Damon_Mesonet

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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi JayGray Altho we received Government funding to establish the mesonet, we receive no ongoing funding to maintain the weather stations or the web app. Hence we are looking into revenue streams to ensure the longevity of the mesonet; adver
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Yes, the Mintaro Maze is indeed within our region and there is a weather station in Mintaro as well. I didn't know about the spray damage to the hedge maze - that's so sad!
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi Porcupine, sounds like your region could do with one of our mesonets! That being said, in Australia, weather conditions are often too hot to spray during the day hence many farmers look to spray early morning, dusk or at night-time. Thes
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi Nelson I’m not an agriculturalist so I’d have to ask a colleague about the most dangerous pesticides in use in Australia. The most common herbicides used in the regions we work in are glyphosate (i.e. ‘Round-Up’) and 2,4-D. These are als
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi Forgotmypw The crops in the regions covered by the mesonet include broadacre agricultural crops (typically wheat and other cereals, and canola, and pulses such as chick peas), vineyards, fruiting trees in the Riverland (i.e. almonds, ora
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi Jeremy For our current Mesonets, we simply measure the presence of an inversion (i.e. the temperature differential between 10m and 1.2m). However, we can also measure other forms of atmospheric stability such as the categorises in the Pa
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi Shakna Both the pilot mesonet in the Mid North and the subsequent network in the Riverland Mallee were actually strongly supported by local growers. Many farmers are embracing the latest AgTech to farm more efficiently. A majority of pes
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   Show HN: A network of weather stations to help prevent pesticide spray drift(cotl.com.au)

   83 points by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago|27 comments
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   by Damon_Mesonet 6y ago

   Hi HN! I’m Damon, project engineer for the Mid North Mesonet and the Riverland and Mallee Mesonet in the state of South Australia. A mesonet is a term for a network of automated weather stations designed to monitor meteorological phenomena