Airport Systems
Monitoring and reporting airport weather is at the heart of Mesotech’s business. With our comprehensive aviation meteorological system – Airport Weather Advisor® (AWA) – we offer standard solutions for airports of any size, including FAA AWOS systems, runway visual range (RVR) systems, and fixed base systems. With built-in flexibility and scalability, we can also create custom systems and software to meet your specific weather monitoring and reporting needs.
The major components of an AWA system include sensors connected to a data collection platform (DCP), a central processing station, and the AWA software. Following is a graphical representation of the entire AWA system.
Features
The features that set the AWA system above any other lie with our sophisticated software. Only AWA offers:
- Fully automated reporting: METAR, SPECI, SYNOP, and TAF reports certified to comply with FMH-1 (NOAA), ICAO, and WMO standards
- Fault-tolerance due to our Virtual Station Technology™ that allows us to reassign sensors to runway zones effortlessly
- Support of sophisticated networks
- Routing of data to various locations or to the Internet
- Expandability from a single sensor group for a small airport to fully redundant systems for major international airports
- Scalability to unlimited sensors, airfield stations and workstations
Components
The major components of an AWA system include the AWA software, sensors connected to a data collection platform (DCP), a central processing station, towers, civil works, installation and maintenance, and information security. AWA can interface with most commercial sensors and DCP manufacturers, so you have flexibility in selecting components for your system, but Mesotech can provide every essential to create your fully functional weather monitoring system.
- Airport Weather Advisor® – Our innovative weather monitoring and reporting software
- Sensors – We offer a wide array of sensors for measuring everything from air temperature to cloud height.
- DCP – Our data acquisition devices capture all essential weather information.
- CPS – The central processing station is the hub for communications, networking, reporting, and security.
- Towers – We can provide frangible or non-frangible towers in multiple heights.
- Civil Works – We can provide and manage all aspects of civil works, including AC distribution panels, UPS, earth electrode systems, and foundations.
- Installation and Maintenance – We can install all components of your weather monitoring and reporting equipment and software, and provide training and support once your system is up and running.
- Information Security – Your information is certified secure with our system
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