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Road Weather Station RWS200 for Roads, Rail, and Runways RWS200 Product Catalog Road Weather Station RWS200 for roads, rail, and runways Features Vaisala Road Weather Station RWS200 is designed for the future of road weather systems and Intelligent • Reliable and quality data for educated decision making Transportation Systems (ITS). RWS200 provides a • Increased system reliability complete road weather solution to improve road, rail, or through centralized power runway winter maintenance activities in your management organization. • Local database for data storage RWS200 is reliable, sustainable, thoroughly tested before it leaves the • Battery backup expandable, and upgradable. It provides Vaisala factory. A comprehensive • Fast return of investment through remote access for maintenance and for documentation set, including the test operational savings viewing the observations. You can also reports, is delivered with each RWS200. integrate RWS200 to your data • Built-in web user interface collection system using the various • On-site wireless network access interfaces it offers. to ease annual maintenance RWS200 comprises of high-quality • Easy upgrade and sensor retrofit components that have been specifically from previous versions designed for and tested in harsh conditions. Each RWS200 system is Vaisala Road Weather Station RWS200 of the road. Remote sensors are easier to install and maintain, as no traffic control or cutting of the road surface is required. This also provides additional safety by taking the workers out of the roadway. In addition, the remote surface state sensor provides a value of grip that gives decision makers a quantitative reading of the current road slipperiness. This grip value can be used for a variety of decision-making tools, such as performance indexes or a trigger for variable message signs. Atmospheric sensors Atmospheric sensors enhance the performance of the algorithms when determining the road and runway surface conditions. They also provide additional information that can be critical to the Over the years, several studies and overall traveling environment. This kind Challenges of road research have been done to prove that of information can be, for example, alert maintenance road weather technology provides a of heavy rain. To keep the roads and runways safe and significant return on your investment. passable at all times, the pavement and This largely comes through operational atmospheric weather must be savings of road maintenance and continuously monitored. Weather Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) conditions such as snow and ice, heavy activities, which improve mobility and rains, fog, high winds, and sand storms increase safety of travelers. can impact road and runway safety in many different ways. Surface sensors Unfortunately, you cannot usually Road weather stations consist of a observe the weather impact from your variety of sensors that collect office window, so it is important to have atmospheric and road or runway a reliable tool for information gathering. condition data. The sensor selection depends on your needs. Importance of road weather Surface sensors come in two types, stations embedded and remote. Embedded Road weather stations, also known as sensors are placed into the road or Road Weather Information Systems runway surface. They provide data on the (RWIS), have been developed for several conditions on their surface. decades to collect information about Remote (or non-invasive) sensors are a road and runway conditions. The stations newer innovation using infrared and laser not only collect data in remote locations technology to measure surface but also provide a quantitative conditions. They are installed on the side measurement to weather, which in the past was typically done with the human eye. Why RWS200? solution to improve road, rail, or runway winter maintenance activities in your organization. RWS200 features a configurable graphical user interface for a variety of data viewing and maintenance needs. The use of Ethernet communications and 3G/4G cellular network enable remote access to RWS200 and continuous data flow to data collection systems. However, one of the reasons for having an onsite processor is the ability to store historical data locally for at least two weeks. Observation data is not lost even if remote communication is lost. In winter road and runway maintenance, accurate and reliable data must be trustworthy and available when you need Intelligent Scalable to make decisions. The Vaisala Road Weather Station What if you do not want or need a full- RWS200 is the key component to Vaisala feature, complete weather station? What road weather and runway condition if you need a supplemental station that solutions. It has been designed with the collects only a couple of observations? future of road weather and ITS in mind. RWS200 is scalable, allowing you to add RWS200 is intelligent: it contains several the features that you need to match the sophisticated algorithms that bring in requirements at each location. You can raw data from the surface state sensors. choose from different enclosures, various By using other atmospheric sensor options, or use a selected set of observations, RWS200 can produce existing retrofit sensors, if you want. more accurate surface state analysis. If you need to upgrade the station later RWS200 is equipped with smart power on, you can add new sensors or update management. The full featured RWS200 the station software to add new features. comes with a backup battery. When main This allows you to fully benefit from the power is lost, RWS200 detects the future improvements in sensor and change and begins shutting down communication technology, and ensure operations that drain the most power. your return of investment. This ensures that in an environment where power is not always stable, Reliable RWS200 continues to provide RWS200 is not just a roadside processor observations and access to the system as designed to collect, store, and transmit long as battery power is available. data from surface sensors. RWS200 Vaisala sensors are sold around the world provides a complete road weather for many different applications, both separately and with Vaisala weather stations. RWS200 supports a large range of Vaisala sensors and a selected set of third-party sensors. Value of Vaisala Global leader in measurement Road specific design Looking ahead Vaisala is a global leader in Vaisala offers a wide variety of sensors Vaisala is consistently the leader in environmental and industrial for every weather observation. The introducing new road specific sensors. measurement. Building on 80 years of sensors available for RWS200 were The remote sensors provide a level of experience, Vaisala provides carefully chosen to make sure that they decision support unique in the road observations for a better world. We are a fit the demanding conditions that exist weather market. Vaisala continues to reliable partner for customers around the alongside the roadway. The ability to innovate and develop new and exciting world, offering a comprehensive range of have the right sensor for your local surface sensors and solutions. innovative observation and conditions greatly increases the accuracy Our quality sensors, decision support measurement products and services. of observations that are necessary for software, and expert consultation make Whether you are upgrading a legacy critical decisions. the Vaisala Road Weather Station Vaisala road weather station, replacing Vaisala also offers an all-in-one sensor RWS200 more than just a remote another manufacturer’s equipment, or that can measure multiple weather processor – it is a complete road weather adding a new weather site, Vaisala Road observations at once, but its accuracy is station for intelligent transportation Weather Station RWS200 is worth the not as good as with dedicated sensors. systems. investment. System components Acquisition of road Visualization and decision Network management Direct remote Local maintenance weather observations support maintenance connection connection (wired and wireless) • Observations with history Vaisala Wx Horizon, Vaisala NM10 • Observation data quality Vaisala Road DSS Navigator, • Monitoring, events, alerts • Local station configuration • Camera pictures or any 3rd party application • Metadata management • Maintenance and configuration • Calibrations • Protocols: DTO XML, NTCIP, • Remote restart • Software update and restart • Maintenance actions Datex II, MES 14/MES 16 • Centralized software update • Observation visualization • Observation visualization 3G/4G/ Humidity and temperature Air quality Ethernet HMP155E AQT420 DTR radiation shield Serial data Weather transmitter WLAN, GPS collection (MES 14/MES 16 only) Visibility and present WXT536 weather detector PWD12/PWD22 Pressure Wind speed and direction PTB110 WMT70 WA15 Rain detector DRD11A Remote road sensor DSC211 Global radiation sensor SP Lite2 Remote road temperature sensor Water level and DST111 snow depth SR50A Embedded road sensor DRS511 Fixed camera PTZ camera Mobotix Axis Local device control Surface temperature probe DTS12G Tipping bucket RG13H Multidepth temperature probe • 3 relays to control local devices Multiband antenna TPS10 • Configurable rules for control Cellular, GPS, WLAN • Logic operates without network Vaisala Road Weather Station RWS200 Operating environment Data reporting Operating temperature 1) −40 … +60 °C (−40 ... +140 °F) Polled interfaces Vaisala DTO XML DATEX II 2) Storage temperature −60 ... +80 °C (−76 ... +176 °F) NTCIP Operating
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