Product Description
Vaisala Fixed Site Observation System AWS520
The AWS520 is a cost-effective stand-alone weather observation and reporting system for real time aviation applications for uncategorized airports, helipads, small unmanned landing strips, and test/training ranges. It offers high performance in a very compact package, integrated upon a steady pole mast:
Key features
- All significant aviation weather parameters measured by one compact unit installed on a 10 meter pole mast
- Accurate measurements with built-in data validation
- Large variety of different sensors and telemetry options
- Suitable for the harshest arctic and coastal locations
- Ease of use with advanced display products
- Selected by the US Air Force for their OS21 Fixed Based System Program
The AWS520 measures all the meteorological parameters needed in aviation including
- Wind speed and direction (Gust and Squall)
- Atmospheric pressure (QFF, QFE, QNH, pressure tendency)
- Air temperature and humidity (dew point)
- Precipitation accumulation
- Cloud height and coverage
- Visibility
- Precipitation type and lightning
The AWS520 is capable of reporting the prevailing weather conditions to pilots and other users by number of different media. Spoken weather reports are available through a voice module using a VHF radio transceiver or a public switch telephone line. The data reports can be also sent via hardwire modem to a standard laptop PC with software installed to display numerical and graphical data, and to automatically code METAR and SPECI aviation weather reports.
A weather-resistant pocket PC with a graphical display software is available as an easy-to-use local display and maintenance terminal.
