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Virtual Office Tour - Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) |
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Human weather observers were an integral part of the NWS organization until the 1990s. During that decade, the first Automated Surface Observing Systems (ASOS) were fielded and eventually replaced the human observers. The Tallahassee ASOS is located at the Regional Airport. ASOS consists of a variety of sensors (pictured at right) that measure everything from temperature and wind to visibility and cloud ceiling height. To learn more about ASOS, click here to visit the ASOS homepage. The various individual components of an ASOS are discussed in detail (along with photographs) in the virtual tour conducted by our sister NWS office in Birmingham, AL.
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Tallahassee Weather Forecast Office
Love Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4509
Phone: (850) 942-8833
FAX: (850) 942-8850
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