AGEN-170

HYDROLOGY

Laboratory Report:

Automated Weather Station

Submitted by:

Toledo, Jojen V.

Submitted to:

Engr. Cresan Joy V. Villaroman

March 13, 2019

I. Introduction

The Automated Weather Station (AWS) is a monitoring station equipped with different
sensors capable of measuring weather parameters such as wind speed and direction, air
temperature, air humidity, air pressure, rain amount, duration and intensity. The weather data is
sent wirelessly through the cellular network as a text message or Short Messaging System
(SMS). Designed to be rugged and standalone, the station can be deployed even in the hardest
remote areas and can operate continuously, as it gets power from the sun, backed up by the
internal rechargeable battery. It provides an integrated system of components that are used to
measure, monitor, and study the weather and climate. These stations are typically used in
weather, meteorology, and mesonet applications. An AWS will typically consist of a weather-
proof enclosure containing the data logger, rechargeable battery, telemetry (optional) and the
meteorological sensors with an attached solar panel or wind turbine and mounted upon a mast.
The specific configuration may vary due to the purpose of the system. The system may report in
near real time via the Argos System and the Global Telecommunications System, or save the
data for later recovery.

In the past, automatic weather stations were often placed where electricity and
communication lines were available. Nowadays, the solar panel, wind turbine and mobile phone
technology have made it possible to have wireless stations that are not connected to the electrical
grid or hard-line telecommunications network.

II. Objectives

At the end of the laboratory activity, the students should be able to:

 identify the parts of the AWS; and

 know the importance of AWS.

III. Methodology

First of all, the students attended the seminar that talks about AWS or Automated
Weather Station. The spokesperson discussed about what AWS is, even the parts of AWS and
advance remote data acquisition unit (arQ 1010). After the orientation they invited us to visit the
actual AWS.
IV. Results and Discussion

In figure 1, shown a person that present

to students the AWS and introduced the
parts and its functions.

Figure 1. Actual photo of AWS

In figure 2, the students saw the

advance remote data acquisition unit
that made of multichip. It has a cellular
simcard where they control to start or
stop the data gathered by the device
using text command and send it to the
sim inserted on this device.

Figure 2. Anatomy of advance remote data acquisition

unit (arQ 1010).
V. Conclusion
In this activity, it seeks to help the students to fully understand the importance of AWS in
our safety. AWS detects the weather and it warns the people who need to instantaneous
evacuation. The AWS parts give the students to discover more and upgrade the unit in near
future.

VI. References

Campbell(2019). Automated Weather Stations. Retrieved from

https://www.campbellsci.com/automated-weather-stations

Govph(2017). Automated Weather Station (AWS). Retrieved from

http://website.asti.dost.gov.ph/automated-weather-station-aws

Wikipedia(2018). Automatic Weather Station. Retrieved from

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_weather_station