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Weather

AWOS installed at PLS

By Janice Wood · January 11, 2012 ·

Belfort Instrument Co. has installed a DigiWxTM Automated Weather Observation System (AWOS) at the Providencialaies International Airport (PLS) in the Turks and Caicos Islands. The AWOS AV provides real-time wind speed, wind direction, temperature, relative humidity, dew point and altimeter setting on a graphical display and on the Internet. Providenciales International Airport, on the island […]

Vaisala enhances lightning data

By Janice Wood · December 18, 2011 ·

Vaisala, which owns and operates a global lightning detection network, the Global Lightning Dataset GLD360, now offers lightning data with greater location accuracy, improved polarity classification and peak current estimates. These enhancements will help customers make more informed decisions, increase operational safety and efficiency, company officials said. Vaisala has implemented a new processing algorithm that […]

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