Comprehensive Atmospheric Prediction System
(CAPS)
Providing automatically collected standard meteorological data at 5-minute
intervals, a network of weather stations are located at distances
of up to 5 Km from the summit on topographically significant features.
Predictive software analyzes data from the stations and provides early
warning of approaching/ likely bad weather to AEOS facility operators.
The software model is to be reviewed and refined to increase accuracy and
capability of the system.
Mees Met Tower
A 10 meter tower mounting standard meteorological instruments (horizontal
and vertical winds, temperature, relative humidity, barometric pressure,
solar radiation, and rainfall) is located east of Mees Observatory.
Its data is automatically collected and archived at 10- minute intervals.
The data product includes both mean values and peak readings for the preceding
period.