Vaisala to manage Pennsylvania road weather information network

Vaisala has signed a US$5 million multi-year deal with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to deliver and manage a state-wide road weather information network, which collects and distributes operationally relevant weather and road condition information for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. The contract includes delivery of a network of Vaisala road weather information stations (RWIS), which provide atmospheric observations for wind, pressure, air temperature and humidity, precipitation, visib
October 7, 2015 Read time: 1 min
144 Vaisala has signed a US$5 million multi-year deal with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to deliver and manage a state-wide road weather information network, which collects and distributes operationally relevant weather and road condition information for the 6111 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.
 
The contract includes delivery of a network of Vaisala road weather information stations (RWIS), which provide atmospheric observations for wind, pressure, air temperature and humidity, precipitation, visibility as well as surface temperature and conditions.

The contract also includes data hosting and visualisation services including custom winter severity and performance indices as well as maintenance and service of the entire network
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