Document Type : Research Article
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1 Department of Energy, Materials and Energy Research Center, Karaj, Iran.
2 Department of Energy, Materials and Energy Research Center, Karaj, Iran
Abstract
In this research study, a cost-effective and reliable weather station using a microcontroller system containing instruments and sensors for measuring and recording ambient variables was designed, fabricated, and tested. The dataset recorded and stored in the meteorological system can be applied to conduct various research in the field of energy and environment, especially in solar systems. Employing a microcontroller system reduces costs and provides special features such as accessing data on the web-based spreadsheets and adding control devices. In this system, meteorological information including solar radiation, air temperature, wind velocity, and air relative humidity is measured and saved in user-defined time intervals such as 30 seconds. The total cost for measuring equipment, sensors, and microcontroller along with a data logger is about 110 USD. To demonstrate the importance of using local meteorological data, in the vicinity of the case studies, the dataset provided by the local weather station was compared with the meteorological data of two nearby national stations for one month. The results revealed that the values reported by the national stations were different from the actual values measured by the local weather station. The deviations for solar radiation, wind velocity, air temperature and humidity values were at least 5, 9, 7%, and more than 100%, respectively.
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