And to the rest of you: Remember to keep in mind that when something looks foolish, it often is foolish, but sometimes there’s a very good and rational reason which you are simply not privy to….

REPLY: Point taken, how about showing us your weather station at the University of Vermont? – Anthony

I do think that most of those stations are well sited, but a few example are quite bad and I have got some pictures of them.

If the second station is properly placed and installed, we can be confident in our assumptions regarding differences and accuracy. I don’t know why anyone would question this and, I am unclear as to your objective.

I was merely saying that having the monitoring equipment so close to the building would most likely not give them accurate results, unless the goal was to measure the effects of the building on local climate.

Una buona opportunita’, tutto sommato, per approfittare delle circostanze e arricchire l’educazione degli studenti del BioLab, organizzando un gruppo di lavoro su cosa c’e’ di sbagliato nell’attuale locazione della stazione meteo di Palazzo Dugnani, e per trovare soluzioni che possano migliorare l’attendibilita’ delle letture!

Jeff Alberts – We cannot place another station in the middle of the park because the park is not under our control and management, so this would be really expensive for the municipality.

Jeff Alberts (11:32:58) :

That would seem to be the fault of Italian Americans who open restaurants failing to adequately represent the reality.

That and, significant differences in food processing practices, farming and so on.

As to the placement of the weather station. I still don’t see how getting possibly invalid data due to the building proximity is useful. Why not place another identical station in the middle of the park according to “accepted” siting standards and see if a difference develops between the two.

If the second station is properly placed and installed, we can be confident in our assumptions regarding differences and accuracy. I don’t know why anyone would question this and, I am unclear as to your objective.

Typo in my previous post : “data back to the mid 1950″ should read “data back to the mid 1800s”

Did you note that he also did not make any back reference to it? Just mentioned it was there!

Dave E.

Have you ever dinned American Italian? I spent about fours based out of Naples. Most Americans have no clue as to the wonders of real Italian.

That would seem to be the fault of Italian Americans who open restaurants failing to adequately represent the reality.

As to the placement of the weather station. I still don’t see how getting possibly invalid data due to the building proximity is useful. Why not place another identical station in the middle of the park according to “accepted” siting standards and see if a difference develops between the two.

REPLY: Guido, thank you for the kind words. – Anthony

Your report is good news. It still remains an excellent example of how not to — “‘do it.” :)

We have “American styles” of how not to “do it” all over the place.

Have you ever dinned American Italian? I spent about fours based out of Naples. Most Americans have no clue as to the wonders of real Italian.

Stefano – Thank you for taking the trouble to clarify the reasoning behind the siting.

As you can see, nothing concerning European monitoring network, goverment impositions, Versace threads, and other bullshit stuff.
Mamma Mia!