[SGVHAK] What is this?

[Dan Buthusiem]

I've noticed quite a few popping up recently. One in South Pasadena seemed
to be the best WiMax spots back when it was still in deployment. I doubt
they're all weather stations, seeing as I don't see the use of having such
a dense sensor distribution for tracking weather. I can only guess it'd be
for seismic activity (they are working on adding sensors to the seismic
detector network), or the possibility they're antennas for some sort of
urban wireless network. Whatever they are, they're definitely growing in
number. Good to know I'm not the only one to notice them.
On Mar 25, 2013 9:47 AM, "James McDuffie" <mcduffie at pitfall.org> wrote:

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> I was curious too. I looked both at the Weather Underground and NOAA
> station locator websites and could not find anything listed at those cross
> streets.
>
> http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/about.asp
> http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/
>
> Some questions that might lead to more answers:
> * Is pole on private or public property?
> * Do you see a control box on the ground? I am guessing the control and
> communication equipment is mounted above the radiation shield.
> * Is there a wire going from the station into the pole?
>
> Maybe its a station for a local school.
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2013, at 08:20 AM, Braddock wrote:
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> Do cities regularly install weather stations?  What for?  And two on one
> block?
>
>  I'm very curious.
>
>  -braddock
>
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>  On 03/24/2013 03:44 PM, Claude Felizardo wrote:
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> Yuppers.  Definitely looks like a wind speed sensor, possibly a rain gauge
> on top and a ventilated temp and/or humidity sensor.  Surprised that there
> isn't a wind direction sensor.
>
> They could be monitoring for other stuff.  Air pollution but then they
> usually need easy access to a particulate filter fairly often.
>
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>  On Mar 24, 2013, at 2:32 PM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org> wrote:
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> Looks very much like a weather station.
>
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> braddock at braddock.com wrote:
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> There are two of these things mounted on poles one block apart on Mission
> and Fair Oaks in South Pasadena.
>
>  What are they? Is the city running some kind of weather station?
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