Equipment Fly-In to Hermit Lake 10-29-09

As part of a research project (dubbed the Alpine Project) in conjunction with the Appalachian Mountain Club, us (Mount Washington Observatory), and some other entities, meteorological instrumentation is being installed at the Hermit Lake AMC caretaker cabin, affectionately known as HoJo's. This video shows the bulk of the equipment, including a large tower to mount an anemometer on, being flown to the site, which is just below the base of the infamous Tuckerman Ravine. Once installed, data such as wind speed, wind direction, temperature, and humidity will be logged continuously and available to researchers and our website (http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/mesonet) in real time. More information on this project can be found at http://www.mountwashington.org/research/alpine/.

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