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Instrumentation for a transect study of microclimate with special reference to the value of time-lapse photography in agricultural meteorology

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A transect study of microclimate over the College Farm, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, showed that the erection and maintenance of an auto-recording anemometer transect over a period of two years was justified when data collected served multiple requirements in a series of parallel studies. In recording effects of weather on the behaviour of livestock, time-lapse photography provided an inexpensive medium for sampling, recording, duplicating and presenting data.

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Eine Querschnittsuntersuchung des Mikroklimas der College Farm, University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, zeigte, dass die Aufstellung und Unterhaltung eines registrierenden Windmessers über einen Zeitraum von zwei Jahren zu rechtfertigen ist, wenn die gesammtelten Messdaten in einer Serie paralleler Untersuchungen vielfach benutzt werden. Für die Untersuchung der Wirkung des Wetters auf das Befinden eines Viehbestands lieferte die fortlaufende fotografische Registrierung ein billiges Mittel für die Erprobung, Sammlung, Vervielfältigung und Aufbereitung von Messdaten.

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L'étude d'une coupe microclimatique de la ferme d'étude de l'"University College of Wales" â Aberystwyth a montré que l'installation et l'entretien d'un anémographe pour une durée de deux ans se justifiait pour autant que les relevés qu'on y effectue soient utilisés plusieurs fois dans une série d'essais parallèles. Dans la recherche de l'influence du temps sur le bien-être d'un troupeau, l'enregitrement photographique périodique s'est avéré un moyen assez bon marché pour le relevé,l'enregistrement, la copie et la présentation des données de base.

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Rutter, N. Instrumentation for a transect study of microclimate with special reference to the value of time-lapse photography in agricultural meteorology. Int J Biometeorol 12, 3–9 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01552971

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