Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System is developed with the combination of latest technology in data acquisition, computing, telecommunication and software, designed to help our customers achieve maximum efficiency and flexibility in operation. It is fully compliant with all requirements from ICAO and WMO. The powerful aggregation and presentation capability is suitable for universal hydro-meteorology and industrial applications. The system is suitable for synoptic and climatology observation, aviation weather observation, rain and flood monitoring, water resource management, early warning and disaster management.

Features & Functionalities

Sensor Interface
Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System is designed with open architecture allowing any combination of sensors from any manufacturers. Sensors from any brand can be added or replaced easily without major change on any system components. Our solution so far has helped our clients break away from a typical "locked-in" situation commonly associated with implementation of a solution by a manufacturer.

Powered By AQsense
AQsense is our advanced data processing engine. All data acquired from sensor interfaces are converted to a uniform internal format, and tagged with a time-stamp and product ID. Each product can then be passed through one or more calculators that processes the data to derive another product.

Calculators are available for calibrating sensor data, converting data to engineering units and validating data. Our calculators can be used to perform linear transformations, range mapping, counting, range checking and step checking. The AQsense data processing engine also has calculators to aggregate data: arithmetic sums, maximum, minimum, and means. Time span and output frequency are configurable for any period of 1 second or more, allowing running and block aggregates to be generated. Specific calculators allow generation of industry-specific products.

For meteorological stations, we have wind speed and wind direction averaging calculators, as well as calculators to derive Dew Point and Relative Humidity calculators. For Aviation application, we have Runway Visual Range Assessment and Cross Wind calculators. Custom calculators can also be incorporated to suit your project.

Product Generator
Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System generates standard WMO messages including METAR, SPECi, SYNOP, CLIMAT and others. It is also flexible enough to generate customized products based on customer requirements.

Data Management & Integration
The Surface Meteorological Observation Systems handle all data distribution, storage, retrieval and archiving functions. The features included are:

- Advanced realtime data transmission
- Data resolution up to every second
- Built-in PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
- Can be integrated with other RDBMS
- Automatic data archiving capability
- Built-in Apache webserver
- Alarms and alerts for use configurable triggering events
- Flexible integration framework with SOAP, SFTP, FTP and data stream
- Multiple output data format including XML, ASCII, CSV, HTML, PDF
- Interface with meteorological message switch and visualization system
- Automatic or manual data and products transmission.

Realtime Visualization
Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System displays information in realtime. It can be displayed in the form of analog wind dial, numerical, graphs and charts. Our enterprise level product is bundled with Geographical Information System (GIS) allowing our Customers to view the realtime information on a zoom-able and pan-able map. In addition, our solution also displays equipment and health status.

Benefits & Advantages

Cost Effectiveness
The Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System is a cost effective meteorological solution for any applications or deployment. It is highly flexible and modular to meet customers requirements.

• With modern TCP/IP architecture, customers can choose to use any means of communication such as WiFi, WAN, Serial Network, UHF and even GSM (GPRS, EDGE, 3G and HSDPA).

• As the system is built as a web application with user friendly web interface, customers do not need to worry about multiple user license and installation of software for different users or PCs.

• With the flexibility to choose sensors from any manufacturer, customers are allowed to choose from any brands based on their preference.

• With its modularity, Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System is literally a plug-and-play system therefore reducing time for installation and implementation.

Seamless Integration
Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System is packed with cutting-edge technologies in both hardware and software while enabling the use of multiple communications modes. It is easily integrated with any sensors and communication network. The use of open source tools in building the software architecture enables the user to build upon delivered technologies therefore allowing the Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System to be easily integrated with other systems. The system is also capable of using most modern methods of data transmission using the latest protocols such as SOAP over http, real-time data streaming, while not ignoring older protocols such as FTP.

Maintainability
The system is built with the capability to monitor and reports equipment malfunction and loss of communication. With accurate information, it enables customers to react promptly to most situations. Single component malfunction does not affect the functionality of the overall system.

Expandability
The Techsense Surface Meteorological Observation System can be easily upgraded so as to add more features to meet higher end requirements. It is also expandable from a standalone system to a nationwide meteorological observation network system.

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