METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENT CENTRE 

Under the department of Mechanical Engineering a Meteorological Measurement Centre is installed. The centre has now equipped with the following equipments: 

1. Self Recording Rain gauge
2. Non Recording Rain gauge
3. Stevenson Screen
4. Wind Vane
5. Wind Anemometer

 The first three equipments are installed on the North-East side of the Multi-purpose building and the other two are on the top of the Department block III.

Rain gauge

The rain gauge is used to measure the rainfall in the campus. There are two rain gauges in the centre. One is self-recording type and other a non-recording type. The former will help in taking readings with respect to time; thereby it is possible to know the time at which rain was received.

Wind Vane

A weather vane, also called a wind vane, is a movable device attached to an elevated object such as a roof for showing the direction of the wind. Weather Vanes must be balanced so that half its weight is on either side of its axis, but also designed so that the moment a about the axis of the areas exposed to the wind are unequal. This unequal momentum causes the vane to rotate to minimize the force of the wind on its surface. The design of the vane causes the end with the smallest momentum to turn into the wind, pointing to the source of the wind. Because winds are named from their source direction, the pointer enables the viewer to name the wind easily. Most simple weather vanes have directional markers beneath the pointer, aligned with the geographic directions. The pointer must be able to move freely on its axis. The Wind vane is installed on the terrace of the Department Block III.