MAWS HydroMet™ Systems for Meteorological and Hydrological ...

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CHAPTER 3
SOFTWARE
General Characteristics
The MAWS HydroMet systems utilize Vaisala’s field-proven and
accurate sensors, which are in extensive use in over 100 countries all
over the world from Antarctica to tropical islands. The offered suite of
meteorological sensors measures wind direction and speed, pressure,
air and surface temperature, relative humidity, precipitation and global
solar radiation. There is space for expanding the station with optional
sensors such as soil temperature, net radiation, leaf wetness, water
level etc. when necessary.
The library of sensors also includes intelligent sensors such as a cloud
height ceilometer with cloud cover algorithm, visibility and present
weather.
The suite of hydrological sensors includes various types of sensor for
measuring water level, water temperature, precipitation and
intelligent, multi-parameter water quality sondes and acoustic Doppler
profilers for flow and discharge measurements.
The operation of the MAWS systems can be easily set-up and
modified with the help of the user-friendly MAWS Lizard Setup
program. Using the ready-made templates, this setup software guides
the user through the simple set-up routines. Modifications to the
system configuration and operation can easily be carried out by the
user.
All the configuration settings can be stored in the MAWS Lizard’s
configuration library where they are easily available for modifications
or for creating a new setup based on the old one. In addition, there is
an Import/Export function for adding new setup files, or, for example,
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