Automatic Weather Station Operation Materials

Co-WIN Training Course

Module 1: Operation and maintenance of Automatic Weather Station (AWS)

• Basic components and working principle of AWS: (Oct 20, 2010)

Introduction to AWS, measurement of weather elements, and Co-WIN web interface.(Oct 20, 2010)

• AWS installaton instructions

• AWS Installation Guideline (Oct 20, 2010)

Suggestions on site selection and installation requirements for accurate measurement

• AWS Installation Standard from the Hong Kong Observatory (Oct 20, 2010)

Schematic diagram showing suggestions on the set up of temperature sensors, rain gauge, and anemomete

• Checklist for operating the Automatic Weather Station

• Checklist for Operating the Automatic Weather Station (Full version) (Oct 20, 2010)

A complete step-by-step guide on how to setup and configure the automatic weather station, Vantage console, and WeatherLink software

• Checklist for Operating the Automatic Weather Station (Checklist version) (Oct 20, 2010)

Checklist in table form for administrators to keep record. This is a concise version of the Checklist for Operating the Automatic Weather Station (Full version)

• Troubleshooting Guide for AWS Hardware: (Oct 20, 2010)

Troubleshooting advice on commonly encountered problems with the AWS hardware.

Module 2: Software for Automatic Weather Station (AWS), generation of Intranet weather webpage and transmission of data to Co-WIN

• Co-WIN Central Training Powerpoint (AWS Software) (Oct 20, 2010)

Overview of Co-WIN data transmission, step-by-step instructions on installing, configuring and updating WeatherLink, webpage generation using WeatherLink, commonly encountered software problems, and technical support information.

• SWMEDALS_NV Installation Guide

Step-by-step guide on how to install the SWMEDALS_NV