Featured Case Studies
France: Preserving Prehistoric Treasures
Overview The Chauvet-Pont d'Arc and Aven d'Orgnac caves are home to prehistoric treasures of rare artistic and technical beauty. The drawings and engravings that... read more
France: Restoring a Royal Chapel
Overview The Royal Chapel of Chaalis Abbey—often referred to as the “French Sistine Chapel”—is a treasure trove of French pictorial heritage. Built during the... 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
- 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
- South Africa: Sustainable Solutions for Farms
- 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
- 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
- Croatia: Modernisation of a Countrywide Weather Observation Network
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Egypt: Weather Monitoring at the Sphinx
- England: Stalagmite Monitoring
- England: Wind Monitoring Systems
- Eswatini: Strengthening Early Warning Systems and Climate Services
- ExoMars—Going to Mars
- France: Environmental Control for Cave Preservation
- Georgia 1996 Summer Olympics: Real-time Weather Monitoring
- Ile de La Réunion : Une Station météo pour alimenter le projet d’aménagement d’une Eco Cité de 140 000 habitants
- 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
- Southern Africa: Empowering Conservation and Water Security
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Texas: College Weather Station
- UK Met Office MMS Project
- Union des Comores : Mise en place de quatre stations météo pour une meilleure résilience face aux aléas climatiques
- 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
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 Information Systems (RWIS)
- Austria: Vehicle Proving Ground for Automated Driving
- English Channel Tunnel: Road Weather and Ice-Warning System
- Italy: Road Weather Modeling
- Ontario: Road Weather Network
- Portugal: Formula 1 Weather Monitoring
- South Korea: Damage from Freezing Roads
- The Key To Improving RWIS Network Accuracy: Density
- UK Met Office MMS Project
- Utah: Upgraded Roadside Weather Stations
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Water Applications Supported
Dam Monitoring—Water Level
Flood Warning Systems (ALERT/ALERT2)
- California: Hydropower Plant Monitoring
- Kentucky: Dam Repair
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- North Carolina: ALERT Stations Updated
- Panama Canal: Upgraded Flood Warning System
- 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
- South America: Mine Tailings in Tailings Dams
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
- South Africa: Transforming a Polluted River
- Southeastern U.S.: Sediment Production Study
- Texas: Well Water Quality at a Military Post
- Townsville, Australia: Coastal water quality monitoring
- 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
- Hong Kong: Long-Term Monitoring for the World’s Longest Sea Crossing
- 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
Construction
Dam Monitoring—Structural
- California: Public Utilities Commission
- 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
- South America: Mine Tailings in Tailings Dams
- 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
- South America: Mine Tailings in Tailings Dams
Pavement and Roads
Railway Monitoring
Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS)
- Austria: Vehicle Proving Ground for Automated Driving
- English Channel Tunnel: Road Weather and Ice-Warning System
- Italy: Road Weather Modeling
- Ontario: Road Weather Network
- Portugal: Formula 1 Weather Monitoring
- South Korea: Damage from Freezing Roads
- The Key To Improving RWIS Network Accuracy: Density
- UK Met Office MMS Project
- Utah: Upgraded Roadside Weather Stations
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
- Hong Kong: Long-Term Monitoring for the World’s Longest Sea Crossing
- 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
- 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
- South Africa: Sustainable Solutions for Farms
- 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