Modification of Current Weather Indicating System used at Airports

Abstract

The measurements of temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and wind direction remotely by using the sensors is not only important in weather monitoring but also crucial for many other applications like Airports and industrial processes . India Meteorological Department (IMD) collects, processes, archives and disseminates a wide range of weather and other environmental data generated by the department’s observational network. With the installation of CURRENT WEATHER INDICATING SYSTEM (CWIS) in the National Data Centre located at Pune, the data acquisition and processing operations have been automated. A modified version for real time weather monitoring is presented in this project to monitor the real time temperature, relative atmospheric pressure ,wind speed and wind direction using different sensors which is used at airports. All the sensors mounted at a specific location near the runway of airports measure the required parameters and transmit the same using Wi-Fi transmitter to the airport tower. The device has many advantages compared to other weather monitoring systems in terms of its smaller size, on-device display, low cost, portable and robust. This system provides a set of tools and procedures that allow all data relevant to climate studies to be properly stored and managed. It serves the main objectives of climate data collection, storage ,quality control, easy access, data protection, climate data analysis and customized product generation.