Climatic Variation at Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station, India
Table 1
Details on instrumentation, data used, and the observed variation in maximum absolute error in monthly mean used in the discussion of climatology at 0830 IST.
S. no
Parameter
Data used
Instrument
Height (agl) (cm)
Exposure
Lowest and highest maximum absolute error
Make
Maintenance and calibration protocol
1
Maximum temperature (°C)
1964–2008
Maximum thermometer (Mercury-in-glass thermometer)
122
Stevenson screen
0.087 to 0.132 (°C)
IMD
Daily, weekly, monthly, half yearly, annual, and periodic