About the School-Based Weather Station Network
At this time there is no legend available for the colours representing temperatures on the map below.
The Vancouver Island School-Based Weather Station Network (VWSN) was developed by Andrew Weaver and Ed Wiebe at the University of Victoria. Ongoing development and maintenance is undertaken by Ed Wiebe in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences at UVic. Unfortunately, there are few resources available at present (2023-06) to support the project's ongoing maintenace requirements.
Undergraduate
students Michael Rempel, Stephen Sobie, Bill Bird, Natasha Ridenour, Lucas Kavanagh, and Peter Levett
have also made substantial software contributions.
It is a partnership with British Columbia school districts
61 (Victoria),
62 (Sooke),
63 (Saanich),
64 (Gulf Islands),
68 (Nanaimo),
69 (Qualicum),
70 (Alberni),
71 (Comox Valley),
72 (Campbell River),
79 (Cowichan Valley),
84 (Vancouver Island West),
85 (Vancouver Island North).
Over the years, funding for this project has been obtained from
the BC Year of Science,
the NSERC PromoScience programme,
NEC Corporation, CTV Vancouver Island,
and generous donations from a number of individuals. In kind contributions have also been received from
Davis Instruments Corporation.
The school-based weather stations, and teacher resources available on the
Resource Page, are being developed to assist teachers by providing them
with free resources that will allow them to deliver aspects of the K-12
science education curriculum with state of the art interactive technologies.
Our ultimate goal is to engage children in the wonders of science.
A brief overview of the project is also available: Weaver, A.J., and E.C. Wiebe, 2006: Micrometeorological network in Greater Victoria schools: www.victoriaweather.ca. CMOS Bulletin, 34(4), 184-190.
Some references to research using the network.
Longitudes used on the site are planetocentric. That is, they increase positively eastward from the Prime Meridian. Under this system the longitude of Victoria is (approximately) 237° which is equivalent 123°W or -123°.
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