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
