Show I I I I 4 I 1 t p t t S. S I IS 1 r j 44 S New Meteorological Station A worried Salt Sah Laker called the military police poUce one evening recently re reo re- re I to tell ten them that some one was Jas flashing a red distress signal from the area cast of oi Fort Doug Doug- las Pa l Investigate The Tue MP's of f course Immediately Immediate immediate- Immediate Immediate-I ly Iy proceeded t o investigate but found only a n meteorological station station sta tion located only a few yards I from the post pistol range Atop the foot to tower er was the flashing flash flash- I ing red distress signal I Ithe I dont don't know whether or not the MP's ever convinced their caller that n one was in distress distress dis dis- dis tress said Don R. R Dickson Assistant Assistant Assistant As As- Professor of Meteorology I at the University of Utah Don is a a. son of Mr and Mrs Bert Dickson of f Morgan It was Mr Dickson who in installed installed installed in- in stalled the tower and its accessory accessory sory ory equipment equIpment on the Fort Douglas Doug I las ins range dud during spring quarter of 1962 i Prior to that time the tower had been standing at Saltair resort resort resort re re- re- re sort where i it was initially In Installed in 1959 Vandals at the abandoned abandoned aban aban- resort and the thc corrosive I action of salt saIt on the delicate instruments in finally necessitated re reo moval of the equipment The The- complete weather staton station consists of the tower and a con house trailer which houses the recording devices and Is ts valued valued val val val- at more than Air Flow Recorded The s station is equipped to record re record re re- cord wind speed direction turbulence turbulence turbulence tur tur- tur- tur and make a temperature profile pronte Data from the tower Is transmitted through a cable to the trailer where the impulses 1 are fed into a series of relay switches The information is re reo I corded by an automatic electric typewriter every 10 JO minutes Data recorded at the weather I station is then thee analyzed and correlated cor car related and reports are prepared on the findings The studies being made by the University are under of a contract with the US U.S. Public Health Service I Mr Dickson said the purpose of the studies Is to provide meas meas- measurement measurements determining the air flow I and turbulence in the Salt Lake LakeI I valley The result will be information information in in- formation on which to base fore fore- forecasts forecasts casts of air pollution densities based on the different types of air masses which move into the area |