Coastal Environmental Systems Mobile and Portable Weather Stations

Coastal Environmental Systems Mobile and Portable Weather Stations America’s world leader in cutting edge reliable monitoring systems.

Coastal Environmental Systems Founded in 1981 l Goal: To collect and telemeter high quality environmental data l Began with cutting edge instrumentation for Military and University research l Evolved to large production projects l New Goal: Integrate high quality environmental data into DB’s, Networks, Lan’s, Wan’s, www. l

Coastal Environmental Systems Major Aviation weather customers: Air Force, Navy, Marines, FAA, NWS l Aviation Stations from small 60 second setup portable to complete Airport systems l Best Customer Support in the Industry l (and the references to back that up) l ALL of our station are built with the FUTURE in mind!

Our Beginning Arctic Stations l l Must survive cold/salt/ice Completely unattended Automatic re-start NO MAINTENANCE

Our Beginning Military Weather Stations l l l Weatherpak® Hostile environment Easy to employ Automatic re-start Automatic North Low Power Small size and intuitive set-up

Our Beginning Air Force - Disaster Preparedness and Fire Department l Variety of Telemetry – – – – Weatherpak® Inmarsat C ARGOS Orb. Comm Iridium GOES Meteorburst Cell/GMS Radio UHF/VHF/HF

Navy - Antarctic Field Station Support Air Operations l l C-5 SAM No experience necessary Very durable, Extreme Conditions All automatic Self contained

METMF(R) - US Marines Deployable Complete Weather for Air Operations l l Network of Stations Meteorburst Communications Base, All met, Ceilometer, Viz, Present weather Expandable to Lightning, Freezing Rain

Tech Escort Army l l l Used for NBC Easy to decontaminate Survives in the Hot. Zone

Antarctica - Navy Stations for Many Purposes l l Includes cloud height, visibility, Network UHF Radio LOW POWER – Sensor selection – Intelligent station – Self - diagnostics l l Auto re-start in Spring Can be Upgraded for more sensors

Major Contracts Won in Last 5 Years l l l US Marines - METMF(R) - 40+ stations US Air Force - Thule Greenland 7+ stations NWS - PDB-1 -- 240+ stations US Navy Antarctic/Mc. Murdo - 12 stations US Air Force - Patrick and Vandenberg - 50+ stations FAA - SAWS - 275 stations NWS - RSOIS - 100+ stations US Navy - SMOOS - 150 stations Israeli Military Forces - 285 Stations NWS - Fischer Porter - 2, 700 Stations US Air Force - OS-21 FBS - 200 stations

2003 MACS -- Marines Field deployable stations l l l US Marines For support of radar SIMPLE TO USE Easy to set- up Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) Complete weather station

Field deployable stations l l l US Marines For support of radar SIMPLE TO USE Easy to set- up Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) Complete weather station

2003 MACS -- Marines Field deployable stations l l l US Marines For support of radar SIMPLE TO USE Easy to set- up Solar panel for extended field use (more than 5 days) Complete weather station

Portable Weather Stations Simplest to Most Sophisticated C-5 SAM Antarctic - Aviation Portable

Antarctica - Navy Stations for Many Purposes l l Includes cloud height, visibility, Network UHF Radio LOW POWER – Sensor selection – Intelligent station – Self - diagnostics l l Auto re-start in Spring Can be Upgraded for more sensors

Stations for moving vehicles True Wind speed and direction l High vibrations and shock l l All automatic l No experience necessary

Some of Our Customers US Government l l l US Air Force FAA US National Weather Service US Navy US Marines NOAA NASA National Science Foundation National Center for Atmospheric Research TNRCC (LEADS) NIST Foreign l French Military Forces – – – l l l Navy Army Air Force Israeli Military Forces Chilean Navy NATO Navy of Ecuador Military Forces of Belgium Korean Military Forces

Air Force Bases (with a Coastal Environmental Weather Station) l l l l 440 th Airlift Wing 911 th Airlift Wing 928 th St/ABO Air Force 4413 ARS Air Force ECES Anderson AB Arnold AFB Aviano AFB Barksdale AFB Beale AFB Brooks AFB Cannon AFB Charleston AFB l l l Davis Monthan AFB Dobbins ARB Dover AFB Dyess AFB Eielson AFB Elgin AFB Elmendorf AFB Fairchild AFB Goodfellow AFB Grissom AFB

Air Force l l l l Grissom ARB Hanscom AFB Hickam Pacific AF Hill AFB Holloman AFB Homestead ARB Hurlburt Keesler AFB Langley AFB Malmstrom AFB Maxwell AFB Mc. Chord AFB Mc. Connell AFB Mc. Dill AFB l l l l Mcguire AFB Mildenhall AFB Minot AFB Misawa Air Base Moody AFB Mt. Home AFB Nellis AFB Offutt AFB Patrick AFB Peterson AFB

Air Force and ANG l l l l Pope AFB Ramstein Air Base Reese AFB Scott AFB Seymore Johnson AFB Shaw AFB Spangdahlm AFB Tinker AFB/EIS Travis AFB Tyndall AFB USAF Vandenberg AFB Warren AFB Whieman AFB l Wright-Patterson AFB California ANG Indiana ANG Kansas ANG Missouri ANG Montana ANG Nebraska ANG Niagara Falls ANGB North Dakota ANG Ohio ANG South Dakota ANG Stewart ANGB West Virginia ANG l Wisconsin ANG l l l

Weatherpak® System Overview l Self Contained – – l Winds Compass - self aligning Pressure AT, Rh, Dew Point Expansion – Visibility – Cloud height – Other

Weatherpak® System Overview l Set - up – Basic model < 60 seconds l Robust – Double O-ring Seal – -40 to +60 C l l l High Accuracy Multiple types of communication Over 2000 in use

Communication options Ends of the Earth l Variety of Telemetry – – – – Inmarsat C ARGOS Orb. Comm Iridium GOES Meteorburst Cell/GMS Radio UHF/VHF/HF

Special Applications Flexibility l Variety of Sensors for special needs – Non - moving part wind sensors – GPS for position or true wind and speed on moving platform – Lightning Sensors

OPTIONS: WMD Station Field deployable stations l l l l First model sold in 1985 Built in display 38 hours (6 D cells) Any wind monitor - of choice Compass SIMPLE TO USE Easy to set- up EMI/RFI

NBC Station In - Field Use l Very compact – Small case and canvas bag – Case is: 16 x 20 x 9 in Bag is 4 ft long l l Easy to set-up Self aligning 5 Meter height Calculates – Winds – Pasquell/Gifford Stability Class – Air Temp

NBC Station In - Field Use l l Low Power - 6 D cell batteries - 33 hours or more Meet MIL-STD-461 C Coated with NBC resistant paint Over 250 sold to Israeli Military for NBC

Local Field Station In - Field - Sheltered Use or vehicle l l l Runs on AC power Very accurate Basic Data Fits on any 1. 5 inch pole Calculates avg. wind, temp and stability

MACS - Air Force Mobile Approach Control Systems - ITT Gilfillan l l Continuous Use Network of 4 with 2 receiving stations switchable UHF radio - 2 way Similar version used in ASPARCS (Lockheed Martin - Marines)

l l l Software - Display Graphic & Text GUI Clear - Easy to Read Tab - design allows for quickly moving around Written in C++ (fast) Many security and tracking features built in

Displays Field deployable stations l Field – – – – l LCD Vacuum Fluorescent LED Full color Detachable Palm top PALM Indoor – PC – Hardware (all above)