Application Examples

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Meteorological Research ASCOT (Atmospheric Study of Complex Terrain) experiment for the U.S. Department of Energy in the Geysers Geothermal Area northwest of San Francisco. Photo courtesy of Dr. Thomas W. Horst, Battelle Northwest Laboratories.

Oceanography Three-meter research buoy being deployed northwest of Bermuda Islands at approximately 34° N, 70° W. Photo courtesy of Dr. Robert A. Weller, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

Air & Water Quality Monitoring Rocky Mountain Biological Research Center, Gothic, Colorado. One of 50 monitoring sites for the US EPA National Dry Depostition Network. Photo courtesy of Eric Hebert, Environmental Science and Engineering, Gainesville, Florida.

Public Utilities Wind profile instrumentation mounted on towers of ENEL (Enta Nazionale Energia Elettrica) power transmission lines linking Sicily to mainland across Straits of Messina. Photo courtesy of Ing. Giorgio Marozzini, Lombard & Marozzini SRL, Rome, Italy.

Agriculture & Forestry Study of ozone effects on barley crop yield by Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Department of Plant Physiology, University of Gothenburg. Photo courtesy of Anders Eckman, CDS Matteknik, Skara, Sweden.

Transportation Wind and temperature monitoring system for bridge traffic safety and local weather reporting on the Mackinac Bridge connecting Michigan's upper and lower peninsula.

Weather Observing & Forecasting International Balloon Championship, Battle Creek, Michigan. Local weather forecasting for launch determination and safety. Photo courtesy of Dr. Ronald Portman, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, The University of Michigan.

Harbors, Ships, and Workboats Harbor surge forecast experiment for NOAA-NOS (National Ocean Survey) at Brandywine Shoal Light, Delaware Bay. Photo courtesy of James H. Meyer, Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University.

Fire & Emergency Response Poratable wind and temperature monitoring instrumentation for hazardous materials response van of Lemont Fire Protection District, Lemont, Illinois. Photo courtesy of David Boersema, Lemont Fire Protection District.

Structural Engineering Wind loading measurements for the Statue of Liberty restoration project, US Department of Interior, National Park Service. Photo by Dan Cornish, Brooklyn, NY.

Energy Research SERI Cooperative Field Test Program - to determine the effect of complex terrain inflow characteristics on Northern Power Systems' 125kW Condor model wind turbine at Altamont Pass test site. Photo courtesy of Richard M. Osgood, Solar Energy Research Institute.

Sports Activities Wind and temperature sensors for monitoring mountain weather conditions at Sugarloaf USA ski area, Maine.