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The Hydro-Meteorological Center of Russia Trusts in Lufft Weather Sensors
On the recommendation of the Russian partner, the Hydro-Meteorological Center of Russia in Moscow recently installed an automatic weather station equipped with Lufft sensors. The implementation phase took place in winter 2018/2019. The compact weather sensors WS500 and WS100 included in the station deliver information on air temperature, precipitation type and quantity, wind direction and speed, ...
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Mobile masts used in African weather monitoring
Africa hopes to plug gaps in its weather and climate data by mounting automatic weather stations onto its extensive network of mobile phone masts. Less than 200 of its weather stations meet UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) standards — compared to several thousand in Europe — leaving many smallholder farmers without forecasts. The vast majority of farmers in Africa practise rain-fed ...
By SciDev.Net
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CASELLA WINS FIRST INDONESIAN ORDER FOR AGRICULTURAL AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS
Working in conjunction with distributor, PT Inter Pasific Cemerlang, workplace and climate monitoring specialist, Casella Monitor (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100), has won an order for 14 Agricultural Automatic Weather Stations (AAWS) from the Bureau of Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics in Indonesia. The AAWS units, which are funded directly by the Indonesian government, will be ...
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Malawi met society places more orders for Casella automatic weather monitors
The Malawi Met Society is once again calling upon workplace and climate monitoring specialist, Casella Monitor (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100), for automatic weather stations and hydro rainfall loggers. Also known as the Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, the Malawi government department currently uses around 27 Casella Automatic Weather Stations (AWSs), as well ...
By Casella
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New network of weather stations in Sheffield
OTT HydroMet is installing fifteen automatic weather stations as part of the University of Sheffield’s Urban Flows Observatory, which is led by the Departments of Civil and Structural Engineering, and Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (ACSE). The monitoring sites are conveniently located at Sheffield schools, and data from the stations will contribute to the project’s wider ...
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CASELLA MONITOR CUSTOMISES TIPPING BUCKET RAIN GUAGES FOR OMAN`S HARSH ARID CONDITIONS
Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources installs over 200 systems for accurate measurement of rainfall levels. Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Regional Municipalities & Water Resources (MRMWR) has recently installed additional Casella Monitor (www.casellameasurement.com; 01234 844100) Tipping Bucket Rain Gauges (TBRGs) in the Arab country’s more remote mountainous ...
By Casella
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UN seeks to restore Haiti’s weather services to prevent further disasters
With the rainy season and its flood risks due in April and hurricanes shortly after, Haiti urgently needs operational meteorological services to forestall further disasters after last month’s devastating earthquake, the United Nations weather agency reported today. “In order to prevent potential disasters related to the natural hazards, which the country is prone to, the capacity of Haiti to ...
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Abilene Products Co., Inc., Agrees to $90,660 Settlement for Violations of Clean Air Act at Abilene, Kan., Fertilizer Facility
Abilene Products Co., Inc., has agreed to pay a $15,290 civil penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its fertilizer facility in Abilene, Kan. As part of its settlement agreement with EPA Region 7, the company will spend an additional $75,370 to complete a supplemental environmental project. The settlement stems from an inspection that revealed Abilene Products failed ...
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AgWeather: An Effective Risk Management Tool Available to the Agricultural Community as a Whole
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Minister Lawrence MacAulay and Quebec Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPAQ), Pierre Paradis announced today a $3 million investment, in a project intended to strengthen the AgWeather Quebec tool, a website available to all agricultural entrepreneurs and stakeholders. AgWeather helps them to better assess risks associated with weather conditions, ...
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The Importance of a Dedicated Fire Weather Network
Forest Technology Systems Ltd. (FTS) recently appointed an independent party to explore a common concern in the Fire Weather monitoring community: dedicated networks of remote automated weather stations (RAWS) for the primary purpose of predicting wildfire danger vs. repurposing existing networks of meteorological weather stations. With wildfires around the world increasing in frequency as well ...
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Campbell Scientific Canada selects KISTERS WISKI to support Field and Data Services Department
After a detailed evaluation process of several meteorological data management solutions, both in-house and those from third party suppliers, Campbell Scientific Canada's (CSC) Field and Data Services Department decided to select the WISKI software from KISTERS as their preferred solution for managing client monitoring networks. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, Campbell Scientific Canada is an ISO ...
By KISTERS
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Preventing forest fires with tree power
MIT researchers and colleagues are working to find out whether energy from trees can power a network of sensors to prevent spreading forest fires. What they learn also could raise the possibility of using trees as silent sentinels along the nation's borders to detect potential threats such as smuggled radioactive materials. The U.S. Forest Service currently predicts and tracks fires with a ...
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Pakistan expands glacier monitoring network
Pakistan is expanding its glacier monitoring network into the higher Himalayas to better assess climate change impacts in the upper Indus basin and related flood hazards. The International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu, helped the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) establish on 10 June the country’s highest automatic weather monitoring station, ...
By SciDev.Net
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