Specifications

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TEAM Climate Monitoring Protocol 3.1
3.1 Base – Campbell Scientific UT10 Tower
The base of the climate station where the data logger, power sources and sensors (except rainfall), are
located, consists of a 3 m aluminum tower. We recommend the use of
Campbell Scientific UT10 tower,
which is light (18 kg), requires a small footprint for installation (61 x 61 x 61 cm) and has a high wind
load (177 km/h). The tower comes with a grounding kit to protect the integrity of the equipment and
data during lighting storms.
3.2 Data logger – Campbell Scientific CR1000
The data logger receives all the information from the sensors and organizes the data that can be
exported later to a computer, memory card or broadcasted through a radio signal or network. The
protocol requires a data logger that can accommodate a wide array of sensors, is expandable, is fully
programmable, has network communication capabilities, and is rugged for the conditions encountered
at tropical forest sites. An adequate data logger that fits these specifications is the
Campbell Scientific
CR1000 . More detailed information on how to setup, program, maintain and retrieve data from the
CR1000 is found in later sections of this document. Videos on how to setup, program, maintain and
retrieve data from a data logger are also provided on the TEAM website at
http://www.teamnetwork.org/en/protocols/climate.
3.3 Sensors
The sensors are the instruments that make the actual measurements of given climatic variables.
Suitable sensors accurately translate environmental change into measurable electrical properties by
outputting a voltage, changing resistance, outputting pulses, or changing states. The data logger
receives this information and transforms it into the measurement of the variable in a suitable unit (e.g.
ºC, mm). The protocol uses sensors to measure four climatic variables: Air Temperature (in duplicate),
Relative Humidity (in duplicate), Global Solar Radiation (in duplicate) and Precipitation. The location of
the climate station near the ground does not allow for reliable measurements of wind speed and
velocity (see Section 4, for detailed climate station siting requirements for the different sensors). The
sensors used in the TEAM Climate Protocol are described in the following sections in more detail.
Videos about the sensors and how to connect them can be found on the TEAM website at
http://www.teamnetwork.org/en/protocols/climate.
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