Meteorological Observations and Their Instrumental Support at IMCES SB RAS

We present information on the organization and the history of development of meteorological observations at Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMCES), that were initiated at the second category weather station of the Optics Technological Design Institute of Scientific Instrument Engineering (TDI SIE) (since 1994) and continue to the present at the Geophysical Observatory (GO) of IMCES. A retrospective of the development of meteorological instrument-making at IMCES is presented beginning from the creation of experimental prototypes of automated complexes for operational measurement of optical and meteorological characteristics of the atmosphere (1970s-1980s) during tests of different laser systems to the development and creation of a number of meteorological instruments, including automatic ultrasonic weather stations of different purposes and spatially distributed information and measuring systems on the basis of these stations. Some of the weather stations developed are included in the State Register of Measuring Instruments.

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The article presents information on the organization and history of development of meteorological observations at the Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMCES). It highlights the creation of experimental prototypes and the development of various meteorological instruments, including automatic ultrasonic weather stations, some of which are listed in the State Register of Measuring Instruments.