CWOP Information for DW3790 (D3790) in Rouvroy, FR (site inactive)

The following information is known about DW3790. If you think that any information is incorrect, then please follow the instructions for correcting that data item.

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Registered Location

Latitude: 50° 25' 0" N (deg min sec), 50.4167° (decimal), 5025.00N (LORAN)
Longitude: 2° 56' 1" E (deg min sec), 2.9337° (decimal), 00256.02E (LORAN)
Elevation: 27 metres (89 feet) -- validated against 34 metres (112 feet) from SRTM 3 arc-second: All Northern Latitudes
Location: Rouvroy, FR
Station type/software: WsWinAPRS 2.95.2 / WMR968

The site location should be at the mark shown -- or very close. Clicking within the map area (or you can drag the 'DW3790' 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.

NOTE: The Registered Location is the location that the station owner provided when they signed up with CWOP. Show location history.

Date	Latitude	Longitude	Elevation	Name
2010-01-12	50.4167	2.9337	27	Rouvroy, FR

The position of the clicked point on the map is:

The position of the 'DW3790' marker on the map is:

Latitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)
Longitude: dummy (deg min sec), dummy (decimal), dummy (LORAN)

There are no photographs of the station. If you are the site operator and have pictures of this location, then please upload them to Flickr (detailed instructions) and add the two tags 'wxtagged' and 'wx:cwop=d3790'. If the picture is of the weather station itself, then please also add the 'wx:station' tag as well.

Flickr Upload

Uploading picktures to flickr.com is easy. If you do not have a free flickr account, then you need to create one. Just go to flickr and click the 'Create your account' button. You can use a google account if you have one.

Once logged in, click on 'Upload Photos & Video'. Next click on 'Choose Photos and Videos', and walk through the process to upload your pictures. They will automatically be resized appropriately.

After the upload is complete, it will ask you to add titles, tags and descriptions. The key step is to add tags as follows:

wxtagged -- this indicates that this picture is of a weather station or surrounding area
wx:cwop=d3790 -- this indicates the site of which this is a picture
wxstation -- add this tag if the picture includes the weather station.

If you had to create your account, then you must upload at least five pictures. It will also take longer for your pictures to appear (a week or so). Otherwise, the pictures should appear after 24-48 hours.

You can try to find photographs from the area surrounding the site marker by clicking on Find nearby photographs. (There are some) (There are none) (There may be some) (Automatically loaded if any)

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 .

Site	Distance		Location
LFQS	6.0 miles	Southeast	Vitry en Artois Airport, O, France (lat 50.3383°, long 2.9933°, altitude 53 metres)
LFQL	6.1 miles	Northwest	Lens Benifontaine Airport, O, France (lat 50.4664°, long 2.8197°, altitude 51 metres)
LFQD	8.6 miles	Southwest	Arras Roclincourt Airport, O, France (lat 50.3239°, long 2.8028°, altitude 103 metres)
LFQQ	12.8 miles	Northeast	Lille, France (lat 50.5700°, long 3.0975°, altitude 47 metres) (data present)
LFQI	16.8 miles	Southeast	Cambrai, France (lat 50.2186°, long 3.1528°, altitude 77 metres) (data present)
LFQT	18.9 miles	Northwest	Merville-Calonne Airport, O, France (lat 50.6184°, long 2.6422°, altitude 18 metres)
CW7300	19.0 miles	North	Armentires, FR (lat 50.6886°, long 2.8766°, altitude 20 metres) (data present)
LFQO	19.7 miles	North	Lille/Marcq-en-Baroeul Airport, O, France (lat 50.6872°, long 3.0756°, altitude 21 metres)
DW5095	20.5 miles	North	Nieppe, FR (lat 50.7073°, long 2.8472°, altitude 18 metres) (data present)
07013	21.6 miles	South	Bapaume, O, France (lat 50.1170°, long 2.8000°, altitude 130 metres)

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.

Overall website comments, problems etc to Philip Gladstone
Page layout last modified Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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