weather monitoring Articles
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Weather monitoring in extreme conditions
A VENTUS X ultrasonic wind sensor has been deployed by researchers at the Summit Station on the Greenland Ice Sheet in the Arctic, 10,000 feet above sea level, as part of a project investigating the role of aerosols in cloud formation. With integrated heaters and no moving parts, the wind sensor does not require recalibration – a vital feature of equipment in one of the most remote ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Weather Monitoring for Rail Traffic
Railway traffic is the backbone of both business and individual transport. Keeping the flow safe and on time is a challenge, especially due to the fact that railways are prone to inclement weather. Strong winds, snowfall, floods, heat, freezing switches, and platforms … rail network operators have a lot to consider to ensure safe train traffic. Many of these meteorological phenomena ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Temperature and humidity sensor in highway weather monitoring station
Summary: We can use the highway weather monitoring station to do weather monitoring, reduce traffic accidents.In recent years, the rapid development of Highway construction in China has improved people’s living standards and accelerated the speed of economic development, but modern transportation is restricted by meteorological conditions, summer high temperature exposure, will lead to car tire ...
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Weather monitoring at German Landfills - Case Study
According to the Landfill Regulation and Federal Emission Law in Germany it is mandatory on landfills to monitor weather data such as temperature, precipitation, evaporation, wind direction and speed. This is not only good for environmental protection purposes but also for the residents nearby. In this regard two new Lufft weather stations and one Lufft wind sensor were set up recently in Hamberg ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Strengthening Safety on Serbian Streets
To keep pace with the dynamic development of its economy and society, Serbia is modernizing its ageing road network. By providing 54 road weather monitoring stations across the whole country, OTT HydroMet plays a key role in this huge initiative. The State Road A1 is Serbia’s lifeline. Reaching from the Hungarian border to Serbia’s capital Belgrade and down to North Macedonia, the ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Weather monitoring network equipped with Lufft wind sensor VENTUS - Case Study
In 2010 we won a tender for 30 ultrasonic anemometers (as a part of meteorological weather stations). The National Weather Service of Mexico (CONAGUA) wanted to build weather stations in the southwest of Mexico (States of Chiapas and Tabasco). According to the customer, Ventus-UMB is a very robust, yet precise sensor with a very good price / performance ratio. Moreover, data transmission via ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Hydro-Met Station with WTB100 and WS501 in Malaysia - Case Study
Our Malaysian sales partner TCK e-solutions just equipped the Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia with a weather monitoring system for evaluation purposes consisting of a Lufft WTB100 rain gauge a Lufft WS501 all-in-one weather sensor measuring air temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, wind direction, wind speed and radiation an OTT Evaporation Pan as well as an ADCON ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Weather monitoring with Pollucon at Mormugao Port, Goa - Case Study
Our Client Pollucon Laboratories is one of the most diversified testing service providers in India. They conduct monitoring and analysis of all environmental parameters in air, water, soil and hazardous waste including organic and inorganic. ...
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Introduction to JXCT weather station
Background ~A weather station is a facility equipped with instruments to measure various atmospheric conditions and weather elements. The instruments are used to collect data that can be used to predict weather patterns, monitor climate change, and provide information to farmers, pilots and other professionals who rely on weather information. The Weather Station 900 is a state-of-the-art weather ...
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Podcast: RWIS Lite - Increasing Safety with Slim Road Weather Information Systems
Keeping roads and highways safe is a highly responsible task. In addition to autumn’s and winter’s perils, the increase of weather fluctuations and extreme weather events throughout the year pose further challenges to road decision-makers. Ideally, a dense network of road weather monitoring stations reliably provides accurate, hyper-local data from the road. Wherever that is not ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Study of particulates and metallic elements at a farm sampling site in central Taiwan
The total suspended particle (TSP) concentration, dry deposition and wind speed were measured with a PS-1 sampler, a dry deposition plate and a Weather Monitor II (#7440), respectively, at the Experimental Farm of Thunghai University in Taiwan. Taiching Industrial Park, Taichung Cong Road (traffic) and a hospital incinerator are close to the sampling site. The sampling time was from August 2001 ...
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Engineering design and realisation of an automatic real time weather monitoring station using commercial CAD tools
The paper describes the design and realisation of a low cost automatic real time weather station project aimed at significantly enhancing the design, realisation, and testing skills of undergraduate engineering students through the use of industrial Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools. The station measures the following meteorological variables: temperature, humidity, rain, and wind speed and ...
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New monitoring network for Scottish ports - Case study
In the past, the ferries operating off the west coast of Scotland would have to sail to port to assess weather and tidal conditions would allow them to berth alongside the pier. In efforts to save time, fuel and costs, the Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL), which owns many of the ferries, ports and harbors in the region, decided to install 15 tide and weather stations, using OTT ...
By OTT HydroMet
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Ranchbot’s Story
Ranchbot is on a mission to help solve water management problems by allowing ranchers to know their water with real-time monitoring and actionable insights that help create more sustainable and manageable outcomes. The founders, Andrew Coppin and Craig Hendricks, begun the Ranchbot story in Australia. Testing in Australia has ensured that Ranchbot monitors can weather climatic and connectivity ...
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EUMETSAT contributes to global monitoring for environment and security
Governments, industry, commerce, and the general public in Europe and around the world are increasingly aware that the necessary economic growth and development has to be achieved without detriment to the environment. Achieving this goal requires good management and planning. Also, understanding the environment is a complex issue and information is required on global, regional and local scales. ...
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Monitoring weather and climate from space
State of the art weather forecasting, which has become an essential part of everyday life in Europe, would be almost unthinkable without the reliable operational service delivered by Europe’s meteorological satellite organisation – EUMETSAT. The high-quality data and images are especially relevant in the context of severe weather situations and eather-related natural disasters. They are used by ...
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Top 16 Weather Sensors in the Weather Station
Background: The weather sensors are the sensing end of the weather station and collect various weather-related data. The weather station can obtain the main parameters and information of the climate, all relying on the measurement of the sensor. These seemingly small parts are the basis for the normal operation of the weather station. They are like the front soldiers and stormtroopers of climate ...
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How Servelec’s Meteorological Monitoring System helps the Met Office stay one step ahead of the weather - Case Study
The UK Met Office, a world leading provider of weather and climate services, currently operates a network of manual, automatic and semi-automatic meteorological observing sites at locations in the United Kingdom and overseas. The SCOPE-based Meteorological Monitoring System (MMS) created by Servelec Technologies for the Met Office provides a fully scalable, flexible, expandable system for ...
By Ovarro
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Introduction to ultrasonic wind speed and direction sensors
Introduction of Works: Ultrasonic wind speed and direction sensors are devices used to measure wind speed and direction in a variety of applications, from weather forecasting to wind power generation. Unlike conventional wind sensors, which rely on moving mechanical parts, ultrasonic sensors use sound waves to detect wind speed and direction. This makes them more accurate, reliable and durable ...
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The Future of Data Acquisition: Will the Internet`s Cloud-Computing Replace the Data Logger?
Electronic data loggers have been integral instrument in automation of data collection since their inception with widespread adoption beginning in the 1980’s. Data loggers are used across a variety of industries requiring automated data collection – applications include remote water resource monitoring, weather conditions, machine monitoring, gas and oil projects, building HVAC ...
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