Instrument: Weather Transmitter

Dataset: 
alongtrack
Instrument: 
Weather Transmitter
Instrument Short Name: WXT520
Community Standard Description
(http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/102/)
Instrument Description:

The ship-mounted Vaisala Weather Transmitter WXT520 measures: Wind speed and direction; Liquid precipitation: rainfall, duration, intensity; Barometric pressure; Air temperature and Relative humidity. (for more information see http://www.vaisala.com/en/products/multiweathersensors/Pages/WXT520.aspx)

PI supplied instrument name: Weather Transmitter
Dataset-specific description

Vaisala WXT520 MET sensors mounted on both port and starborad side of the forward mast 15.5 meters above the water line.