Featured Case Studies
Maryland: Aquaculture Lab Alarm System
Steve Rodgers is the lab manager at the Aquaculture Research Center of the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, part of the University... read more
Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
Monash University, together with the Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne Water and Wageningen University (The Netherlands), is seeking to demonstrate that data on the... read more
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Weather Applications
Agriculture and Soils Research Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Run-Off Monitoring
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Citrus Research Institute Monitors Exports
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Air Quality and Pollution Instrumentation
Alpine Automated Weather Instrumentation
- Alaska: Cold-Weather Construction Research
- Alaska: Eddy Covariance
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Antarctica: Mawson's Hut Historical Preservation
- Canadian High Arctic: Permafrost Research
- Dodge Ridge Ski Resort: Weather Stations
- Greenland: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Mount Kilimanjaro: Mass Balance
- Northern Canada: Hydro-electric Power Forecasting
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- SNOTEL: Snowpack Telemetry Systems
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Ten Mile Canyon, CO: Avalanche Forecasting
- Utah 2002 Winter Olympics: Real-Time Weather Data
Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Meteorologic Instruments
- Alaska: Aviation Weather
- Alaska: Boating Safety
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Lake Toolik
- Alberta: Crop Dusting
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Atlanta, GA: Real-time Weather Monitoring at 1996 Summer Olympics
- Austin College Weather Station
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Flood Warning System
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Australia: OzFace—Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- Australia: The Effect of Lipids on Methane Emission
- Australia: Tropical Cyclone Debbie
- Bolivia, Andes Mountains: Climate Research
- Bucknell University: Weather Station
- California: Enhanced Climate Monitoring
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- China: Erhai (Ear) Lake Weather and Water
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Dodge Ridge Ski Resort: Weather Stations
- Egypt: Weather Monitoring at the Sphinx
- England: Port of Tyne Wind Monitoring
- England: Stump Cross Caverns Stalagmite Monitoring
- ExoMars - Going to Mars
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Korea: Comparing Precipitation Gauges
- Mexico: Six Airports Get Automatic Weather Stations
- Moldova: Disaster Risk Mitigation
- Mont Blanc: Weather Monitoring
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- NETL in WV: Meteorological Data Monitoring
- Nevada: Air Quality Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Mount Washington
- New Mexico Climate Center: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- New Zealand: Fire Weather Network
- Norway: Agricultural Network for Pest Forecasting
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- Peru: Cuajone Copper Mine
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Sydney: Hawkesbury Forest Experiment-UWS
- Ten Mile Canyon, CO: Avalanche Forecasting
- The Effect of a Solar Eclipse on the Weather
- U.S. Climate Reference Network
- Utah: Lightning Warning at Schools
- Virginia: Tracking Climate Changes in Shenandoah National Park
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- Washington: ALERT Station Retrofit
- Washington: Puget Sound Ferry Weather
- West Texas Mesonet
Aviation Weather
Ecology
Evapotranspiration and Commercial Irrigation Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- California: Irrigation Control
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- New Mexico Climate Center: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
Fire Weather Stations
Lightning Warning Instrumentation
Marine Grade Weather Stations
Water Applications
Flood Warning Systems (ALERT/ALERT2)
- Australia: Flood Warning System
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- North Carolina: ALERT Stations Updated
- Pennsylvania: Flood Warning
- SMUD: Hydrological Monitoring and Control
- Texas: Hurricane Harvey
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Brigham City Gets Flood Warning System
- Virginia: ALERT System
- Washington: ALERT Station Retrofit
Water Level and Flow
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Carbon Canal: Water Level
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Emery County, UT: Water Conservation District
- Florida: Protecting an Endangered Species’ Habitat
- Florida: St. Johns River Water Management District
- Florida: Water Diversion Control
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Louisiana: Sinkhole monitoring
- Montana: Susie Mine Cleanup
- New Jersey: Pequest Trout Hatchery
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: SCADA System
- Northern California: Hydro-SCADA
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- River Heights: Water System Monitoring and Control
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Brigham City Gets Flood Warning System
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
- Virginia: ALERT System
- Weber Basin Watershed: Stream Monitoring
Water Quality
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Lake Toolik
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- Bonners Ferry: Turbidity Monitoring
- China: Erhai (Ear) Lake Weather and Water
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Maryland: Aquaculture Lab Alarm System
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: River Water Quality
- Montana: Susie Mine Cleanup
- Nevada: Wellbore Logging
- New Jersey: Pequest Trout Hatchery
- New Zealand: Water Quality Monitoring
- North Carolina: Estuary Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring
- Oslo Airport: Groundwater Quality
- Pennsylvania: Lake Monitoring
- Southeastern U.S.: Sediment Production Study
- Texas: Well Water Quality at a U.S. Army Post
- Washington: Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
- Weber Basin Watershed: Stream Monitoring
Energy Applications
Geothermal Energy
Hydropower
Solar Energy
- Alberta: Solar Monitoring at High-Latitude, Cold-Weather Location
- Bolivia: Energy Research
- California: Retailer Goes Solar
- Chile: Solar-Energy Assessment
- Chile: Solar-Panel Soiling
- North Carolina: Monitoring “Green” Hotel
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Solar Decathlon
- South Africa: Solar Prospecting
Utilities and Energy
Gas Flux and Turbulence Applications
Gas Flux and Turbulence
- Alaska: Eddy Covariance
- Australia: OzFace—Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- British Columbia: Forest Carbon Sequestration
- California: Turbulence Study in Walnut Orchard
- Central Asia: Rangeland CO2 Monitoring
- China: Flux Cooperation
- India: Rice-Field Greenhouse Gases
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- Tasmania: Ecological Research
Infrastructure Applications
Bridge Monitoring
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Delaware: Urgent Action on Bridge
- Illinois: Safeguarding Highways
- Louisiana: Monitoring Bridge Expansion
- Medway Bridge: Monitoring Deck Movement
- Menai Bridge: Load Monitoring
- Minnesota: Bridge Disaster Recovery
- Montana: Bridge Deck Performance
- Oregon: Fremont Bridge Monitoring
- Oregon: Interstate 5 Bridge
- Oregon: Kamal's Bridge Structural Response
- Pennsylvania: Field Testing the Shippingport Bridge
- Utah: Post-Tensioned, Fiber-Reinforced, Precast Bridge Deck
- Williamsburg Bridge: Load Testing
Building Structures
Construction
Dam Monitoring - Structural
Geotechnical
Green Buildings and Green Roofs
Historical Preservation
HVAC
Mining
Pavement and Roads
Railway Monitoring
Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS)
Seismic
Slope Stability
Structural Health Monitoring
Soil Applications
Agriculture and Soils Research Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Run-Off Monitoring
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Citrus Research Institute Monitors Exports
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet