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Plymouth State University
MSC 11
17 High Street
Plymouth, NH 03264-1595
Facilities and Equipment
Located in the recently-renovated Boyd Science Center, students have ready access to excellent equipment and facilities.
Facilities
- Multi-instrumented rooftop weather observation station
- Highly-advanced weather center including a state-of-the-art electronic map wall
- Weather technology lab and classroom
- Observational equipment such as a portable GPS-radiosonde system, a portable micrometeorological measurement platform, and a fully instrumented Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS).
Computer Resources
- 24 Pentium IV 3 GHz workstations with 20" LCD monitors
- An electronic map wall consisting 32 19" LCD monitors and 2 large plasma displays
- Two Dell PowerEdge 6650 servers with quad Pentium IV 2 GHz processors and a combined total of nearly 2 Terrabytes of data storage
- A Dell PowerEdge 2300 server with dual Pentium IV 1 GHz processors
- A Dell PowerEdge 2300 server with dual Pentium II 400 MHz processors
- Several Pentium III 500MHz servers
Boyd Science Center also hosts a public department cluster of 16 Pentium IV computers that can run nearly all of the weather graphics packages that are run on Plymouth State Weather Center's computers. In addition, weather graphics and/or text data are also available from numerous other computers and terminals liberally spread throughout the campus in academic buildings, dorms, student apartments, etc. All systems have fast Internet access.
One of only a handful of schools with this capability, Plymouth State receives weather data from a full four-channel NOAAPORT satellite system. We can also receive data from the Unidata Internet Data Distribution (IDD) system as a backup and have an Internet II link.
As a beta test site, the program uses the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory FX-Net package for visualization of meteorological data that provides tools similar to that found in National Weather Service Forecast Offices (again, one of a few schools in the country to have this capability). The program also uses other weather packages found at most universities, such as GEMPAK, McIDAS and WXP.
Mark Sylvestre Planetarium
“We are in a Golden Age of Space Exploration." With the new renovations and equipment, the Mark Sylvestre Planetarium will provide a new window on the universe as the data from discovery missions further our understanding of the final frontier,” says NASA Solar System Ambassador Sally Jean Jensen.
The Mark Sylvestre Planetarium at Plymouth State University is a place where everyone in our community can learn more about the universe. Jensen and Professor Dennis Machnik present the Planetarium programs that inform astronomy enthusiasts, stimulate the interest of elementary and high school students, and support the academic experience of Plymouth students.
The Mark Sylvestre Planetarium is located in the Boyd Science Center. The planetarium seats 31 and is handicap accessible. On our Starlab Sky Projector, you can discover the night sky, see a map of the Earth with prevailing wind patterns, or many other images. We also use an LCD projector with VHS, DVD and Internet connections.
Our new portable Planetarium means we can now bring these programs to schools and other groups all over the state! The portable Planetarium was made possible by a gift from Verizon.
