Vantage Pro2 Groweather Cabled Sensor Suite
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A versatile integrated, corrosion-proof sensor suite that combines our anemometer, rain collector, and temperature, humidity and solar irradiance sensors into one package for rugged reliability and performance.
Regular price
$1,401.00 AUD
+ GST
$1,541.10 AUD Inc. GST
$1,541.10 AUD Inc. GST
Please note: Can only be shipped to Australian customers
A versatile integrated, corrosion-proof sensor suite that combines our anemometer, rain collector, and temperature, humidity and solar irradiance sensors into one package for rugged reliability and performance.
Specifications
General
- Operating Temperature: -40 to +65 C
- Non-operating Temperature: -40 to +70C
- Current Draw (ISS SIM only): 5 mA (average) at 4 to 6 VDC
- Connectors, Sensor: Modular RJ-11
- Cable Type: 4-conductor, 26 AWG
- Cable Length, Anemometer: 12 m (included), 73 m (maximum recommended)
- Wind Speed Sensor: Solid state magnetic sensor
- Wind Direction Sensor: Wind vane with potentiometer
- Rain Collector Type: Tipping bucket, 0.2 mm with metric rain adapter, 214 cm2 collection area
- Temperature Sensor Type: PN Junction Silicon Diode
- Relative Humidity Sensor Type: Film capacitor element
- Housing Material: UV-resistant ABS
- Mounting Pole Not Included
- ISS Dimensions (not including anemometer or bird spikes): 363 mm x 246 mm x 368 mm
Sensors
Relative Humidity (Outside)
- Resolution: 1%
- Range: 1 to 100% RH
- Accuracy: 2%
- Drift: <0.25% per year
Rainfall
- Resolution: 0.2 mm (user-selectable) (1 mm at totals; 2000 mm)
- Daily/Storm Rainfall Range: 0 to 999.8 mm
- Monthly/Yearly/Total Rainfall Range: 0 to 6553 mm
- Accuracy: For rain rates up to 100 mm/hr: 4% of total or one tip of the bucket (0.2mm), whichever is greater.
- Update Interval: 20 to 24 seconds
Rain Rate
- Resolution and Units: 0.1 mm (user-selectable) at typical rates (see Fig. 2 and 3)
- Range: 0 to 2438 mm/hr)
- Accuracy: 5% for rates less than 5" per hour (127 mm/hr)
- Update Interval: 20 to 24 seconds
Solar Radiation
- Resolution and Units: 1 W/m2
- Range: 0 to 1800 W/m2
- Accuracy: 5% of full scale (Reference: Eppley PSP at 1000 W/m2)
- Drift: up to 2% per year
- Cosine Response: 3% for angle of incidence from 0 to 75
- Temperature Coefficient: -0.067% per F (-0.12% per C); reference temperature = 77 F (25 C)
- Update Interval: 50 seconds to 1 minute (5 minutes when dark)
Temperature (Outside)
- Resolution: 0.1 F or 1 F or 0.1 C or 1 C nominal C is converted from F rounded to the nearest 1 C
- Range: -40 to +150 F (-40 to +65 C)
- Sensor Accuracy: 0.5 F (0.3 C) See Fig. 1
- Radiation Induced Error (Passive Shield): +4 F (2 C) at solar noon (insolation = 1040 W/m2, avg. wind speed < 2 mph (1 m/s)
- Radiation Induced Error (Fan-Aspirated Shield): +0.6 F (0.3 C) at solar noon (insolation = 1040 W/m2, avg. wind speed < 2 mph (1 m/s))
- Update Interval: 10 to 12 seconds
Wind and Wind Direction
- Range: 0 - 360
- Display Resolution: 16 points (22.5) on compass rose, 1 in numeric display
- Accuracy: 3
- Update Interval: 2.5 to 3 seconds
- Wind Speed Resolution and Units: 1 mph, 1 km/h, 0.4 m/s, or 1 knot (user-selectable). Measured in mph, other units are
- converted from mph and rounded to nearest 1 km/hr, 0.1 m/s, or 1 knot.
- Wind speed range: 0 to 200 mph, 0 to 173 knots, 0 to 89 m/s, 0 to 322 km/h
- Update Interval: Instant Reading: 2.5 to 3 seconds, 10-minute Average: 1 minute
- Wind speed accuracy: 1 mph (1 kts, 1.5 km/h, 0.5 m/s) or 5%, whichever is greater
- Maximum Cable Length: 240 feet (73 m)
Warranty
- 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty + Additional 1 Year Instrument Choice Warranty
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