Site Information for 47668 in Ajiro, Japan

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Registered Location

Latitude: 35° 3' 0" N (deg min sec), 35.0500° (decimal), 3503.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 139° 6' 0" E (deg min sec), 139.1000° (decimal), 13906.00E (LORAN)
Elevation: 68 meters (223 feet) -- validated as between 0 and 166 meters (0 and 545 feet) from SRTM.C_20TO43_3
Location: Ajiro, Japan

The site coordinates appear to be of low precision, and the station may be anywhere within the marked area. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the '47668' marker) will display the latitude/longitude of that point.

If the displayed location (or elevation) of the weather observing location is incorrect, please drag the marker to the right location (or click in the right location), and then send the updated information. Please note that we are trying to spot either the Stevenson Screen (or equivalent) or the location where the barometric readings are taken.

The location information for this site was gathered from 3 data sources. The source which most closely matches the consensus is chosen. Many of these sources only report the location to the nearest minute (or hundredth of degree). This can lead to the marker being placed noticeably incorrectly. Please see Discussion of Location Errors for more information.

There are no photographs of the station. If you have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:wmo=47668'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well. Please geotag your images, and those coordinates may be used in the estimation of the location of this site.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs.

Neighboring Stations

This is a list of stations that are close to this station.

You can also subscribe to an RSS feed to tell you when new stations come online in this area. Choose either within 100 miles or 250 miles .

SiteDistanceLocation
4765710.5 milesNorthwest Mishima, Japan (lat 35.1167°, long 138.9333°, altitude 22 meters)
RJAT22.7 milesNorthwest Fuji Ab, Japan (lat 35.3167°, long 138.8667°, altitude 683 meters)
RJTO23.7 milesSoutheast Oshima Airport, Japan (lat 34.7820°, long 139.3603°, altitude 41 meters) (data present)
4767525.7 milesSoutheast Oshima, Japan (lat 34.7500°, long 139.3667°, altitude 80 meters) (data present)
4763930.2 milesNorthwest Fujisan, Japan (lat 35.3667°, long 138.7333°, altitude 3778 meters)
JA1RBY30.7 milesNortheast Ebina-city, JP (lat 35.4280°, long 139.3840°, altitude 19 meters) (data present)
4766634.2 milesSouthwest Irozaki, Japan (lat 34.6000°, long 138.8500°, altitude 56 meters)
RJTA34.3 milesNortheast Atsugi United States Na, Japan (lat 35.4546°, long 139.4502°, altitude 65 meters)
RJTR36.1 milesNortheast Zama Airfield, Japan (lat 35.5138°, long 139.3937°, altitude 109 meters)
4764036.4 milesNorthwest Kawaguchiko, Japan (lat 35.5000°, long 138.7667°, altitude 861 meters)

Location Formats

The location is shown in three different formats. Each of these is used in some software, and is shown on some websites.

Degrees Minutes Seconds: VWS/VWSAPRS, WeatherLink 5.5, WeatherLink (5.2-5.4), WeatherView (Linux)

Decimal degrees: FreeWX, WeatherView32 (PC application)

LORAN: WeatherDisplay, WUHU, Henriksen WServer

Resources

CWOP Home: This describes the whole CWOP program and has a large amount of useful information.

CWOP Guide (PDF): This is a guide to siting and operating a CWOP station. This is a must-read document.

APRS WX Message format: This describes the actual format of the messages transmitted that carry WX information.

WXQC Mailing List: This is a mailing list where data quality issues are discussed. Assistance with software configuration can often be found here.

Topo Map Reading Guide: How to read USGS topographic maps, with a good section on reading contours.

Geographically nearby web pages: Use Geourl to find web pages that deal with locations geographically close to this site.


Website comments, problems etc to
Philip Gladstone

Last modified Saturday, 29 November 2008
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