Featured Case Studies
United Kingdom: Observing Urban Climate
Summary Problem The University of Birmingham had set up and was operating 26 weather stations across the city to serve as education portals and monitoring... read more
Louisiana: Slope Stability Monitoring
In 2013, a sinkhole appeared next to a historic home in southern Louisiana. Over the next few months, the sinkhole grew to be... read more
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Weather Applications Supported
Agriculture and Soils Research Instrumentation
- Argentina: SCADA System for Agricultural Regions
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- Brazil: FUNCEME Hydro-Meteorological Network
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- France: Plant Research with Branch Bag System
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Norfolk Agricultural monitoring station with Konect
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- South Africa: Citrus Research Institute Monitors Exports
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Air Quality and Pollution Instrumentation
Alpine Automated Weather Instrumentation
- California: Ski Resort Weather Stations
- Colorado: Avalanche Forecasting
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Mount Kilimanjaro: Mass Balance
- Northern Canada: Hydroelectric Power Forecasting
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Utah 2002 Winter Olympics: Real-Time Weather Data
- Western U.S.: SNOTEL Snowpack Telemetry Systems
Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Meteorologic Instruments
- Alaska: Boating Safety
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics and Water Quality
- Alberta: Crop Dusting
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Argentina: Measuring Mountain Weather Conditions
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Examining the Impacts of Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Bolivia: Climate Change and Ice Core Data
- Brazil: FUNCEME Hydro-Meteorological Network
- California: Enhanced Climate Monitoring
- California: Ski Resort Weather Stations
- China: Lake Weather and Water
- China: Monitoring the Impact of Visitors
- Colorado: Avalanche Forecasting
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Egypt: Weather Monitoring at the Sphinx
- England: Stalagmite Monitoring
- England: Wind Monitoring Systems
- ExoMars—Going to Mars
- France: Environmental Control for Cave Preservation
- Georgia 1996 Summer Olympics: Real-time Weather Monitoring
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Korea: Precipitation Measurements
- Moldova: Disaster Risk Mitigation
- Mont Blanc: Weather Monitoring
- Nevada: Air Quality Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Mount Washington Observatory
- New Mexico: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- New Zealand: Fire Weather Network
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Norway: Agricultural Network for Pest Forecasting
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Pennsylvania: University Weather Station
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Peru: Weather and Air-Quality Monitoring at Copper Mine
- Portugal: Cloud Base and Visibility Sensors for Military Aviation
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Texas: College Weather Station
- UK Met Office MMS Project
- United Kingdom: The Effect of a Solar Eclipse on the Weather
- Virginia: Tracking Climate Changes in National Park
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
- Washington: Integrating Weather Stations into Ferry Tracking System
- Washington: Weather and Water Quality Station
- West Texas Mesonet
- West Virginia: Meteorological Data Monitoring
Aviation Weather
- Alaska: Aviation Weather
- Automated Precision in Aircraft De-Icing
- Central Africa: Airport Weather System
- Instrumented Runway Visual Range (IRVR) System for Civil Aviation
- Mexico: Six Airports Get Automatic Weather Stations
- Portugal: Cloud Base and Visibility Sensors for Military Aviation
- Weather Monitoring at Polish Airfield
Environmental Research
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Atlantic Ocean: Studying Atmospheric Electricity and Climate Change
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: Rhizolysimeter Facility
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- Greenland: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Norway: Airport Groundwater Quality
- Space Farmers
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
Evapotranspiration and Commercial Irrigation Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- New Mexico: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
Fire Weather Stations
Marine-Grade Weather Stations
Road Weather—RWIS
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Water Applications Supported
Dam Monitoring—Water Level
Flood Warning Systems (ALERT/ALERT2)
- Africa: Flood Warning and Ecosystem Decisions
- California: Hydropower Plant Monitoring
- Kentucky: Dam Repair
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- North Carolina: ALERT Stations Updated
- Pennsylvania: Flood Warning
- Texas: Hurricane Harvey
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Hybrid Flood Warning System
- Virginia: ALERT System
Mining
- England: Underground Excavation for Rail System
- Idaho: Slope Stability Monitoring
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: Meteorological Monitoring at a Mine
- New Zealand: Coal Mine Water Quality Monitoring
- Panama: Turbidity in Mine Runoff
- Peru: Weather and Air-Quality Monitoring at Copper Mine
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Surface Water Monitoring Instrumentation
- Argentina: SCADA System for Agricultural Regions
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Florida: Real-Time Water-Resource Monitoring
- Idaho: Identifying Water-Quality Factors
- Louisiana: Sinkhole Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- New Jersey: Trout Hatchery
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: SCADA System
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Alarmed Water Monitoring System
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
- Utah: Hybrid Flood Warning System
- Utah: Irrigation Network Monitoring
- Utah: Measuring Water Level in Water Tanks
- Utah: Monitoring Reservoir Water Level
- Utah: Public Water Supply System
- Utah: Stream Monitoring
- Utah: Water-Level System on Parshall Flume
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
- Utah: Water System Monitoring and Control
Water Quality
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics and Water Quality
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Monitoring Water Quality at a Recirculating Aquaculture Facility
- China: Lake Weather and Water
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Idaho: Identifying Water-Quality Factors
- Idaho: Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
- Long Island Sound: Water Quality
- Maryland: Aquaculture Lab Alarm System
- Mississippi: Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring and Control
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- Montana: River Water Quality
- Nevada: Wellbore Logging
- New Jersey: Trout Hatchery
- New Zealand: Coal Mine Water Quality Monitoring
- North Carolina: Estuary Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring
- Norway: Airport Groundwater Quality
- Pennsylvania: Lake Monitoring
- Southeastern U.S.: Sediment Production Study
- Texas: Well Water Quality at a Military Post
- Utah: Stream Monitoring
- Washington: Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
Energy Applications Supported
Geothermal Energy
Solar Energy
Gas Flux and Turbulence Applications Supported
Gas Flux and Turbulence
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: Examining the Impacts of Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- British Columbia: Forest Carbon Sequestration
- California: Turbulence Study in Walnut Orchard
- Central Asia: Rangeland CO2 Monitoring
- China: Flux Cooperation
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- India: Rice-Field Greenhouse Gases
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
Infrastructure Applications Supported
Bridge Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Delaware River: Bridge Health
- Delaware: Urgent Action on Bridge
- England: Monitoring Bridge Deck Movement
- Illinois: Safeguarding Highways
- Louisiana: Monitoring Bridge Expansion
- Minnesota: Bridge Disaster Recovery
- Montana: Bridge Deck Performance
- New York: Bridge Load Testing
- North Wales: Bridge Load Monitoring
- Nova Scotia: Monitoring Bridge Performance for Future Projects
- Pennsylvania: Assessing Bridge Fatigue Life
Building Structures
- Alaska: Cold-Weather Construction Research
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- Egypt: Preserving King Tut's Tomb
- Florida: Household Energy Monitoring
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Nevada: Home Energy Savings
- Russia: Critical Data for Tower Construction
- United Kingdom: Concrete Performance Research
Dam Monitoring—Structural
- England: Underground Excavation for Rail System
- Florida: Crack Monitoring at a Historic Site
- Idaho: Slope Stability Monitoring
- Kentucky: Dam Repair
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- Norway: Construction and Aquaculture Projects
- Nova Scotia: Monitoring Bridge Performance for Future Projects
- Ohio: Monitoring Sinking Highway
- Puerto Rico: Dam Monitoring
- Wyoming: Vibrating-Wire Technology for Dam Monitoring
Mining
- England: Underground Excavation for Rail System
- Idaho: Slope Stability Monitoring
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: Meteorological Monitoring at a Mine
- New Zealand: Coal Mine Water Quality Monitoring
- Panama: Turbidity in Mine Runoff
- Peru: Weather and Air-Quality Monitoring at Copper Mine
Pavement and Roads
Railway Monitoring
Road Weather—RWIS
Seismic
Slope Stability
Structural Health Monitoring
- Canada: Structural Health Monitoring of an Overpass
- Delaware River: Bridge Health
- England: Monitoring Bridge Deck Movement
- Florida: Crack Monitoring at a Historic Site
- Kentucky: Dam Repair
- North Wales: Bridge Load Monitoring
- Nova Scotia: Monitoring Bridge Performance for Future Projects
- Space Research: Joint Damping Experiment
- United Kingdom: Concrete Performance Research
Soil Applications Supported
Agriculture and Soils Research Instrumentation
- Argentina: SCADA System for Agricultural Regions
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- Brazil: FUNCEME Hydro-Meteorological Network
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- France: Plant Research with Branch Bag System
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Norfolk Agricultural monitoring station with Konect
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- South Africa: Citrus Research Institute Monitors Exports
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Environmental Research
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Atlantic Ocean: Studying Atmospheric Electricity and Climate Change
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: Rhizolysimeter Facility
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- Greenland: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Norway: Airport Groundwater Quality
- Space Farmers
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
Evapotranspiration and Commercial Irrigation Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- New Mexico: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System