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Monitoring fire experiments

Stuart Anderson uses a Kestrel instrument to monitor weather conditions during fire experiments. The Kestrel instrument gives accurate readings of temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, dew point temperature and so on.

Rights: Scion

Published: 03 November 2009Size: 1.53 MB

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Stuart Anderson

Position: Currently Director of Fisheries Management, Ministry for Primary Industries. Previously Fire scientist, Scion.

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