SRML station: Portland, OR

The Portland Oregon monitoring station. The Portland station has a rotating shadowband radiometer, a temperature sensor, a wind sensor, and various Photovoltaic arrays. The Portland station is located on the Portland State University campus on the roof of Cramer Hall.

Panoramic view of the surrouding skyline from the Portland station. The buildings to the East extend up to an elevation of 8°. The buildings to the West extend up to an elevation of 12°.

The approximate elevation angle and aziumuthal anlge of predominate features of the skyline are denoted in the picture. NOTE: The unceratinty the zenith angle is +- 2 degree. The uncertainty in the azimuthal angle is +- 5 degrees. Due to distortion effects in taking the photograph, the horizontal locations in the photograph are not to scale.