Environdata Weather Stations - Automatic Weather Stations for the Mining and Gas Industry

Environdata Weather Stations is the Australian automatic weather station specialist. We have been designing and manufacturing weather stations, data loggers and weather sensors since 1982, and offer professional weather monitoring solutions to the mining, oil and gas industries.

Environdata manufactures and supplies integrated weather stations, custom-built modular weather stations, logging rain gauges and suites of weather sensors and converters to monitor evaporation from water storages, heat stress and to suit modelling applications.

Environdata weather stations are Australian made to suit Australian conditions, from the Kimberleys, to Cape York, to the west coast of Tasmania, and ensure your mine site meets environmental licence conditions and Australian standards.

Automatic weather stations for mining operations

Environdata's Weather Maestro provides the ideal solution when selecting an automatic weather station for mining, and gas industry operations. The heart of the weather station, the Weather Maestro data logger is available in 6, 10 or 16-channel versions to ensure all your critical weather parameters are monitored.

It features a powerful processor, large and easily configurable on-board memory, comes pre-programmed with Environdata's custom-designed software, and is easily accessed by a range of communication and remote monitoring options.

The Weather Maestro is energy efficient and solar-powered as standard.

The weather sensor array for a typical mine includes sensors to measure air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, rainfall, barometric pressure and solar radiation. The Evaporation rate is calculated using FAO56 Penman equation.

Modular weather stations

The entire modular weather station can be installed using Environdata's integrated mounting options to meet your specific site and communication requirements. The weather station features the following advantages:

• Robust for tough environment
• Australian made for ready availability of parts and service
• Meets Australian standards for horizontal wind monitoring
• Meets EPA licence requirements
• On-site service
• Back-up support
• On-demand access to critical management data

Dust and gas drift and dispersion tracking

AirData Vector Analysis firmware calculates the net changes in wind speed and direction every three seconds so that particle and pollutant drift and dispersion can be accurately mapped. The firmware generates wind trajectory data, and facilitates Sigma Theta analysis - the coefficient of dispersion. Sigma Theta is available as an additional firmware calculation.

WindRose software provides a convenient way to analyse wind distribution by summarising wind speed and direction data on a weekly, monthly or custom basis. This gives a simple yet impressive circular graphical summary or a numeric table of percentages of speed and direction combinations.

Weather station metrological instrument mast

Environdata's 10m mast (standard meteorological height) meets EPA licensing conditions and enables mine staff to monitor winds in terms of the relevant Australian standards when coupled with the appropriate sensors.

By adding a second air temperature sensor at 10m, the Weather Maestro Weather stations can detect the presence of inversion layers, brought about by night time cooling, which trap airborne particles and allow them to travel long distances without significant dispersion.

Engineered to withstand 60m/s (over 200km/hr) winds, this lightweight, robust mast and sensors can be installed by one person, and provides the perfect platform for dust drift monitoring, as well as meeting EPA requirements or Australian standards.

Telemetry options and remote access for weather stations

Telemetry options include the use of GSM, Next G and standard telephone line modems. Data can also be transmitted via UHF and VHF radio links or by direct cable, MODBUS, Ethernet and internet. Next generation modems have the ability to send the current weather conditions on demand via SMS, and also send you alerts via SMS when your chosen weather parameters are met.

Data can also be streamed from the weather station to the office on the mine site via UHF radio links. The weather data can then be connected to the LAN, and can be delivered as a hosted solution on a web page (either to a local PC or on internet).

Weather stations for mining environments

Environdata technicians perform regular installation and service trips throughout Australia. Every Weather Maestro weather station is delivered pre-configured for the specific customer's requirements and includes a comprehensive handbook and back-up support by phone fax and email.