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ACORN-SAT station catalogue Report 5 for the Independent Peer Review of the ACORN-SAT data-set © Commonwealth of Australia 2011 This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced without prior written permission from the Bureau of Meteorology. Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to the Publishing Unit, Bureau of Meteorology, GPO Box 1289, Melbourne 3001. Requests for reproduction of material from the Bureau website should be addressed to AMDISS, Bureau of Meteorology, at the same address. Contents Adelaide .....................................1 Forrest ......................................39 Oodnadatta ..............................77 Albany ........................................2 Gabo Island ..............................40 Orbost ......................................78 Alice Springs .............................3 Gayndah ...................................41 Palmerville ..............................79 Amberley ..................................4 Georgetown ............................42 Perth ........................................80 Barcaldine .................................5 Geraldton .................................43 Point Perpendicular ................81 Bathurst ......................................6 Giles ..........................................44 Port Hedland Airport ............82 Birdsville ...................................7 Grove ........................................45 Port Lincoln ............................83 Boulia ........................................8 Gunnedah ...............................46 Port Macquarie .......................84 Bourke ........................................9 Halls Creek ..............................47 Rabbit Flat ...............................85 Bridgetown ..............................10 Hobart ......................................48 Richmond (NSW) ....................86 Brisbane Airport ....................11 Horn Island .............................49 Richmond (Qld) ......................87 Broome Airport ......................12 Inverell .....................................50 Robe .........................................88 Bundaberg ..............................13 Kalgoorlie-Boulder .................51 Rockhampton .........................89 Burketown ...............................14 Kalumburu ...............................52 Rutherglen ...............................90 Butlers Gorge ..........................15 Katanning ................................53 Sale ...........................................91 Cabramurra .............................16 Kerang ......................................54 Scone ........................................92 Cairns .......................................17 Kyancutta .................................55 Snowtown ...............................93 Camooweal ..............................18 Launceston Airport .................56 St George ................................94 Canberra ..................................19 Laverton RAAF .......................57 Sydney ......................................95 Cape Borda ..............................20 Learmonth ..............................58 Tarcoola ....................................96 Cape Bruny Lighthouse..........21 Longreach ................................59 Tennant Creek ........................97 Cape Leeuwin .........................22 Low Head .................................60 Thargomindah .......................98 Cape Moreton ........................23 Mackay ....................................61 Tibooburra ..............................99 Cape Otway Lighthouse .........24 Marble Bar ..............................62 Townsville ..............................100 Carnarvon ................................25 Marree ......................................63 Victoria River Downs ...........101 Ceduna .....................................26 Meekatharra ...........................64 Wagga Wagga .......................102 Charleville ................................27 Melbourne Regional Office ....65 Walgett ..................................103 Charters Towers .....................28 Merredin ..................................66 Wandering .............................104 Cobar ........................................29 Mildura .....................................67 Weipa ....................................105 Coffs Harbour ........................30 Miles .........................................68 Wilcannia ..............................106 Cunderdin ................................31 Morawa ...................................69 Williamtown ..........................107 Dalwallinu ................................32 Moree .......................................70 Wilsons Promontory .............108 Darwin ......................................33 Moruya Heads .........................71 Wittenoom ............................109 Deniliquin .................................34 Mount Gambier ......................72 Woomera ...............................110 Dubbo .......................................35 Nhill ..........................................73 Wyalong .................................111 Eddystone Point ......................36 Normanton .............................74 Yamba ....................................112 Esperance ................................37 Nowra .......................................75 Eucla .........................................38 Nuriootpa ................................76 Notes Acronyms AWS = Automatic Weather Station Site Photos Site photos refer to the most recently opened site. Google Maps Map scales differ throughout the Catalogue. Station site locations indicated represent approximate positions only. Station site Automatically generated Google marker ACORN-SAT Station Catalogue 1 Adelaide Site information Nearest ACORN-SAT sites Site name: ADELAIDE 023373 NURIOOTPA (61 km) Site number: 023090 021133 SNOWTOWN (134 km) Latitude: 34.92 °S 022823 CAPE BORDA (206 km) Longitude: 138.62 °E Elevation: 48 m Details Locality: Adelaide, SA The recording site is Adelaide, 023090 (pictured). The type of land within 100 metres of this site is city area with buildings greater than ten metres in height. Further out, the land within one kilometre of this site is also city area (with buildings greater than ten metres in height). The land within ten kilometres is also city area (with buildings greater than ten metres in height). Adelaide’s site is fully covered by grass and has clay soil. History This site was previously located at Adelaide West Terrace (023000) for the period from 1910 to 1979. From 1977 to the present, measurements were taken from Adelaide (023090). An AWS was installed at the site on 26 October 1992. 2 Report 5 for the Independent Peer Review of the ACORN-SAT data-set Albany Site information Nearest ACORN-SAT sites Site name: ALBANY 010579 KATANNING (141 km) Site number: 009741 009510 BRIDGETOWN (188 km) Latitude: 34.94 °S 009518 CAPE LEEUWIN (252 km) Longitude: 117.80 °E Elevation: 68 m Details Locality: Albany, WA The recording site is Albany, 009741 (pictured). The type of land within 100 metres of this site is airport. Further out, the land within one kilometre of this site is grassland. The land within ten kilometres is also grassland. Albany’s site is partly covered by grass and has black soil. History This site was previously located at Albany (009500) for the period from 1910 to 1965. From 1965 to the present, measurements were taken from Albany Airport (009741). An AWS was installed at the site on 17 August 1992. ACORN-SAT station catalogue 3 Alice Springs Site information Nearest ACORN-SAT sites Site name: ALICE SPRINGS 015135 TENNANT CREEK (463 km) Site number: 015590 015666 RABBIT FLAT (567 km) Latitude: 23.80 °S 013017 GILES (583 km) Longitude: 133.89 °E Elevation: 546 m Details Locality: Alice Springs, NT The recording site is Alice Springs, 015590 (pictured). The type of land within 100 metres of this site is airport. Further out, the land within one kilometre of this site is also airport. The land within ten kilometres is grassland. Alice Springs’ site is bare ground and has red soil. History This site was previously located at Alice Springs Post Office (015540) for the period from 1910 to 1953. From 1944 to the present, measurements were taken from Alice Springs Airport (015590). An AWS was installed at the site on 21 March 1991. 4 Report 5 for the Independent Peer Review of the ACORN-SAT data-set Amberley Site information Nearest ACORN-SAT sites Site name: AMBERLEY 040842 BRISBANE AIRPORT (49 km) Site number: 040004 040043 CAPE MORETON (100 km) Latitude: 27.63 °S 058012 YAMBA (211 km) Longitude: 152.71 °E Elevation: 24 m Details Locality: Amberley, Qld The recording site is Amberley, 040004 (pictured). The land use within 100 metres of this site is airport. Further out, the land use within one kilometre of this site is also airport. The land use within ten kilometres is city area with buildings less than ten metres in height. Amberley’s site is bare ground and has black soil. History The Amberley AMO site (040004) was opened in 1942. In 1997, the site was moved to its current location, while the old site continued to operate under a different site number (040910) between 1997 and 1998 as a comparison. An AWS was installed at the site on 3 July 1997. ACORN-SAT station catalogue 5 Barcaldine Site information Nearest ACORN-SAT sites Site name: BARCALDINE 036031 LONGREACH (104 km) Site number: 036007 044021
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