With climate change causing increasingly unpredictable and extreme weather, access to local, real-time weather data is more critical than ever before.
To help address this growing issue, Omron Components joined forces with Weathernews, one of the world’s largest private weather information companies, to develop a more multi-purpose weather sensor, which can be used to address gaps in weather data coverage, and provide precise, immediate, and highly localised weather data.
The sensor in effect combines seven separate sensors into one, providing accurate real-time measurement of wind direction, wind velocity, rainfall, temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, and light levels – all within a single compact unit. Crucially, the sensor is plug-and-play, requiring only a power supply to function.
“The sooner an incoming weather event can be identified, the more effectively it can be prepared for. In contrast, if it is identified too late, the effects can be catastrophic,” says Omeon Components Europe B.V. senior product manager Samira Amani.
