Utilizing the trailer that once held all the UAH MIPS instruments, the mobile surface measurements tower consits of a 10-meter surface tower and other surface instruments mounted to the bed of the trailer. The trailer is designed to be deployed to sites around North Alabama for long-term surface measurements. The trailer consists of:
- 10 meter tower
- Campbell Scientific 107 temperature probe at 10 meters
- RM Young 05103 wind monitor at 10 meters
- RM Young 81000 Sonic Anemometer at 4 meters
- Texas Instruments TR-525I rain gauge
- OTT Hydromet Jenoptik CHM-15K ceilometer
- OTT Hydromet Parsivel