Featured Case Studies
Poland: Innovative Geotechnical Monitoring
The Expressway S19 represents a critical link in Europe’s transportation network, stretching 570 km (354.2 mi) from the Poland-Belarus border to Slovakia. Serving... read more
Malawi: Enhancing Weather Observation through Public-Private Partnership
In 2019, Campbell Scientific embarked on a significant project with the Malawi Department of Climate Change and Meteorological Services, supported through a United... read more
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Weather Applications Supported
Agriculture & Plants
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Run-Off Monitoring
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Sustainable Solutions for Farms
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Air Quality & Pollution
Avalanche, Ski, Alpine & Polar
Aviation Weather
Coastal Monitoring
Ecology
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Pocono Comparative Lakes Program: Aquatic Research
- Réunion Island: Developing an Ecocity for 140,000 Inhabitants Using Weather Station Data
- Solar Decathlon
- ZERO: High Arctic Ecosystem Research
Evapotranspiration & Commercial Irrigation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- California: Irrigation Control
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- NM Climate Center: ETo & Weather Monitoring
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
Fire Weather
Lightning Warning and Electric Field
Marine Weather
Micrometeorology / Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
- Alaska: Eddy Covariance
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: OzFace—Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- California: Turbulence Study in Walnut Orchard
- Canada: Forest Carbon Sequestration
- China: Flux Cooperation
- Florida: Sampling the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- India: Rice-Field Greenhouse Gases
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- United Kingdom: Pioneering Research in Carbon Sequestration
- Utah: Flux Stations
Oceanography
- Atlantic Ocean: Weather Monitoring
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Florida: Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Liberty Bay: Weather & Water Quality Station
- Long Island Sound: Water Quality
- New Zealand: Auckland Estuaries Oceanographic Research
- Washington, Puget Sound: Ferry Weather
Road Weather--RWIS
- Alaska: Mini-RWIS Pilot Project
- Austria: Vehicle Proving Ground for Automated Driving
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- CS125 in Road Weather Network
- English Channel Tunnel IceWatch System
- Italy: Road Weather Modeling
- Korea: Damage from Freezing Roads
- Ontario: Road Weather Network
- Portugal: Formula 1 Weather Monitoring
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Weather & Climate
- Alaska: Aviation Weather
- Alaska: Boating Safety
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Lake Toolik
- Alberta Wind Monitoring: Crop Dusting
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Argentina: Measuring Mountain Weather Conditions
- Atlanta, GA: 1996 Summer Olympics: Realtime Weather Monitoring
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Flood Warning System
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Australia: OzFace—Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- Australia: The Effect of Lipids on Methane Emission
- Australia: Tropical Cyclone Debbie
- Bolivia, Andes Mountains: Climate Research
- Bucknell University: Weather Station
- California: Enhanced Climate Monitoring
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- China: Erhai (Ear) Lake Weather and Water
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Croatia: Modernization of a Countrywide Weather Observation Network
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Dodge Ridge Ski Resort: Weather Stations
- Egypt's Sphinx: Weather Monitoring
- ExoMars - Going to Mars
- France: Preserving Prehistoric Treasures
- France: Restoring a Royal Chapel
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Korea: Comparing Precipitation Gauges
- Malawi: Enhancing Weather Observation through Public-Private Partnership
- Mexico: Six Airports Get Weather Stations
- Moldova: Disaster Risk Mitigation
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- NETL in WV: Meteorological Data Monitoring
- Nevada: Air Quality Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Mount Washington
- New Zealand: Fire Weather Network
- NM Climate Center: ETo & Weather Monitoring
- Norwegian Agricultural Network: Pest Forecasting
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- Peru: Cuajone Copper Mine
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Port of Tyne: Weather Monitoring
- Réunion Island: Developing an Ecocity for 140,000 Inhabitants Using Weather Station Data
- South Africa: Fog Harvesting
- South Africa: Launch of an Innovative Science Facility with Sustainable Technology
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Southern Africa: Empowering Conservation and Water Security
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Sydney: Hawkesbury Forest Experiment-UWS
- Ten Mile Canyon, CO: Avalanche Forecasting
- The Kingdom of eSwatini: Strengthening Early Warning Systems and Climate Services
- Union of the Comoros: Establishment of Four Weather Stations for Better Resilience to Climatic Hazards
- United Kingdom: Observing Urban Climate
- U.S. Climate Reference Network
- Utah: Lightning Warning at Schools
- Virginia: Tracking Climate Changes in Shenandoah National Park
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- Washington, Puget Sound: Ferry Weather
- Weather Monitoring on Mont Blanc
- West Texas Mesonet
- Zambia: Strengthening Climate Resilience
Water Applications Supported
Agriculture & Plants
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Run-Off Monitoring
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Sustainable Solutions for Farms
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Aquaculture
Coastal Monitoring
Ecology
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Pocono Comparative Lakes Program: Aquatic Research
- Réunion Island: Developing an Ecocity for 140,000 Inhabitants Using Weather Station Data
- Solar Decathlon
- ZERO: High Arctic Ecosystem Research
Evapotranspiration & Commercial Irrigation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- California: Irrigation Control
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- NM Climate Center: ETo & Weather Monitoring
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
Flood Warning (ALERT)
- Australia: Flood Warning System
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- North Carolina: ALERT Stations Updated
- Panama Canal: Upgraded Flood Warning System
- Pennsylvania: Flood Warning
- SMUD: Hydrological Monitoring and Control
- Texas: Hurricane Harvey
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Brigham City Gets Flood Warning System
- Virginia: ALERT System
- Washington: ALERT Station Retrofit
Geothermal Energy
Hydropower
Irrigation and Canal Control
Mining
Oceanography
- Atlantic Ocean: Weather Monitoring
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Florida: Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Liberty Bay: Weather & Water Quality Station
- Long Island Sound: Water Quality
- New Zealand: Auckland Estuaries Oceanographic Research
- Washington, Puget Sound: Ferry Weather
Rural Water
- Argentina: Hydro-Meteorological Network
- Duck Creek: Water System Monitoring & Control
- Elsinore, UT: Water System Monitoring and Control
- Emery County, UT: Water Conservation District
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Mantua: Water System Monitoring & Control
- Paradise: Water System Monitoring and Control
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
- Washington: Cedar River Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Soil Science & Soil Moisture
Stormwater
Wastewater
Water Level and Flow
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Carbon Canal: Water Level
- Emery County, UT: Water Conservation District
- Florida: Protecting an Endangered Species’ Habitat
- Florida: St. Johns River Water Management District
- Florida: Water Diversion Control
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Louisiana: Sinkhole monitoring
- Montana: Susie Mine Cleanup
- New Jersey: Pequest Trout Hatchery
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: SCADA System
- Northern California: SCADA
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Utah: Brigham City Gets Flood Warning System
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
Water Quality
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Lake Toolik
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Coastal Water-Quality Monitoring
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- Bonners Ferry: Turbidity Monitoring
- Camp Bullis: Well Water Quality
- Clark Fork River: Water Quality
- Desert Research Institute: Wellbore Logging
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Maryland: Aquaculture Lab Alarm System
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Susie Mine Cleanup
- Neuse Estuary: Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Collecting Data from Experimental Forest
- New Jersey: Pequest Trout Hatchery
- New Zealand: Water Quality Monitoring
- OBS Turbidity Sensors
- Oslo Airport: Groundwater Quality
- Pocono Comparative Lakes Program: Aquatic Research
- South Africa: Launch of an Innovative Science Facility with Sustainable Technology
- South Africa: Transforming a Polluted River
- Washington: Cedar River Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
- Weber Basin Watershed: Stream Monitoring
Energy Applications Supported
Geothermal Energy
Hydropower
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Solar Energy
Gas Flux & Turbulence Applications Supported
Micrometeorology / Greenhouse Gas Fluxes
- Alaska: Eddy Covariance
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: OzFace—Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- California: Turbulence Study in Walnut Orchard
- Canada: Forest Carbon Sequestration
- China: Flux Cooperation
- Florida: Sampling the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
- India: Rice-Field Greenhouse Gases
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- United Kingdom: Pioneering Research in Carbon Sequestration
- Utah: Flux Stations
Infrastructure Applications Supported
Bridge Monitoring
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Delaware: Urgent Action on Bridge
- Hong Kong: Long-Term Monitoring for the World’s Longest Sea Crossing
- Illinois: Safeguarding Highways
- Louisiana: Monitoring Bridge Expansion
- Medway Bridge: Monitoring Deck Movement
- Menai Bridge: Load Monitoring
- Minnesota: Bridge Disaster Recovery
- Montana: Bridge Deck Performance
- Oregon: Fremont Bridge Monitoring
- Oregon: Interstate 5 Bridge
- Oregon: Kamal's Bridge Structural Response
- Pennsylvania: Field Testing the Shippingport Bridge
- Texas: Link Slabs’ Impact on Transportation Infrastructure
- Utah: Post-Tensioned, GFRP, Precast Bridge Deck
- Williamsburg Bridge: Load Testing
Building Structures
Construction
Dam Monitoring
- California: Enhancing Levee Monitoring for Safer Communities
- California: Public Utilities Commission
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Castillo de San Marcos: Crack Monitoring
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- London: Underground Excavation
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- Norway: Instrumentation Services
- Puerto Rico: Dam Monitoring
- Serbia: Enhancing Power Plant Safety Measures
- South America: Mine Tailings in Tailings Dams
- Southwest: Solving the Mystery of Erroneous Dam Monitoring Data
- Switzerland's Grimselpass: Rock Movement
Green Buildings & Green Roofs
Historical Preservation
Irrigation and Canal Control
Mining
Pavement and Roads
Slope Stability
Structural Health Monitoring
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Canada: Structural Health Monitoring of an Overpass
- Castillo de San Marcos: Crack Monitoring
- Hong Kong: Long-Term Monitoring for the World’s Longest Sea Crossing
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- Medway Bridge: Monitoring Deck Movement
- Menai Bridge: Load Monitoring
- Northampton: Concrete Performance Research
- Space Research: Joint Damping Experiment
- Spain: Securing Structural Integrity
Soil Applications Supported
Agriculture & Plants
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Run-Off Monitoring
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Sustainable Solutions for Farms
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Rural Irrigation
- Washington AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Ecology
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Pocono Comparative Lakes Program: Aquatic Research
- Réunion Island: Developing an Ecocity for 140,000 Inhabitants Using Weather Station Data
- Solar Decathlon
- ZERO: High Arctic Ecosystem Research
Evapotranspiration & Commercial Irrigation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- California: Irrigation Control
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- NM Climate Center: ETo & Weather Monitoring
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Rural Irrigation