Site Number 7: Miami, MO

 

Location: 4km south of Miami, MO on Route 41

 

Latitude: 39-16-49 N                                                                                                                  

Longitude: 93-13-44 W

 

Elevation: 236.2 m

 

Start of data collection: 30 June 2006

 

Tower height: 122m

 

Owner: Kansas City Power & Light

FCC Registration #: 1029923

 

Surroundings: Rolling low hills. Soy and corn fields. Sparse trees.

 

Logger Channel

Instrument

Height (m)

Orientation

1

Anemometer

67

120°

2

Anemometer

68

300°

3

Anemometer

93

120°

4

Anemometer

94

300°

5

Anemometer

114

120°

6

Anemometer

115

300°

7

Wind vane

67

 

8

Wind vane

93

 

9

Wind vane

114

 

11

Thermometer

1.5

 

12

 

 

 

 

Comments: Installed 30/06/06 with no connectivity (iPack CDMA service not set-up).

Logger location shielded from sunlight by tower base building  and ice-bridge so that PV panel would be ineffective.

Land line and 12V power connected to work with dial-up modem unit 17/07/06. Modem still not set-up correctly.

Vane 93m, bad wiring; reconnected 17/07/06.

Temperature probe mounted below logger shelter.

 

 

 


Site Photographs

 

View to North

 

 

View to Northeast

View to Northeast

 

 

View to East

 

View to Southeast

 

View to South

 

 

View to Southwest

 

View to West

 

 

 

 

View to Northwest

 

 


Installation