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  • Station History file for Beaufort Park, Bracknell, Berkshire DCnn 5591/2/3

Archive
Bib No.:
  • 627289
Level:
  • File
Archive Reference:
  • MET/3/3/172
Creator:
  • Meteorological Office
Corporate Author:
  • Meteorological Office. (UK)
Date:
  • 1958 - 2002
Extent of unit:
  • 2 folders
Description:
  • Climatological Station. Met Office HQ Bracknell (DCnn 5592), then Beaufort Park, Bracknell (DCnn 5593). Latitude 51 degrees 23 minutes N, longitude 00 degrees 47 minutes W. Correspondence, loose minutes, photographs and plan regarding set up of the HQ site 1958-63. Memorandum on the Requirements of a Climatological Station 1956. Tables of average temperatures . Empty envelopes suggest that some photographs have been removed from the file. Notification of the commencement of the station in 1963. Sunshine obstruction diagrams. Photographs 1967. Photographs of building work affecting the exposure of the site in 1971. 10 pages of minute sheets. 1971 loose minutes and correspondence discussing commencement of climatological observations at Easthampstead (later known as Beaufort Park). Folder containing handwritten brief notes on the history of the Bracknell H.Q. station, written 1973. National Physical Laboratory certificates for calibration of thermometers. Sunshine obstruction diagrams for Beaufort Park. 6 pages of loose minutes. Folder containing various information, including photographs, about Easthampstead (Beaufort Park) radiation instruments. Photograph of CRDF building, Beaufort Park. Photograph of E.S. (Ted) Spain working in CRDF. Inspector's reports and Notebooks for 1985 - 1998 (photographs 1987, 1991, 1993, 1995). Notes on the Site and Equipment of the meteorological Station, undated but probably 1993. Anemometer exposure assessment 1995. Correspondence 1997 regarding re-siting of anemomer 20 m away. SAMOS (automatic weather station) installation and commissioning certificates 2000- 2002. Loose minutes and correspondence 1978-1992.
Media Type:
  • Document
Language:
  • English
Geographical Term (in development):
  • England
  • Berkshire
Conditions Governing Access:
  • Open
Conditions Governing Reproduction:
Owning Organisation:
  • Met Office
Location:
  • Archive Exeter
Collection:
  • Archive Collection
Status:
  • Reference Only
Location (Room/Bay):
  • Z21.K4
Location Box:
  • 63

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