urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument:no-host.lorenz_met_station 1.0 1.15.0.0 Product_Context 2020-12-08 1.0 Initial creation of the context product. 10.5194/gi-1-209-2012 Lorenz, R.D. (2012), Observing desert dust devils with a pressure logger, Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst. 1, 209-220. Original presentation of this meterological station. 10.1002/2014JEE004712 Jackson, Brian and Lorenz, Ralph (2015). A multiyear dust devil vortex survey using an automated search of pressure time series, J. Geophys. Res. Planets, 120. Citation of the official published version of the paper. 10.1016/j.jastp.2016.10.017 Lorenz, R.D., L.D.V. Neakrase, J.P. Anderson, R.G. Harrison, and K.A. Nicoll (2016) Point discharge current measurements beneath dust devils, J. Atmos. and Solar-Terrest. Phys., 150, 55-60. Further usage for voltage modified meteological stations. Portable Meterological Station (Ralph Lorenz design) Meteorology A portable, compact meteorology station designed for dust devil field studies. The system used is based on the Gulf Coast Data Concepts B1100 pressure logger, which combines a precision Bosch BMP085 pressure sensor (logged with resolution of 1 Pa or 0.01 mbar), with a microcontroller that logs pressure data and housekeeping temperature as ASCII files on a 2GB microSD flash memory card. The whole unit operates as a large USB memory stick facilitating data transfer to a computer. Self-contained, power for remote operation is attained by usage of 2 alkaline D cell batteries, allowing unattended multi-month operation at sample rates of 2 Hz or more. The sensor and battery casing are installed in a plastic case, drilled to allow pressure equalization, with a painted exterior to minimize visibility. In some cases, the instrumentation may be augmented to include analog voltage (in range 0-4.19 V) with 12-bit resolution at an interval of 1s.