The BSFS
weather station has been operational
since August 2001, and now all those data are
online. Dr. Alexander Wait and
graduate student Kyle Barrett
(pictured right) assembled the
station last summer. Dr. Wait
initiated this long-term
collaborative research that will
provide
researchers,
teachers, and students
access to weather
and climate data. The station measures
and stores a variety of weather
variables which can then be used to
answer ecological questions. For
example, precipitation,
temperature, and wind speed are useful in
predicting fire danger.
Data are
collected twice a month and then
posted to this website in Excel
tables as well as in graphical
format. Future plans are to use
telecommunications technology (not
yet available at the Field Station)
to allow an automatic uplink of data
to the web.
Bull
Shoals Field Station
l those data are
online. Dr. Alexander Wait and
graduate student Kyle Barrett
(pictured right) assembled the
station last summer. Dr. Wait
initiated this long-term
collaborative research that will
provide