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Mobile Air Traffic Control System in the raised position.
“We are proud to send you pictures from our Mobile Air Traffic Control system in which your product is installed,” says Jacob Rozenbaum of Sigmatek Advanced Technologies Ltd. The MATC features an Orion Vehicle-Mount Weather Station with telescoping pole.
MATC systems are used by the UN. The first batch of four units will be deployed in Mali (Africa).
The MATC is a Sigmatek product manufactured under the contract from LanLee International .
MATC features the Orion Vehicle-Mount Weather Station with telescoping mast.
Sample Monitoring Screen from our upcoming cloud-based Weather Server.
We are developing our Cloud-based Weather Server. Phase one will offer monitoring via Internet plus WeatherMaster software features for remote station monitoring. The Weather Server offers a solution for customers with limited access to upload data (via FTP) to their corporate website and increased security restrictions. Watch our social media for more details coming soon!
A student walks a trail at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve.
It’s always great to hear from long-time customers like Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. A recent exchange included the following comments and provided us with updated information on their application.
“We have LOVED and depended on that weather system for many, many years and I am grateful to have it still gathering data for us on a daily basis. Not only does Frank Opila rely on the our weather station for his water quality monitoring work, my program staff as well as my key researchers use the data as well.”
Which precipitation measurement technology is right for your application?
Tipping Bucket? Impact? Optical? Doppler radar? How can you know which rain measurement technology is the best for your weather station? Whether you just need to know if it rained and the track is wet, or when the rain began, or whether it is rain or snow, the different technologies each have their advantages.
- – The Orion Weather Station's impact rain gauge requires no maintenance and is able to detect hail.
- – Tipping bucket rain gauges are the most widely used in the world.
- – The Pulsar's Doppler radar precipitation sensor is the fastest responding with resolution of 0.01 mm.
This new tutorial outlines the pros and cons of each technology. And if you still can't decide, feel free to give us a call!
Orion Weather Station at Jordanelle Dam with solar radiation sensor and tipping bucket rain gauge. Photo courtesy of CUWCD.
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 more soon to be delivered. The weather monitoring systems include the Orion all-in-one sensor unit as well as Weather MicroServers with additional tipping bucket rain gauge and solar radiation sensors.
Weather data is used for modeling historical data for future planning, operational decisions, and available to the public for recreation planning.
The carbon dioxide sensor is housed in a radiation shield.
Responding to customer request, we have added an ambient Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Sensor for use with the Weather MicroServer. This new feature was implemented specifically for an Apple data center via customer Siemens Building Technologies.
The CO2 sensor uses an infrared light source to measure ppm-level carbon dioxide. The sensor is configured for analog output.The sensor is installed in a self-aspirating radiation shield to protect it from the effects of solar radiation. The sensor should be installed in a location that represents ambient atmospheric CO2 levels.
Go to Weather MicroServer, click on Additional Sensors
Siemens Building Technologies data center solutions
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Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue HazMat Response Vehicle.
The new Magellan MX Weather Station with GPS is the latest in mobile weather monitoring technology.
“Being aware of the weather conditions before, during, and after an incident is imperative,” quotes columnist Chuck Sallade in Firefighter Nation. Of course, we couldn’t agree more!
Weather information is useful for:
- Risk Management – Identify and assess hazardous weather conditions for PPE and resource management from safe approach through potential evacuation
- Helping predict fire behavior
- Safe operation of equipment – firefighting and rescue
- Incident reporting and recording the weather for Fire Cause Determination
- Plume modeling for smoke and HazMat
Vehicle-mounted weather stations are quick to set up and within minutes can be automatically recording data for incident decision-making and reporting, as well as, transmitting data to programs such as CAMEO/ALOHA for plume modeling.
“We are now able to receive ‘Live’ accurate weather data to use with the ALOHA Air Plume modeling program,” says Lieutenant Pearson of Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue. “Having ‘Live’ weather data is vital to our operation.”
The bottom line is that the conditions at the incident may not be exactly as forecast or reported elsewhere. There’s no substitute for immediate, accurate, on-site weather data.
The new Magellan MX Weather Station from Columbia Weather Systems is the latest in weather monitoring technology for public safety. At Columbia Weather Systems, our job is to make weather monitoring easy so First Responders can do their job best.
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Tualatin Valley F&R HazMat Exercise
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Magellan MX Vehicle-Mount Weather Station
Open Magellan MX Press Release PDF
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Carlos Alfaro monitors data at the Whittier Narrows Water Reclamation Plant.
LA County Sanitation District has purchased seven Orion weather stations since 2011 – mostly Orion 420s – sited at their water reclamation plants. One of our technicians, Kathryn Hammond, was recently in the area and got a tour of the Whittier Narrows facility.
Prior to her visit Kathryn had spoken with Albert Mata on an installation follow-up with this report: “Albert installed the system. Loves it. Was easy to install.”
Carlos Alfaro, Supervisor of Treatment Plant Operations, gave Kathryn the tour, including the catwalk over the tank. (Whittier Narrows is an open tank wastewater treatment facility.)
Kathryn reports that they use primarily wind speed and direction parameters to help manage for odor based on complaints from the neighbors, as well as the possibility of chemical spills. Using an Allen-Bradley PLC, the systems are monitored with FactoryTalk software.
Magellan MX500 Sensor with internal compass and GPS, pressure, temp, humidity and wind sensors.
The Magellan MX is a new weather station line from Columbia Weather Systems offering GPS and compass readings, particularly useful for vehicle and mobile applications requiring real-time met data on the go, such as incident command centers and hazmat vehicles.
Magellan MX weathers stations offer four different all-in-one parameter configurations.
MX600: rain gauge, ultrasonic wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, air pressure, compass, GPS
MX500: ultrasonic wind speed and direction, pressure, temperature, relative humidity, compass, GPS
MX300: pressure, temperature, relative humidity (no compass or GPS)
MX200: ultrasonic wind speed and direction, compass, GPS
For models with wind sensors, measurements are automatically compensated using the compass and GPS readings.
Data can be monitored with WeatherMaster Software, a touchscreen Weather Display console, and/or the Weather MicroServer for Internet and SCADA protocols. The Weather MicroServer also offers additional sensor ports.
Magellan MX Vehicle-Mount Weather Stations
Magellan MX Portable Weather Stations
Bomb Response Vehicle
Mobile response and incident command vehicles are outfitted with easy-to-deploy vehicle-mount weather stations.
Often we sell our weather stations to third-parties like vehicle manufacturers and we don't always get to see where they end up. Some deliveries on Officer.com came to our attention recently noting that they were equipped with Columbia Weather Systems weather stations.
This Bomb Response Vehicle was built by our customer Farber Specialty Vehicles. Another is a Mobile Command Center for Nevada County (Calif.) Sheriff's Department by Mobile Command Centers.
At Columbia Weather Systems, government agencies and public safety have been core markets for our company for many years. We offer portable and vehicle-mount configurations that were developed by a former Air Force meteorologist specifically for the public safety market. Our job is to make weather monitoring easy so you can do your job.
Click through to the Bomb Response Vehicle on Officer.com
Click through to the Mobile Command Center on Officer.com
Weather MicroServer offers many features for serving data over a network with hardened ports to minimized security risks.
We recently received this query from a customer performing due diligence:
Network security has become increasingly critical for some companies and organizations. Security breaches at private, public, and military organizations have been in the news prompting efforts to secure networks. Some organizations may be reluctant or unable to add our Weather MicroServer to their networks.
A new FAQ page offers solutions including a new document outlining network security with the Weather MicroServer as well as suggestions for keeping the weather station off the network entirely.
New family of Orion sensor options
Great changes are coming to the Orion – our most popular weather station model. One of the best features has always been the all-in-one sensor head design, however with the limitation of the standard sensors – whether you needed a particular parameter or not, you got them all.
Now you can pick and choose just the parameters you need and still have the convenience of the all-in-one sensor configuration.
Our new line of Orion weather stations includes the following sensor options:
- Orion 531 with impact rain gauge only
- Orion 532 (aka Orion LT) with ultrasonic wind direction and speed only
- Orion 533 with rainfall, wind direction and speed
- Orion 534 with pressure, temperature, humidity
- Orion 535 with pressure, temperature, humidity, rainfall
- Orion complete with pressure, temperature, humidity, rainfall, wind direction and speed
Photo courtesy of Construction Innovations
We have integrated a new visibility sensor option into weather stations utilizing the Weather MicroServer. This was accomplished in response to a customer need for solar-powered weather station solution used in monitoring large-scale solar energy facilities.
The visibility sensor is mounted on a tripod mast along with the solar radiation sensors, solar power panel, and weatherproof enclosures for the battery and Weather MicroServer.
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