Custom Weather Station

Case Study » 2002 Winter Olympics: Realtime Weather Data

Project Summary

Location:
Olympic venues, northern Utah USA

Products Used:
CR10X Custom Weather Station

Contributors:
Dr. John Horel, et. al., University of Utah

Contracting Agencies:
State of Utah

Measured Parameters:
Temperature, RH, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, snow depth, snow temperature

Forecasting and weather-data recording in preparation for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games allowed a unique partnership to evolve since 1996, with government, commercial, and research communities sharing weather information in northern Utah and throughout the western United States. Initially referred to as the Utah Mesonet, the collection of data outside of Utah led to its redesignation as MesoWest in January 2000. During the span of the Winter Games, February to March of 2002, weather observations were available from over 278 weather stations in the northern Utah region.