ObsMet - DCS

OBSMET AT A GLANCE

Activities related to meteorology and climatology are highly dependent on the quality of the observation data collected. To do so, each national meteorological service must operate a stable reference network of meteorological stations, providing weather observations in a timely manner.

ObsMet is a generic observation data collection system which allows an easy and efficient management of a complete weather station network, whether these stations were sourced from one unique AWS supplier of from different AWS suppliers.

WHAT OBSMET WILL DO FOR YOU

• Data collection from network of observation stations (manual, AWS, AWOS).
• Centralization of collected data in central database at headquarters.
• Monitoring and supervision functions for maintenance activities.
• Quality Control.
• Data visualization.
• Automatic data export to other meteorological systems: AMSS, Forecaster workstation, WIS...

These are ObsMet's key functionalities. The system has many more. For further details, contact us.

WHY IS OBSMET DIFFERENT

DATA COLLECTION AND PROCESSING

• Compatibility with main station supplier's data loggers: Vaisala, Lambrecht, Degreane...
• Serial or TCP-IP interface with data logger.
• Custom software development for integration of new model of station or data logger.
• Automatic coding of METAR/SYNOP/SPECI messages.
• Forms for assisted METAR/SYNOP/SPECI key entry with fields prefilled from measurements collected from data logger.
• Scheduled message creation.
• BUFR-encoding of METAR/SYNOP/SPECI messages.
• Automatic SYNOP/CLIMAT messages compilation.

QUALITY CONTROL

• Consistency checks ensuring the values entered by the weather observer are consistent and within standard user-defined ranges.
• Temporal checks alerting the operator when latest values differ too much with previous measurements.
• Detection of duplicated messages.

DATA VISUALIZATION AND EXPORT

• Visualization functions available at both station level (AWS) and HQ level (DCS).
• Real-time visualization of observations on geographical map.
• Charts and diagrams for all measured parameters.
• Wind roses diagrams.
• Visualization of individual station parameters.
• Calculation (means, QNH, QNE...) and export of observation reports to CSV/XLS/TXT formats.
• Visualization of real-time and past data.
• Automatic transmission of SYNOP/METAR using WMO TCP-IP standard protocol.
• Export of OPMET data to XML (AvXML).

SUPERVISION AND MANAGEMENT

• Web-based supervision for easy management and monitoring from headquarters, regional centers...
• Observation database browsing and search.
• Station metadata management.
• Monitoring of reception status and delays.
• Reception statistics.
• Sensors and data flow monitoring.
• Notifications and alarms sent by SMS/e-mail...
• Event logger.

The best way to apprehend ObsMet's uniqueness is to visualize it! Contact us for a demo.