Featured Case Studies
United Kingdom: Observing Urban Climate
Summary Problem The University of Birmingham had set up and was operating 26 weather stations across the city to serve as education portals and monitoring... read more
Louisiana: Slope Stability Monitoring
In 2013, a sinkhole appeared next to a historic home in southern Louisiana. Over the next few months, the sinkhole grew to be... read more
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Browse our library of customer-submitted case studies. Covering a wide range of applications from the depths of our Earth to the expanse of space, Campbell Scientific equipment has endured it all.
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Weather Applications
Agriculture and Soils Research Instrumentation
- Alberta: Crop Dusting
- Argentina: SCADA System for Agricultural Regions
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- France: Plant Research with Branch Bag System
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Green Roofs
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Citrus Research Institute Monitors Exports
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Air Quality and Pollution Instrumentation
Alpine Automated Weather Instrumentation
- Alaska: Cold-Weather Construction Research
- Alaska: Eddy Covariance
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Antarctica: Historical Hut Preservation
- California: Ski Resort Weather Stations
- Canadian High Arctic: Permafrost Research
- Colorado: Avalanche Forecasting
- Greenland: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Mount Kilimanjaro: Mass Balance
- Northern Canada: Hydroelectric Power Forecasting
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Utah 2002 Winter Olympics: Real-Time Weather Data
- Western U.S.: SNOTEL Snowpack Telemetry Systems
Automatic Weather Stations (AWS) and Meteorologic Instruments
- Alaska: Boating Safety
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics and Water Quality
- Alberta: Crop Dusting
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Argentina: Measuring Mountain Weather Conditions
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Examining the Impacts of Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- Bolivia: Climate Change and Ice Core Data
- California: Enhanced Climate Monitoring
- California: Ski Resort Weather Stations
- China: Lake Weather and Water
- China: Monitoring the Impact of Visitors
- Colorado: Avalanche Forecasting
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Egypt: Weather Monitoring at the Sphinx
- England: Stalagmite Monitoring
- England: Wind Monitoring Systems
- ExoMars—Going to Mars
- France: Environmental Control for Cave Preservation
- Georgia 1996 Summer Olympics: Real-time Weather Monitoring
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Indian Ocean: A Regional Network to Measure Solar Potential
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Korea: Precipitation Measurements
- Moldova: Disaster Risk Mitigation
- Mont Blanc: Weather Monitoring
- Nevada: Air Quality Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Mount Washington Observatory
- New Mexico: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- New Zealand: Fire Weather Network
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Norway: Agricultural Network for Pest Forecasting
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Green Roofs
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- Pennsylvania: University Weather Station
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Peru: Weather and Air-Quality Monitoring at Copper Mine
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Texas: College Weather Station
- United Kingdom: The Effect of a Solar Eclipse on the Weather
- U.S. Climate Reference Network
- Virginia: Tracking Climate Changes in National Park
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
- Washington: ALERT Station Retrofit
- Washington: Integrating Weather Stations into Ferry Tracking System
- Washington: Weather and Water Quality Station
- West Texas Mesonet
- West Virginia: Meteorological Data Monitoring
Aviation Weather
Environmental Research
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Atlantic Ocean: Studying Atmospheric Electricity and Climate Change
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: Rhizolysimeter Facility
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- Greenland: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Norway: Airport Groundwater Quality
- Space Farmers
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
Evapotranspiration and Commercial Irrigation Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- California: Irrigation Control
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- New Mexico: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
Fire Weather Stations
Water Applications
Flood Warning Systems (ALERT/ALERT2)
- Africa: Flood Warning and Ecosystem Decisions
- Arkansas: Flood Warning
- California: Hydropower Plant Monitoring
- Colorado: RWIS Data from ALERT System
- Kentucky: Dam Repair
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- North Carolina: ALERT Stations Updated
- Panama Canal: Upgraded Flood Warning System
- Pennsylvania: Flood Warning
- Texas: Hurricane Harvey
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Hybrid Flood Warning System
- Virginia: ALERT System
- Washington: ALERT Station Retrofit
Surface Water Monitoring Instrumentation
- Argentina: SCADA System for Agricultural Regions
- Arkansas: Flood Warning
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Florida: Protecting an Endangered Species’ Habitat
- Florida: Real-Time Water-Resource Monitoring
- Florida: Water Diversion Control
- Idaho: Identifying Water-Quality Factors
- Louisiana: Sinkhole Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- New Jersey: Trout Hatchery
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: SCADA System
- Northern California: Hydro-SCADA
- Peru: Glacier Monitoring
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Alarmed Water Monitoring System
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
- Utah: Hybrid Flood Warning System
- Utah: Irrigation Network Monitoring
- Utah: Measuring Water Level in Water Tanks
- Utah: Monitoring Reservoir Water Level
- Utah: Public Water Supply System
- Utah: Stream Monitoring
- Utah: Water-Level System on Parshall Flume
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
- Utah: Water System Monitoring and Control
- Virginia: ALERT System
Water Quality
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics and Water Quality
- Arkansas: Flood Warning
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Monitoring Water Quality at a Recirculating Aquaculture Facility
- China: Lake Weather and Water
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Idaho: Identifying Water-Quality Factors
- Idaho: Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
- Long Island Sound: Water Quality
- Maryland: Aquaculture Lab Alarm System
- Mississippi: Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring and Control
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- Montana: River Water Quality
- Nevada: Wellbore Logging
- New Jersey: Trout Hatchery
- New Zealand: Coal Mine Water Quality Monitoring
- North Carolina: Estuary Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring
- Norway: Airport Groundwater Quality
- Pennsylvania: Lake Monitoring
- Southeastern U.S.: Sediment Production Study
- Texas: Well Water Quality at a Military Post
- Utah: Stream Monitoring
- Washington: Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
Energy Applications
Geothermal Energy
Hydropower
Solar Energy
- Alberta: Solar Monitoring at High-Latitude, Cold-Weather Location
- Bolivia: Energy Research
- California: Retailer Goes Solar
- Chile: Solar-Energy Assessment
- Chile: Solar-Panel Soiling
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- Indian Ocean: A Regional Network to Measure Solar Potential
- North Carolina: Monitoring “Green” Hotel
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- South Africa: Solar Prospecting
Utilities and Energy
Gas Flux and Turbulence Applications
Gas Flux and Turbulence
- Alaska: Eddy Covariance
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: Examining the Impacts of Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- British Columbia: Forest Carbon Sequestration
- California: Turbulence Study in Walnut Orchard
- Central Asia: Rangeland CO2 Monitoring
- China: Flux Cooperation
- India: Rice-Field Greenhouse Gases
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
Infrastructure Applications
Bridge Monitoring
- Delaware River: Bridge Health
- Delaware: Urgent Action on Bridge
- England: Monitoring Bridge Deck Movement
- Hong Kong: Long-Term Monitoring for the World’s Longest Sea Crossing
- Illinois: Safeguarding Highways
- Louisiana: Monitoring Bridge Expansion
- Minnesota: Bridge Disaster Recovery
- Montana: Bridge Deck Performance
- New York: Bridge Load Testing
- North Wales: Bridge Load Monitoring
- Nova Scotia: Monitoring Bridge Performance for Future Projects
- Oregon: Bridge Lift Span Performance
- Oregon: Bridge Structural Response
- Oregon: Monitoring Bridge Stress and Strain
- Pennsylvania: Assessing Bridge Fatigue Life
- Utah: Monitoring Strain on Precast Bridge Deck
Building Structures
- Alaska: Cold-Weather Construction Research
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- Egypt: Preserving King Tut's Tomb
- Florida: Household Energy Monitoring
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Nevada: Home Energy Savings
- Ontario: Green Roofs
- Russia: Critical Data for Tower Construction
- United Kingdom: Concrete Performance Research
Construction
Dam Monitoring
Geotechnical
Mining
- England: Underground Excavation for Rail System
- Idaho: Slope Stability Monitoring
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Mine Cleanup
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: Meteorological Monitoring at a Mine
- New Zealand: Coal Mine Water Quality Monitoring
- Panama: Turbidity in Mine Runoff
- Peru: Weather and Air-Quality Monitoring at Copper Mine
Pavement and Roads
Railway Monitoring
Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS)
Seismic
Slope Stability
Structural Health Monitoring
- Canada: Structural Health Monitoring of an Overpass
- Delaware River: Bridge Health
- England: Monitoring Bridge Deck Movement
- Florida: Crack Monitoring at a Historic Site
- Hong Kong: Long-Term Monitoring for the World’s Longest Sea Crossing
- Kentucky: Dam Repair
- North Wales: Bridge Load Monitoring
- Nova Scotia: Monitoring Bridge Performance for Future Projects
- Space Research: Joint Damping Experiment
- United Kingdom: Concrete Performance Research
- Utah: Monitoring Strain on Precast Bridge Deck
Soil Applications
Agriculture and Soils Research Instrumentation
- Alberta: Crop Dusting
- Argentina: SCADA System for Agricultural Regions
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- France: Plant Research with Branch Bag System
- Illinois: Research Roof Garden
- Korea: Flux Monitoring over a Rice Paddy
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Green Roofs
- Pacific Northwest: AgriMet Network
- South Africa: Citrus Research Institute Monitors Exports
- South Dakota: Canal-Based Irrigation System
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
- West Texas Mesonet
Environmental Research
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Atlantic Ocean: Studying Atmospheric Electricity and Climate Change
- Australia: Ecological Research
- Australia: Rhizolysimeter Facility
- Bahamas: Marine Ecology
- Costa Rica: Tropical Biodiversity
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- District of Columbia: Solar Decathlon
- Greenland: Ecosystem Monitoring Program
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Norway: Airport Groundwater Quality
- Space Farmers
- Washington: AgWeatherNet
Evapotranspiration and Commercial Irrigation Instrumentation
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- California: Irrigation Control
- Connecticut: Golf Course Irrigation
- France: Dynamic Agrivoltaism
- New Jersey: Water-Resource Management and Weather Monitoring
- New Mexico: ETo and Weather Monitoring
- North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Texas: Water Conservation
- Utah: Data Management for a Rural Irrigation System