The Department of Geosciences at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania (EUP) maintains a suite of meteorological instruments located on the roof of Cooper Science Hall. Our geographic position is at latitude 41° 52'N and longitude 80° 08'W at an elevation of 1250ft above sea level. The suite of instruments, which are manufactured by Davis Instruments, collect temperature, humidity, pressure, wind, and precipitation data which are used in the meteorology classes offered by the EUP Geosciences Department. The temperature and humidity instruments are housed within a radiation shield to protect them from the sun and precipitation. The anemometer and wind vane has been positioned at a location largely free of upwind obstacles. The tipping bucket rain gauge is fitted with a heating unit during the winter season to ensure a continuous record of precipitation year round. The weather data is then sent to a PC where it is displayed and uploaded to the Internet using the Virtual Weather Station software package by Ambient Software. Our WeatherCam image is produced by a Intel ProVideo PC Camera.New WeatherCam images are generated and uploaded to the Internet at ten minute intervals.
