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Coastal Environmental Systems America’s world leader in cutting edge reliable monitoring systems. Mobile and Portable Weather Stations
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Coastal Environmental Systems l Founded in 1981 l Goal: To collect and telemeter high quality environmental data l Began with cutting edge instrumentation for Military and University research l Evolved to large production projects l New Goal: Integrate high quality environmental data into DB’s, Networks, Lan’s, Wan’s, www.
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Coastal Environmental Systems l Major Aviation weather customers: Air Force, Navy, Marines, FAA, NWS l Aviation Stations from small 60 second set- up portable to complete Airport systems l Best Customer Support in the Industry (and the references to back that up) l ALL of our station are built with the FUTURE in mind!
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Our Beginning Arctic Stations l Must survive cold/salt/ice l Completely unattended l Automatic re-start l NO MAINTENANCE
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Our Beginning Military Weather Stations l Hostile environment l Easy to employ l Automatic re-start l Automatic North l Low Power l Small size and intuitive set-up Weatherpak®
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Our Beginning Air Force - Disaster Preparedness and Fire Department l Variety of Telemetry –Inmarsat C –ARGOS –OrbComm –Iridium –GOES –Meteorburst –Cell/GMS –Radio UHF/VHF/HF Weatherpak®
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Navy - Antarctic Field Station Support Air Operations l No experience necessary l Very durable, Extreme Conditions l All automatic l Self contained C-5 SAM
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METMF(R) - US Marines Deployable Complete Weather for Air Operations l Network of Stations l Meteorburst Communications l Base, All met, Ceilometer, Viz, Present weather l Expandable to Lightning, Freezing Rain
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Tech Escort Army l Used for NBC l Easy to decontaminate l Survives in the Hot- Zone
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Antarctica - Navy Stations for Many Purposes l Includes cloud height, visibility, Network UHF Radio l LOW POWER –Sensor selection –Intelligent station –Self - diagnostics l Auto re-start in Spring l Can be Upgraded for more sensors
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Major Contracts Won in Last 5 Years l US Marines - METMF(R) - 40+ stations l US Air Force - Thule Greenland 7+ stations l NWS - PDB-1 -- 240+ stations l US Navy Antarctic/McMurdo - 12 stations l US Air Force - Patrick and Vandenberg - 50+ stations l FAA - SAWS - 275 stations l NWS - RSOIS - 100+ stations l US Navy - SMOOS - 150 stations l Israeli Military Forces - 285 Stations l NWS - Fischer Porter - 2,700 Stations l US Air Force - OS-21 FBS - 200 stations
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2003 MACS -- Marines Field deployable stations l US Marines l For support of radar l SIMPLE TO USE l Easy to set- up l Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) l Complete weather station
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Field deployable stations l US Marines l For support of radar l SIMPLE TO USE l Easy to set- up l Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) l Complete weather station
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2003 MACS -- Marines Field deployable stations l US Marines l For support of radar l SIMPLE TO USE l Easy to set- up l Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) l Complete weather station
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2003 MACS -- Marines Field deployable stations l US Marines l For support of radar l SIMPLE TO USE l Easy to set- up l Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) l Complete weather station
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2003 MACS -- Marines Field deployable stations l US Marines l For support of radar l SIMPLE TO USE l Easy to set- up l Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) l Complete weather station
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Portable Weather Stations Simplest to Most Sophisticated C-5 SAM Antarctic - Aviation Portable
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Antarctica - Navy Stations for Many Purposes l Includes cloud height, visibility, Network UHF Radio l LOW POWER –Sensor selection –Intelligent station –Self - diagnostics l Auto re-start in Spring l Can be Upgraded for more sensors
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Stations for moving vehicles l True Wind speed and direction l High vibrations and shock l All automatic l No experience necessary
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Some of Our Customers l US Air Force l FAA l US National Weather Service l US Navy l US Marines l NOAA l NASA l National Science Foundation l National Center for Atmospheric Research l TNRCC (LEADS) l NIST l French Military Forces –Navy –Army –Air Force l Israeli Military Forces l Chilean Navy l NATO l Navy of Ecuador l Military Forces of Belgium l Korean Military Forces US GovernmentForeign
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Air Force Bases (with a Coastal Environmental Weather Station) l 440th Airlift Wing l 911th Airlift Wing l 928th St/ABO l Air Force 4413 ARS l Air Force ECES l Anderson AB l Arnold AFB l Aviano AFB l Barksdale AFB l Beale AFB l Brooks AFB l Cannon AFB l Charleston AFB l Davis Monthan AFB l Dobbins ARB l Dover AFB l Dyess AFB l Eielson AFB l Elgin AFB l Elmendorf AFB l Fairchild AFB l Goodfellow AFB l Grissom AFB
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Air Force l Grissom ARB l Hanscom AFB l Hickam AFB l Hickam Pacific AF l Hill AFB l Holloman AFB l Homestead ARB l Hurlburt l Keesler AFB l Langley AFB l Malmstrom AFB l Maxwell AFB l McChord AFB l McConnell AFB l McDill AFB l Mcguire AFB l Mildenhall AFB l Minot AFB l Misawa Air Base l Moody AFB l Mt. Home AFB l Nellis AFB l Offutt AFB l Patrick AFB l Peterson AFB
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Air Force and ANG l Pope AFB l Ramstein Air Base l Reese AFB l Scott AFB l Seymore Johnson AFB l Shaw AFB l Spangdahlm AFB l Tinker AFB l Tinker AFB/EIS l Travis AFB l Tyndall AFB l USAF l Vandenberg AFB l Warren AFB l Whieman AFB l Wright-Patterson AFB l California ANG l Indiana ANG l Kansas ANG l Missouri ANG l Montana ANG l Nebraska ANG l Niagara Falls ANGB l North Dakota ANG l Ohio ANG l South Dakota ANG l Stewart ANGB l West Virginia ANG l Wisconsin ANG
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Weatherpak ® System Overview l Self Contained - –Winds –Compass - self aligning –Pressure –AT, Rh, Dew Point l Expansion –Visibility –Cloud height –Other
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Weatherpak ® System Overview l Set - up –Basic model < 60 seconds l Robust –Double O-ring Seal –-40 to +60 C l High Accuracy l Multiple types of communication l Over 2000 in use
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Communication options Ends of the Earth l Variety of Telemetry –Inmarsat C –ARGOS –OrbComm –Iridium –GOES –Meteorburst –Cell/GMS –Radio UHF/VHF/HF
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Special Applications Flexibility l Variety of Sensors for special needs –Non - moving part wind sensors –GPS for position or true wind and speed on moving platform –Lightning Sensors
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OPTIONS: WMD Station Field deployable stations l First model sold in 1985 l Built in display l 38 hours (6 D cells) l Any wind monitor - of choice l Compass l SIMPLE TO USE l Easy to set- up l EMI/RFI
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NBC Station In - Field Use l Very compact –Small case and canvas bag –Case is: 16 x 20 x 9 in Bag is 4 ft long l Easy to set-up l Self aligning l 5 Meter height l Calculates –Winds –Pasquell/Gifford Stability Class –Air Temp
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NBC Station In - Field Use l Low Power - 6 D cell batteries - 33 hours or more l Meet MIL-STD-461C l Coated with NBC resistant paint l Over 250 sold to Israeli Military for NBC
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Local Field Station In - Field - Sheltered Use or vehicle l Runs on AC power l Very accurate l Basic Data l Fits on any 1.5 inch pole l Calculates avg. wind, temp and stability
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MACS - Air Force Mobile Approach Control Systems - ITT Gilfillan l Continuous Use l Network of 4 with 2 receiving stations - switchable l UHF radio - 2 way l Similar version used in ASPARCS (Lockheed Martin - Marines)
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Software - Display l Graphic & Text GUI l Clear - Easy to Read l Tab - design allows for quickly moving around l Written in C++ (fast) l Many security and tracking features built in
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Displays Field deployable stations l Field –LCD –Vacuum Fluorescent –LED –Full color –Detachable –Palm top –PALM l Indoor –PC –Hardware (all above)
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Display of Data PC Displays Stand Alone Displays 35
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Software - Display l Display of data on PC l Intuitive l Mixture of text and graphics –this one in the Pentagon
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l Networks l Databases - all types l Web Enabled Systems l Easy installation, configuration, and operation with integrated context help Software
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Coastal Environmental Systems America’s world leader in cutting edge reliable monitoring systems. Mobile and Portable Weather Stations
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