Weather Station Articles on Environmental XPRT

New Lufft Weather Station in Chile helps to prevent wildfires

In January 2017, forest fires in southern and central Chile were raging for more than two weeks. Eleven people were killed in the flames. In order to enhance preventive measures to avoid this in the future, the Chilean partner of IQ Wireless, BZ Forest, installed the first FireWatch fire detection system including Lufft ...

Jun. 9, 2017

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

Remote Automatic Weather Station

This applications note shows how a DT82E Envirologger is used to capture data from a weather station. This data is required by both a farmer and an agricultural scientist in order to research the direct effects of weather on crop planting and crop yield. The weather station will also be used for daily weather forecasting for a small community. Due to the inaccessibility of the proposed ...

Apr. 16, 2010

By CAS DATALOGGERS

What became of the radio amateurs’ weather station in Ravensburg?

In November 2015, the chairman of the German Radio Amateurs Club’s (DARC) local association in Ravensburg, Germany introduced himself and explained how we helped to realize one of their dreams by sponsoring a professional WS601-UMB weather sensor. In the following article he shows us how the station has ...

Nov. 9, 2016

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

Smart PV Monitoring with smart Weather Stations

Goodbye Cable Clutter, Hello All-In-One Weather Sensors: Lufft is proof of the fact that professional measurement technology does not always have to be complicated. With our experience in weather sensor manufacturing we are the first to offer modular, all-in-one weather sensors for the solar energy industry that require only a single cable connection. Everything you need for solar monitoring is ...

Jun. 8, 2016

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

5 Reasons Emergency Vehicle Specs Should Include a Weather Station

“Being aware of the weather conditions before, during, and after an incident is imperative,” quotes columnist Chuck Sallade in Firefighter Nation. Having a weather station on-board emergency vehicles is one of the best ways to manage situational awareness regarding weather conditions. This article outlines a convincing case for including a weather station in the specifications for an ...

Jul. 15, 2016

By Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.

Case study - All-weather meteorological stations in the Carpathian Mountains - Hungary

For a development project on the Hungarian hydrometrical network operated by the Hungarian Meteorological Service (OMSZ), 141 new meteorological measuring stations were installed across the country. The all-weater climate stations have to provide reliable and accurate data in all climate conditions, especially in the Carpathian Basin, where climate varies widely. The average annual precipitation ...

Jan. 18, 2017

By The OTT Hydromet Group

How Your Road Weather Stations Remain Precise into Old Age

When the temperature is below zero and the fog settles on fields and trees like a veil, the world becomes white as in a fairy tale. But what seems so idyllic white entails risks, because the road is now covered by a fine white ice layer. No one can see with the naked eye how thick or slippery this ice layer is exactly. This can only be measured by technical assistants such as automatic ice ...

Dec. 13, 2016

By G. Lufft Mess- und Regeltechnik GmbH

Italian Company, RAMSAT, Pairs Weather Stations With WebCams - Case Study

Founded in 1993, Ramsat has quickly become a point of reference for consulting and professional photographic supplies webcam and integrated systems. In 2003, the company made the first webcam camera with automatic transmission via GPRS, which is distinguished by the update feature, every 20 ', the portal www.meteoappennino.it, with spectacular images of Mount Carrier and its old town, ...

Mar. 18, 2014

By RainWise Inc.

Italian Company, RAMSAT, Pairs Weather Stations With WebCams - Case Study

For more fantastic images of RainWise installations, see the Ramsat/RainWise Facebook page, ' Ramsat Rainwise It.' Founded in 1993, Ramsat has quickly become a point of reference for consulting and professional photographic supplies webcam and integrated systems. In ...

Mar. 18, 2014

By RainWise Inc.

How to collect and analyze data from 100,000 weather stations - Case Study

Want to know what it’s like to analyze massive amounts of data under pressure? Talk to Bryson Koehler, CIO of The Weather Company (which owns the Weather Channel), who must interpret data sets from around the world to predict something as volatile as the weather. If you want to understand what it takes to collect, track and analyze reams of data, just check the weather. There are constant ...

Jul. 26, 2015

By RainWise Inc.

Case study - Weather stations for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi

For real-time meteorological data at the XXII Winter Olympic and XI Winter Paralympic Games in Sochi from February–March 2014, 29 specialized automatic meteorological stations (AMS) were installed in the areas close to the Olympic sport venues from 2010-2013. This was in addition to the regular observation network that provided data for the weather now-casting system supplied and ...

Jan. 18, 2017

By The OTT Hydromet Group

Weather Data for Noise Monitoring

“Weather conditions are the single largest variable factor in how sound travels over large distances,” says Steve Bilawchuk principal partner and engineer at ACI Acoustical Consultants Inc. “Wind speed and wind direction are of crucial importance.” ACI is an acoustical engineering consulting company based in Alberta, Canada, which uses ...

May 12, 2015

By Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.

Wet weather flow management

For years, population explosion, demographic shifts, urbanization, aging infrastructure, limited water resources, and economic development have driven our water market, and with that our world’s need for total water solutions. ...

Dec. 13, 2016

By CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

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 ...

Sep. 15, 2008

By Inderscience Publishers

Transfer stations rural transfer station design

Since small transfer stations in rural or tribal settings receive considerably lower volumes of waste and customer vehicles than large urban or suburban facilities, many of the design criteria will simply not apply. Cost frequently is a major consideration for small rural transfer stations, limiting what can be done. Consequently, rural transfer stations are often uncovered or partially covered ...

Sep. 1, 2011

By Waste Advantage Magazine

Gill MetPak II weather station used to protect maltese prehistoric temples case study

Weather data provided by the Gill MetPak II Weather Station increases understanding of the affects of weather and climate on stone structures. The Gill MetPak II Weather Station is being used as part of a comprehensive air monitoring system at a prehistoric temple site for the Maltese Department of ...

Aug. 31, 2011

By Gill Instruments Limited

MK-lll-LR Weather Station Part of Groundbreaking Project for Visually Impaired Students in Kenya - Case Study

he Project: Research team members, Dr. Bruce Walker, Dr. Carrie Bruce, and Ms. Brianna Tomlinson (HCC PhD student), from Walker’s Sonification Lab visited partners in Kenya during Spring Break to continue work on the Mwangaza Project. This project is a collaboration among the Sonification Lab, inABLE, and Kenyatta University in Nairobi to investigate, develop, and deploy accessible ...

Apr. 3, 2014

By RainWise Inc.

Weather Data Has Multiple Uses in Water Management

According to their website, Central Utah Water Conservancy District (CUWCD) is "proud of its role in managing the water in its jurisdiction and using technology, intelligence and hard work to ensure the best possible balance for man and nature.” As part of this management and use of technology, Orion Weather Stations are located at Jordanelle Dam and Utah Lake Pumping Station with three ...

Aug. 16, 2016

By Columbia Weather Systems, Inc.

Weather Information Service Engine Project (WISE)

Weather Information Service Engine Project (WISE) is dedicated to resolve urban environmental issues including high-resolution weather forecasting, urban flooding prediction, road meteorology and urban carbon dynamics, and new urban service systems to minimize and mitigate the impacts of natural disasters and climate change on urban dwellers. WISE is targeting South Korea’s capitol, ...

May 24, 2017

By Apogee Instruments, Inc.

Weather and climate change: a game with loaded dice

The past decade has been one of unprecedented weather extremes. Scientists of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) in Germany argue that the high incidence of extremes is not merely accidental. From the many single events a pattern emerges. At least for extreme rainfall and heat waves the link with human-caused global warming is clear, the scientists show in a ...

Mar. 25, 2012

By GLOBE Foundation

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