Download AQ500 User guide EN Dec 2013

Find a suitable location
The following must be documented / investigated when the suitability of a site for measurements with an AQ500 is
evaluated
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Name/Description of the site
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Position/coordinates
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The acoustics on the site
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Objects that potentially could interfere with the measurement - such as buildings, masts, turbines, trees and rock walls
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Distance to neighbours
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Transportation to and from the site
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Visibility
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Photos
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Meteorological suitability and orography
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Direction of the AQ500 - NOTE that the measurement quality may suffer if you try too have the solar panels facing
south at all costs
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Read more in chapter 2
It is not the height of an object that determines how far from it the AQ500 can be placed withouth risk of
interference. The safe distance is determined by the maximum measuring height of the AQ500.
The figure below shows the three measurement lobes of the AQ500. The inner half sphere represents
the lowest measurement height and the outer half sphere represents the maximum measurement height.
Objects that can disturb the measurement, for example a met mast, must not be within the volume
between the two half spheres.
Lowest measurement level
Highest measurement
level
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