Not clear enough to be reasonably sure.
Class 1
Image (c)Google
WMO03010, Skule Skerry
59 04 57N 04 24 16W
I think we can assume Class 1 given reasonable equipment unless it is on or close to the light.
UHI. Forget it.
[UPDATED]
WMO03008, Fair Isle
Given as 59 31 35N 01 37 39W
Altitude 57 metres
Likely to be Class 1 or 2.
Class 1 if the track/road is not classified as grass or typical
Class 2 otherwise, on area of annulus 30 metres / 10 metres
Detail work by Talkshop contributor Caz (see comments) has unearth what is a new station. Looks to me like the concrete pile and wind mast was installed first, it is on the older images, confirming the location.
Right in your face politics, more windmills
Posted: August 27, 2012 by tchannon in Energy, government, PoliticsUser Zeke on the Comments page has highlighted a dire situation over be-spoiling the English and Welsh landscape/seascape.
Zeke quotes…
WMO03005, Lerwick. This is one of the Met Office prime meteorological stations, even marked on Google Earth as such.
60 08 21N 01 11 05W
It is not possible to identify the Stevenson screen actually used, lots of white boxes. There might be promotional images/film giving clues but just as likely there is more than one screen.
[UPDATED see full article and comments]
50 53 58N 00 19 01E [found 50.890974° 0.316490° ]
52 metres AMSL
Fails Class 1
Fails Class 2, hardstanding, building, uncontrolled vegetation.
Class 3 marginal Class 4. (note: site suspect of moving to new location)
This is associated with a very famous observatory, HERSTMONCEUX.
WMO03002, Baltasound, Unst, Shetland
Posted: August 27, 2012 by tchannon in Analysis, Surfacestation
WMO03002, Baltasound, Unst, Shetland. Airstrip station.
| 60 44 54N | 00 51 20W |
Estimated WMO Class 3.
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