Unlike the other two, the Katama Observatory will face south, allowing it to measure onshore winds that have traveled over long expanses of ocean. McGillis said the public education aspect is a key component of the project. Students from junior high school to college can use the real-time data collected by the observatory in a wide range of experiments, he said. Also, the information can be useful to other segments of the public. Sailboarders and sailors can find out the wind speed and direction at any given moment.
Bathers can learn the water's temperature.
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