Climate Stations
Two new climate stations supplied by Environdata are now fully installed and operational at Mulloon Creek Natural Farms, with one on the Home Farm floodplain and the other at Duralla. Real-time data from these stations is available to all through the Weathermation website. Contact us for the login details if you’re interested, via info@themullooninstitute.org
The climate stations have a few extra components measured compared to the standard weather station.
Climate station features
Rainfall – accurate to 0.2mm
Wind speed and direction
Soil moisture sensor at 8, 18, 28 and 38cm depth
(also measures temperature)Soil temperature sensor at 8cm
Soil heat flux at 8cm
Barometric pressure
Housed in white dome-shaped device on eastern arm
Temperature
Relative humidity
Separate pole with glass bulbs on upper & lower side
Incoming and outgoing solar radiation.
Research Coordinator Luke Peel shows CEO Carolyn Hall the insides of one of the climate stations
These individual measurements are important individually, and with appropriate formulas allow us to calculate evaporation, potential evapo-transpiration, and stored energy in the soil. This is important in understanding how the sun’s energy is used to power plants in the context of soil moisture and temperature and prevailing conditions such as humidity, air temperature, wind speed, etc.
The Mulloon Rehydration Initiative is jointly funded through the Mulloon Institute and the Australian Government’s National Landcare Program and is supported by various affiliates.