iEarth Education Research Publication Series

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Project: "Meteorological instrumentation: From microchip to measurement"

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Authors: Agnes Stenlund, Marjolein Gevers, Lukas Frank, Marius O. Jonassen, Florina Schalamon

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Funding from iEarth: 50 000 NOK in 2021

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This DIY weather station project aims to provide students with immersed practical skills, understanding and interest in the technical parts of weather monitoring. Focusing on the construction of meteorological instrumentation using a microcontroller, different sensors and a few other low-cost electronic components, a new teaching module was developed to be included into the bachelor-level meteorology course AGF-213 at UNIS.

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Collecting online information within the field of microelectronics provided an overview of the available hard- and software and hints on the level of instructions needed for students to be able to build a small weather station themselves. A prototype was built, control software was developed and the whole setup was tested in the field. The process was documented in a detailed report, which in the future can be used as a guide by the students

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All photos credited the respective authors of the iEarth SEED project.

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