Russ Steele
Monday Ellen and I visited the St George Utah Fire Station and surveyed the weather station. We posted the survey results yesterday morning to http://surfacestation.org Anthony Watts included some of these photos in his presentation at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in Colorado yesterday. Conference details here. Anthony also included our photos in his latest How Not to Measure Temperature Part 30.
Anthony’s success at the the UCAR Conference is also discussed here. Our Salmon Idaho photos and findings here, were also presented at the conference in Anthony's presentation. Now we are looking forward to Anthony posting his whole presentation at Watt's Up With That
UPDATE: Anthony's post was linked to Junkscience.org today, another 15 seconds of fame for our team.
"How not to measure temperature - part 30" - "Russ Steele is out on vacation and doing several surveys while traveling. This one below is from St. George, UT. Here we see an MMTS measuring the temperature near the surface of an elevated parking lot. The effect of the asphalt and vehicles that park near it, engine forward, probably dwarfs the effect of the nearby a/c unit. The shading may help daytime temps some, but the asphalt likely biases Tmin the most." (Watts Up With That?)
