I’ve pretty much settled on my current radiation shield setup. Based on personal research alongside that of others, I do not think I will find an affordable radiation shield that can outperform the Barani MeteoShield Pro. Whenever I have doubts about radiation errors, the results produced by sensors inside my actively ventilated Apogee TS-100 will […]
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Temperature sensor responsiveness
The passing of a sharp weather front, accompanied by a sudden increase or decrease in temperature, is a good occasion to analyze temperature sensor behavior. Especially apparent becomes the responsiveness of different sensors. February 4th 2022 didn’t see any spectacular weather, but during the afternoon a cold front passed over which caused a very abrupt […]
Apogee TS-100 first impressions
I was losing the last light and had to get a flash light while connecting the last wires Tuesday evening (August 17th), but I have the TS-100 up and running. Without battery backup for now. I will fix that later. Adding this new shield to my setup has triggered a whole series of new tests […]
Monitoring radiation shield performance
Spring is here. Today was the first ‘warm’ day (> 20°C) of the year. Conditions where solar radiation errors will start cropping up in the temperature data. Accuracy of temperature readings is a surprisingly complex subject. But any attempt to get accurate readings starts with shielding the sensor from direct or indirect sunlight and ensuring […]
WeatherLink Live, local API and barometer
A few weeks ago, I made the switch from reading my Davis sensors with the Meteostick to the Davis made WeatherLink Live. Though I still like the concept of the Meteostick, the reception is fairly poor and sometimes it would stop receiving data and require a reboot. One thing you don’t have with the WeatherLink, […]
Reading the Meteostick from the Linux terminal
Recently I obtained several Davis Vantage Pro 2 components. Since I’m not interested in using the Davis console, but want to write sensor readings directly to a database, I looked into the Meteostick. Even though the Meteostick costs around 160 euros, it is still a relatively cheap way to access the readings from Davis sensors. There […]