Black Isle Environmental
Monitoring Station
Munlochy
Black Isle environmental monitoring station is located in the centre of Munlochy village on the Moray Firth coast in the North of Scotland and forms part of Millbank Private Weather Station.
The station’s geographical location is:
57° 32’ 55” North – 4° 15’ 45” West. [OS Grid NH 64714 53221]
[OSGB36 57.549061, -4.260864] [WGS84 57.548798, -4.262218]
UK Post Code Area IV8 8NL.
Station elevation = 18m (59ft) above msl. and at a height of 2m.
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The monitoring equipment consists of nine pieces of Hardware producing twelve outputs at a time resolution of 1 minute each. The equipment is manufactured by the Chinese specialist Company Renke and consists of
Optical rain gauge Resolution 0.10mm
Pyranometer solar radiation sensor Spectral range of 0.3~
3 μm
Atmospheric infrared forward scatter visibility sensor Meterological Observation Reporting of 5m~1km
Evaporation sensor Internal diameter of 200mm, a response time <1s and accuracy +/- 1%
Noise collection sensor Accurate recording range 30dB~120dB
Air particle (pollution) sensor Registering PM2.5 and PM10 range: 0-1000ug/m3, resolution 1ug/m3
Temperature and Humidity sensor Range temp: -40°~80°C, humidity)%~100% resolution 0.1°C 0.1%RH
Atmospheric pressure sensor Range 800~1200 hPa adjusted for elevation.
Wind speed and direction sensor Wind mph and direction, 8 cardinal points.