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1APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
APRS and Weather
Glenn Frasier, KD5DMG
2APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
3APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
APRSWXNET/CWOP: a Beneficial Partnership ofNOAA,
Amateur Radio,and other Good Citizens
Russ Chadwick KBØTVJNOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory
Boulder, Colorado
September 13, 2002
4APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
APRSWXNET/CWOP Purpose
- Collect weather data from citizens and make those data available as a public service for any non-commercial use.
- Provide feedback and guidance to weather station operators to help them improve thequality of their weather data.
5APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
6APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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APRSWXNET/CWOP Membership (9/11/02)
1. Registered Hams - 658 total registered - 9372. Registered CW - 279
3. Unregistered CW - 293
4. Inactive - 74
Each hour 575+ registered stations contributingweather data to NOAA
7APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
Registered APRSWXNET/CWOP Stations
8APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Ham Stations in US
9APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Station Registration for hams
- call, town, zip, elevation, name, e-mail - verify data on findu.com * - obtain lat/long from findu.com * - assign provider ID, ap123 * - assign 5-character NWS ID, AP123 * - enter all information into database * - generate APRSWXNETStation.txt file * - check APRSWXNETStation.txt file
* my responsibility
10APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
Registered CW Stations in US
11APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
Station Registration for non-hams
- fill out form on findu.com - CWxxxx, town, state, zip, elevation, name, e-mail - enter information into database * - configure weather station and program - send data packets to port 23 aprswest.net - check position on findu.com map - send e-mail requesting registration - enter lat/long into database * - generate APRSWXNETStation.txt file * - check APRSWXNETStation.txt file
* my responsibility
12APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
ap001|AP001|KB0TVJ-5 Boulder CO US|1582| 40.0545| -105.20783|GMT|||1||||ap002|AP002|K4HG Cudjoe Key FL US|2| 24.66111| -81.4825|GMT|||1||||ap003|AP003|N0XGA Aurora CO US|1686| 39.69083| -104.81267|GMT|||1||||ap004|AP004|KF4HJW Tide VA US|7| 37.1005| -76.545|GMT|||1||||ap005|AP005|W0MAF-1 Lee's Summit MO US|326| 38.91883| -94.38033|GMT|||1||||ap006|AP006|WN0X-3 NW Cole County MO US|247| 38.6295| -92.34417|GMT|||1||||ap007|AP007|KI0PY Plattsmouth NE US|100| 41.01683| -95.89333|GMT|||1||||ap008|AP008|KD4MRL Orlando FL US|34| 28.56267| -81.27083|GMT|||1||||ap009|AP009|N5JXS College Station TX US|88| 30.605| -96.285|GMT|||1||||ap010|AP010|N1BQ-3 Underhill Center VT US|470| 44.52883| -72.85917|GMT|||1||||ap011|AP011|KB0TVJ-6 Erie CO US|1535| 40.05626| -105.05592|GMT|||1||||ap012|AP012|N9ZIP Michigan City IN US|192| 41.7015| -86.87366|GMT|||1||||ap013|AP013|W0LED-1 Crystal MN US|277| 45.0465| -93.34583|GMT|||1||||ap014|AP014|WA2GUG New Hyde Park NY US|46| 40.72717| -73.69083|GMT|||1||||ap015|AP015|WA2GUG-2 Far Rockaway NY US|110| 40.59467| -73.75433|GMT|||1||||ap016|AP016|KB4JHU Valrico FL US|32| 27.9175| -82.258|GMT|||1||||...ap667|AP667|KH2EI Hellertown PA US|238| 40.583| -75.2645|GMT|||1||||ap668|AP668|K5ZZT-5 San Antonio TX US|277| 29.553| -98.62467|GMT|||1||||CW0000|C0000|CW0000 Auckland NZ|200| -37.11667|174.58333|GMT|||1||||CW0001|C0001|CW0001 Evansville IN US|200| 37.97597| -87.56822|GMT|||1||||CW0002|C0002|CW0002 Middlebury VT US|75| 44.0531| -73.2569|GMT|||1||||CW0003|C0003|CW0003 Framingham MA US|115| 42.34083| -71.4765|GMT|||1||||CW0005|C0005|CW0005 Des Moines IA US|290| 41.6065| -93.69567|GMT|||1||||CW0006|C0006|CW0006 Korumburra AU|120| -38.4465| 145.89368|GMT|||1||||CW0007|C0007|CW0007 Amsterdam NL|2| 52.51833| 4.97333|GMT|||1||||.........
APRSWXNETStation.txt file
13APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
WX stationap001
WX stationCW0351
aprswest.netaprsca.net
ahubeast.netWX stationap163
1st,2nd,3rdaprs.net
findu.com
NOAA FSL
wxqa.com
APRSWXNET/CWOP system diagram
aprs rf
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14APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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General Information page: dhelms.mystarband.net/cwop.html
15APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Citizen Weather Feedback to Contributors
- Chronological List www.findu.com/citizenweather.html
- Ordered list of last packet www.wxqa.com/activecwd/C20020915.txt
- Last packet receipt date and time www.wxqa.com/last_reg.txt www.wxqa.com/last_sgn.txt
- findu functions, e-mail, web sites www.wxqa.com/stations.html
16APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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17APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Start time was 00:00:00 UTC2002-09-08:18:53:44:730 - End date:time UTC; number for past hour/number since start time CW0000>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0000:@081800z3707.00S/17435.00E_289/014g017t058r000p008...1/12 wx data packets, and 0/0 are duplicates. CW0001>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0001:@081850z3758.32N/08734.05W_286/002g005t095r000p000...12/224 wx data packets, and 0/0 are duplicates. CW0003>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0003:@081850z4220.45N/07128.59W_195/004g005t090h40p000...11/225 wx data packets, and 0/0 are duplicates. CW0005>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0005:@081847z4136.38N/09341.73W_144/000g005t092r000p000...12/152 wx data packets, and 0/1 are duplicates. CW0007>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0007:@081850z5231.02N/00458.07E_239/000g000t065r000p008...12/178 wx data packets, and 0/9 are duplicates. CW0008>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0008:@081805z3511.97N/08325.20W_287/001g003t080r000p002...1/14 wx data packets, and 0/0 are duplicates. CW0009>APRS,TCPXX*,qAX,CW0009:@081845z5108.58N/00429.15E_075/001g000t065...3/75 wx data packets, and 0/0 are duplicates.
...wxqa.com/activecwd/index_activecwd.html
18APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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LATEST RECEIPT FROM REGISTERED STATIONS2002-09-06 - Report Generated (UTC) CW0000 @052300z September 02CW0001 @061250z September 02CW0002 @152030z August 02CW0003 @061250z September 02CW0005 @061249z September 02CW0006 @061115z November 01CW0007 @061250z September 02CW0008 @061205z September 02CW0009 @061245z September 02CW0010 @061230z September 02CW0012 @061250z September 02CW0015 @161200z August 02CW0018 @061250z September 02CW0019 @061230z September 02CW0020 @041910z September 02CW0021 @132215z August 02CW0029 @050235z March 02... www.wxqa.com/lastfile_reg.txt
19APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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LATEST RECEIPT FROM STATIONS NOT YET REGISTERED2002-09-06 - Report Generated (UTC) CW0011 Boulder, CO, US CW0098 Saint Cloud, MN, US CW0192 @271150z July 02CW0207 Naoussa, , GR CW0215 @032250z September 02CW0277 @061650z September 02CW0283 Carmel, NY, US CW0284 Nuiqsut, AK, US CW0285 Edmonds, WA, US CW0290 Kerhonkson, NY, US CW0291 Weirton, WV, US CW0292 Kerrville/mt.home, TX, US CW0293 McDade, TX, US CW0295 Anamosa, IA, US CW0296 Marrero, LA, US CW0297 East Petersburg, PA, US CW0298 @102129z October 01... www.wxqa.com/lastfile_sgn.txt
20APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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www.wxqa.com/stations.htmlwww.wxqa.com/memberlists.html
21APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mesonet/
FSL mesonet display of APRSWX/CWOP data
22APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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www-frd.fsl.noaa.gov/mesonet/
FSL mesonet stations in the Central Colorado area
23APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Quality Checking Feedback
1. Quality Checking and Monitoring System (QCMS)makes analysis using numerical weather prediction (NWP)and spatial consistency check (SCC)
2. “error” = analysis - observation, done for each hour
3. Daily, weekly and monthly statistics of “error”
4. Daily and hourly “error” results saved
5. Hourly “error” mean and standard deviation mayindicate diurnal effects.
24APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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APRSWXNET DAILY QUALITY CONTROL MESSAGE (PAGE 1 OF 16)
********************************************************************** * 8-SEP-2002* SLP * POT TEMP * DEW PNT * DD * FF * * 00-23 UTC * (MB) * (DEG F) * (DEG F) * (DEG) * (KNTS) * ********************************************************************** * TOTAL OBS * 0 * 47936 * 42569 * 47971 * 47971 * * QST OBS * 0 * 3443 * 6584 * 487 * 501 * *PERCENT QST* 0.00 * 7.18 * 15.47 * 1.02 * 1.04 * ********************************************************************** * AP004 * *16/-16/ 39* * * * * AP012 * * *20/-19/ 55* * * * AP014 * * 8/ 1/ 64* 9/ -9/ 31* * * * AP019 * * * * * * * AP023 * * *11/-11/ 57* * * * AP030 * * *18/-17/ 38* * * * AP037 * * *17/-16/ 54* * * * AP042 * * *13/-13/ 72* * * * AP044 * * * 9/ 9/ 37* * * ********************************************************************** ERROR= ANALYSIS-OBSERVATION RMS ERROR/MEAN ERROR/PERCENT QST
www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/MSAS/qcms_messages.htmlwww.wxqa.com/qcmsday/index_qcmsday.html
25APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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8-SEP-2002 0000 UTC 0 0 1 0 0 0100 UTC 0 1 4 0 0 0200 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 0300 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 0400 UTC 0 1 0 0 0 0500 UTC 0 1 0 0 0 0600 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 0700 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 0800 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 0900 UTC 0 2 0 0 0 1000 UTC 0 4 0 0 0 1100 UTC 0 5 0 0 0 1200 UTC 0 4 0 0 0 1300 UTC 0 3 0 0 0 1400 UTC 0 3 0 0 0 1500 UTC 0 1 0 0 0 1600 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 1700 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 1800 UTC 0 0 2 0 0 1900 UTC 0 0 2 0 0 2000 UTC 0 0 1 0 0 2100 UTC 0 0 1 0 0 2200 UTC 0 0 0 0 0 2300 UTC 0 0 0 0 0
Counts of “errors” by Hour
26APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Mean “error” Hour Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 0000 -11.000 0100 9.000 -9.714 0200 0300 0400 7.000 0500 8.333 0600 8.500 0700 8.600 0800 10.200 0900 9.714 1000 8.667 1100 9.700 1200 10.222 1300 8.429 1400 9.714 1500 10.750 1600 8.200 1700 8.333 -9.667 1800 -9.400 1900 7.000 -9.667 2000 7.000 -8.000 2100 -8.000 2200 -11.000 2300 -10.400Hourly mean “error”
27APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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Software with APRSWXNET/CWOP Capability
1. Weather-Display (Brian Hamilton)
2. Virtual Weather Station (with Tim West add-on)
3. Davis Vantage Pro Program (Ed Blair)
4. 1-Wire Wserver (Arne Hendriksen)
5. WxSolution (Dan Hanson)
6. 1-Wire for Linux (Philip Gladstone)
7. Yip-Yap for Linux (Chris Howard)
28APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
Copyright © 2003 – Glenn Frasier, KD5DMGAll Rights Reserved
Future Items
- five minute data input capability at FSL
- quality checking for barometric pressure
- cgi script for hourly quality checking results
- position checking by zip code
- weather measurements from vehicles
- ???
29APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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For more information, contact:
Russ Chadwick KBØTVJ [email protected]
Steve Dimse K4HG [email protected]
Dave Helms CW0351 [email protected]
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31APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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32APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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33APRS is a registered trademark Bob Bruninga, WB4APR
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