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Mars Challenger V1.0 => MCO Early Discussions => Topic started by: Marco2001 on November 30, 2010, 12:18:47 AM

Title: Meteorological station - Idea
Post by: Marco2001 on November 30, 2010, 12:18:47 AM

Meteorological station
(A proposal to add a Meteorological station outside but near the main base, which is basicly a fenced field with all the metheorological instruments)

All around the world - wether it's England, Poland, USA or Russia, there is one design of a metheorological station.

What is a Meteorological station?
It's a special field covered by a short fence that measures lot's and lot's of metheorological data like: radio waves carrying, laser conductivity, sun's strenght, composition of radiation, collecting/fractioning and analyzing snow/rain (also on Mars!), measuring temperature, humidity, preasure etc..
No one should enter this field without permision, becouse it would disrupt the measurments. (BTW: I had the luck to be there for about an hour checking the aparatus  ;D)
If we are goying to make a base on mars we will need to estabilish one of those (or more possibly - quite many of them).
Morover - there is completely no problem estabilishing it.

Where a Meteorological station should be placed?
This designed field should be from 20-200 m away from the base to ensure proper measurments.

(http://www.swietokrzyskipn.org.pl/wp/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/stacja_meteo_sw_krzyz_aa.jpg)
(http://www.zachod.pl/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/stacja-imgw.jpg)
(http://www.imgw.pl/wl/internet/zz/wiedza/ogolna/_pom_prog/ogrodek_meteo_4.jpg)
(http://www.kisr.edu.kw/Data/site1/images/knmn3.jpg)
(http://visual.merriam-webster.com/images/earth/meteorology/meteorological-station.jpg)

Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_station)
Title: Re: Meteorological station - Idea
Post by: aozeba on November 30, 2010, 10:50:17 PM
Good idea, but do we really need fences on mars? Couldn't we just tell people not to go in there? Fences just seem like a waste of precious resources.

I have also seen meteorological stations on rooftops, although its not like space is going to be a problem so it could definitely be put a little ways out.
Title: Re: Meteorological station - Idea
Post by: Marco2001 on December 01, 2010, 12:17:53 AM
Quote from: aozeba on November 30, 2010, 10:50:17 PM
Good idea, but do we really need fences on mars? Couldn't we just tell people not to go in there? Fences just seem like a waste of precious resources.

The fence is there for a reason. Can you think of other reasons why a fence protects measuring aparatus? Besides - give me one good reason why MCO players wouldnt screw-around with it with no fence there? BTW: the fence uses practicly no resourses at all.

Quote from: aozeba on November 30, 2010, 10:50:17 PM
I have also seen meteorological stations on rooftops, although its not like space is going to be a problem so it could definitely be put a little ways out.

Those are not meteorological stations. Those are measuring stations. Every big city has a dozen of those on buildings for private (special) usage, but those who give valuable meteorological data are outside and looks like a field showed in the picture.