Specifications

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MetaDataCollection
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Themetadatacouldbeconsideredasimportantasthedatacollectedfromyour
weatherstation.EarthNetworkscollectsmetadatafromallofourweather
monitoringstations.Thiswillhelpensurethatyourweatherstationcancontinueto
offerthehighestqualityweatherinformationtoyourcommunity.Yourmetadatawill
be
usedtoensurethatyoursite'sweatherreadingsareasaccurateaspossible,as
wellastoverifyitscalibrationandtodetectanyproblems.
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PleaseprintouttheEarthNetworksWeatherBugSiteDataCollectionPacketform
fromhttp://download.earthnetworks.com/andfollowtheinstructionstocomplete
theform.Youwillneedtotakeandemail12photosofyourweatherstation
installationfollowingthedirectionswithsamplephotosinthesitedatacollection
form.
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Calibration
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IfyourEarthNetworksWeatherStationisproperlyinstalled,onlythetimeand
barometricpressurewillneedtobecalibrateduponinitialconnection.The
barometricpressuresensormustbeadjustedtocompensateforaltitudedifferences
betweentheEarthNetworksWeatherStationproductionlocationandyour
installationsite.Theweatherstationtimeistypicallypre‐settoUSEasternStandard
Time(EST).Allothercalibrationsareperformedpriortoshipment.
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TheEarthNetworksWeatherStationisdesignedforremotecalibrationbyEarth
Networks–WeatherBugTechnicalSupportviatheInternet.Youmustproperly
configureyourweatherstationforremoteaccesstoenableremotecalibration.
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Partoftheequationforbarometricpressureisbasedonelevation.EarthNetworks
hasalreadyenteredyourgeneralelevation.Ifpossible,pleaseprovideyourexact
Latitude/LongitudeandElevationifyouhavethisinformationavailableviaaGPS
system.Ifnot,pleaseconfirmtheaddressfortheinstallationlocation
sothatan
exactLatitude/LongitudeandElevationcanbeenteredtoensureyoursiteplots
properlyintheEarthNetworksandWeatherBugproducts.
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EarthNetworks‐WeatherBugTechnicalSupport:
800‐624‐4205
[e-mail]