CRONOS Database | State Climate Office of North Carolina

	Station: MITC - Mount Mitchell State Park Date of first observation: June 26, 2008
	Station type: ECONET - Tower what is this? Maintenance Logs
	City, State: Mount Mitchell, NC County: Yancey County
	Latitude: 35.7585° Longitude: -82.2712°
	Elevation: 6200 feet above sea level	You may select another station if you wish: [need help?] [list of all stations] [map]
	Climate division: NC01 - Southern Mountains
	River basin: Nolichucky
	Supported by: NC DENR Air Quality
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This station is in the ECONET network. Parameter Metadata for ECONET stations:

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PARAMETER	SENSOR	RANGE	ACCURACY	DSR	DPR	DAP	DRR
Air Temperature	ceramic capacitance	-52C to 60C (-60F to 140F)	+/- 0.2C at -40C, +/- 0.3C at 20C, +/- 0.4C at 40C	1min	1min	1min	30min
Relative Humidity	film capacitance	0-100%	+/- 3% @ 0%-90%, +/- 5% @ 90%-100%	1min	1min	1min	30min
Pressure	silicon capacitive pressure	600mb-1100mb	+/- 0.5mb @ 0C-30C, +/- 1mb @ -52C- 60C	1min	1min	1min	30min
Wind Direction	potentiometer vane	360 degree mechanical, 0-355 degree electrical	+/- 3 degrees	1min	1min	1min	30min
Wind Speed	helicoid propeller	sustained 0-116 kt (60m/s)	+/- 0.5 kt	5sec	1min	1min	30min
Wind Gust	helicoid propeller	gusts:0-191 kt (0-100m/s)	+/- 0.5 kt	5sec	1min	1min	30min
Precipitation	tipping bucket rain gage	inifinite in increments of tips	within +/-1% @ <1 in/hr, -3% @ 1-2 in/hr, -5% @ 2-3in/hr	instant	instant	1min	30min
Soil Moisture	Theta MLx probe	0 - 0.5 m^3/m^3	within +/- 1%	1min	1min	1min	30min
Soil Temperature	thermistor	-35C to 50C	+/- 0.5C	1min	1min	1min	30min
Solar Radiation	photovoltaic detector	0 - 3000 W/m^2	within +/- 1%	1min	1min	1min	30min
Photosynthetically Active Radiation	silicon photodector	0 - 10000 micromole/s m^2	within +/- 1%	1min	1min	1min	30min

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