Industries & Applications
Research and environmental monitoring applications
Ultrasonic wind sensors and compact weather stations for research and environmental monitoring applications
Research and environmental monitoring applications
- Environmental monitoring and marine research - Coastal zones face significant threats from climate change and rising sea levels, which together drive increasingly intense storms, flooding, and erosion. Assessing and predicting coastal vulnerability requires systematic and sustained monitoring of the physical, chemical, and biological processes occurring in these zone.
- Environmental and pollution control - Accurate measurement of key atmospheric parameters helps authorities assess pollution levels, identify sources and develop targeted management strategies. Multi-parameter monitoring provides the data needed to make informed regulatory decisions.
- Environmental research - Understanding wind behaviour is essential for studying fire dynamics. While most fires move with the wind, plume-dominated fires can generate strong vertical plumes that begin to shape local weather themselves. These intense events can produce thunderclouds and, in rare cases, tornado-like effects. Researchers use wind data to better understand and predict these extreme behaviours.
Application notes
- Advancing fire weather research: testing ultrasonic wind sensors in the field
- Compact weather stations on buoys for coastal monitoring
- Gill R3 chosen for real-time motion correction
- Meteorological instruments for data capture in pollution and environmental studies
- Smartsound AutoNaut, scientific research vessel, equipped with sophisticated array of sensors
Recommended weather instruments for marine applications...
MaxiMet is an advanced compact weather station designed and manufactured by Gill Instruments using proven technology to measure meteorological and environmental parameters to international standards.
MetConnect weather stations are designed to allow easy connection and integration of additional user selected sensors, positioned to suit the application. The concept has been selected by a wide variety of customers including national weather administrations and global multinationals.
Gill WindSonic is a low-cost 2-axis ultrasonic anemometer, providing wind speed and direction data in a robust housing. This anemometer has no moving parts, offering maintenance-free operation in a wide range of applications.
Gill R3 range of 3-axis research anemometers is recommended for Eddy Covariance analysis. The Research range offers fast update rates up to 100Hz, incorporating Gill’s proven 3-axis ultrasonic measurement technology.