NSW DPI Weather Station Network

Cargo Road Weather Station, Orange NSW

Location Details:

12km west of Orange, NSW

S33.29186, E148.97457

Sensor & Hardware Details:

Monitoring Sensors: Air Temperature, Relative Humidity, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Pyranometer, Rain gauge, Leaf Wetness Sensor (in canopy), Soil Temperature (in vine row, 10cm below soil).

Telemetry System: Adcon Telemetry A753 GPRS RTU (Remote Telemetry Unit).

Data Logging: Sensor values are recorded in the telemetry unit every 10-mins (average of 1-min samples over the 10-mins), excect Wind Gust/Lull is measured as per WMO specifications (rolling 3-second sampling).

Data Upload:  via GPRS modem (C/- Telstra NextG) to Adcon AddVANTAGE Pro server every 10-mins (approx 5 minutes after sample is taken). Data is typically 10-20mins behind the raw sensor measurements. 

All hardware installed and serviced by:

All data managed & transferred by: