AVIATION - Coastal Environmental Systems

Custom Aviation Weather Stations
Custom stations can be required for a variety of
reasons and can usually be accommodated by
some basic modifications to existing stations.
Measurements can include:
• Wind speed and direction
• Dew point
• Pressure
• Temperature
• Visibility
• Cloud height
• Freezing rain
• Precipitation amount and identification
• Lightning detection
• RVR (Runway Visual Range)
• Others such as: solar radiation, runway
surface condition, redundant sensors, etc.
Software can be supplied to either display data or
produce METAR/SPECI and other reports automatically.
The software can be used in either
LINUX or Windows® and is fully ICAO/FMH-1/
WMO compliant. The User Interface is always
simple to use and intuitive.
The Coastal Difference:
U N I V E R S A L
INTERFACE
S E R I A L
A USI is software (firmware)
embedded in our ZENO ® -3200
field electronics. Specifically it
is a configurable menu driven
software that allows you to “tell
the ZENO ® ” h o w t o
communicate, collect and
process data from a serial
sensor it has never seen before.
Why this is necessary is less
obvious – it is necessary
because there is no standard
protocol for serial sensors.
This means the next great new
sensor will have its own
protocol and be like no other
before it!
We want you to have all the
options and choices in future
products. Our goal is to keep
the USI current with all relevant
serial sensors manufactured in
the years to come. No other
data acquisition system has USI
capability or can make the
focused claim we do.
Who Depends on Coastal? The South Pole ...
Working with the U.S. Navy and the National
Science Foundation, Coastal modified one of
our standard aviation stations and deployed the
first ever aviation weather station to operate
and survive at The South Pole station. It was
the first time that automated weather for aviation
support and safety was ever available. In
addition to a constantly harsh environment,
The South Pole can get as cold as -90 degrees!