It seems that also the Greeks (HNMS) use the wooden Stevenson shelter. Based on the pictures, it seems also that they use passive (non fan aspirated) Stevenson shelter.
http://www.meteoclub.gr/themata/egkyklopedia/1801-met-stathmos-emy-filadelfia
Given the photo above, it seems incredible that a station with such thick greenery around is strongly affected by the urban heat island as scientific studies revealed (Kassomenos & Katsoulis 2006 is a very interesting one about Nea Philadelphia). But if we look at the station location, the things become clear
http://wikimapia.org/12566307/el/Μετεωρολογικός-Σταθμός-Νέας-Φιλαδέλφειας-Ε-Μ-Υ
No park and no greenery in the universe may save a station in such location from the UHI.
But the main point of this post is that the use of the passive Stevenson shelter in climates where it induces heavy positive measurement error is common. HNMS does.![Surprise :surprise: :surprise:](/forum/styles/meteopt/smilies/surprise.gif)
A funny detail is that this prestigious official WMO station expected to rise above 50°C in short has a junk-shelter and looks like not compliant with WMO guidelines for the measurement of temperatures in terms of location, obstacles and so on.
![emystathmosfiladelfia1.jpg](http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8339/emystathmosfiladelfia1.jpg)
http://www.meteoclub.gr/themata/egkyklopedia/1801-met-stathmos-emy-filadelfia
Given the photo above, it seems incredible that a station with such thick greenery around is strongly affected by the urban heat island as scientific studies revealed (Kassomenos & Katsoulis 2006 is a very interesting one about Nea Philadelphia). But if we look at the station location, the things become clear
http://wikimapia.org/12566307/el/Μετεωρολογικός-Σταθμός-Νέας-Φιλαδέλφειας-Ε-Μ-Υ
No park and no greenery in the universe may save a station in such location from the UHI.
But the main point of this post is that the use of the passive Stevenson shelter in climates where it induces heavy positive measurement error is common. HNMS does.
![Surprise :surprise: :surprise:](/forum/styles/meteopt/smilies/surprise.gif)
A funny detail is that this prestigious official WMO station expected to rise above 50°C in short has a junk-shelter and looks like not compliant with WMO guidelines for the measurement of temperatures in terms of location, obstacles and so on.