General Information

Serial #

256105

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic casing, and parts/ metal parts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

20.5 cm

Width

17.0 cm

Height

6.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Surface wind speed & direction measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Young

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Michigan

City

Traverse City

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

this instrument was apparently in use for 15 years (Ref. 5)

Canada

An example of a wind data indicating instrument used by the Meteorological Service of Canada, on ships on the Great Lakes. It was used with the RM Young Wind Monitor, which was used at most of the datalogger based automatic weather stations and on all buoys amounting to hundreds of installations in Canada. The Wind Monitor has been used since 1990 and in 2004 was the most widely used anemometer in the service (Ref. 1). Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).

Function

An instrument that presents wind direction & speed data from a separate anemometer in a digital form on a display panel.

Technical

An example of a wind data indicating instrument for shipboard use.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

label on underside reads '[logo] YOUNG/ Traverse City, MI/ U.S.A./ MODELl 04503N/ WS/WD INDICATOR/ SERIAL NUMBER 256105/ POWER REQUIRED...10-30VDC/3W/ SENSOR TYPE...MODEL 05103/ WS OUTPUT...0 TO 100 KN/ 0 TO 1.00V/ 200 KN MAX/ AZ OUTPUT...0 TO 300 DEG/ 0 TO 1.00V'/ white lettering on front reads "YOUNG [LOGO]/ WIND SPEED/ knots/ AZIMUTH/ degrees/ R.M. Young Company Traverse City, Michigan, U.S.A.'/ white Young logo and lettering for connector functions on back

Missing

appears complete

Finish

textured beige casing with glossy black front and back panels/ green connectors on back/ grey cable covering

Decoration

N/A