A solar-powered Surface Automated Measurement (SAM) site. These are deployed to take measurements in and around severe weather. Tower instruments give wind direction and speed; rain gauge on left. White box houses temperature, relative humidity and pressure instruments.

Image ID: nssl0028, NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Collection
Credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

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