Applications

Meteorology

Wind, rainfall, temperature, relative humidity, pressure and radiation, from a compact station to a full network.

A weather station combines sensors, a data logger that stores the readings and a way to send them. This guide helps you match the three to your site.

The problem

Weather changes from place to place: the rain in the next town is not the rain on your field. Irrigation, solar plants, highways and research need on-site measurements, recorded continuously by sensors that can take sun, rain and cold.

The variables

  • Wind: speed and direction, from ultrasonic anemometers
  • Precipitation: tipping-bucket and weighing rain gauges, rain, snow and hail detectors
  • Temperature, relative humidity, pressure and dew point
  • Global and diffuse solar radiation, PAR and UV light
  • Visibility and evapotranspiration

How to choose

A compact station with everything in one body, or separate sensors wired to a data logger. Data can travel over cellular, Wi-Fi, Sigfox, satellite, LoRaWAN or radio. Sensors with SDI-12 or Modbus output plug into loggers already in the field. Away from the grid, use a solar panel; in the cold, heated versions. Silicon pyranometers respond faster; thermopile ones are more accurate. Some loggers send alerts by email or SMS.

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What do you need to measure?

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