An automatic meteorological data collecting SYSTEM
Robert M. Brown · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1959
In common with other research and industrial organizations faced with the problems of reducing large volumes of data, the Brookhaven Meteorology Groupand Instrumentation Division have developed an automatic data collecting system. This device is capable of accepting meteorological information in the form of either a rotation or a voltage. It then converts these inputs to digital information and records them on a paper punch. The tape punch is extremely fast, and it is possible to scan the required information every 0.6 seconds. This eliminates the need for developing mean data prior to the coding.