Why does Modern Optical Scientific weather sensors and systems require less maintenance than traditional tipping buckets?

Weather monitoring has come a long way since the days of mechanical systems. Tipping bucket rain gauges were once considered the gold standard for measuring rainfall. Today, modern optical weather… Continue reading Why does Modern Optical Scientific weather sensors and systems require less maintenance than traditional tipping buckets?

Optical Weather Identifiers OSI’s Scintillation based precipitation, present Weather and Visibility sensor

OWI-430 series OWI-430 utilizes signals from forward optical scatter, in-beam (optical scintillation), ambient light, temperature, and humidity to accurately determine meteorological optical range (visibility), precipitation type (rain, snow, hail, drizzle, etc.) and… Continue reading Optical Weather Identifiers OSI’s Scintillation based precipitation, present Weather and Visibility sensor