Designed for the harsh conditions of maritime applications
Vaisala Maritime Observation System AWS430 is an automatic weather station designed for the challenging conditions of offshore maritime environments such as ships and helideck platforms.
The AWS430 delivers the weather observation data necessary to make the complex weather and oceanic condition calculations required for safe, efficient offshore operations. You get complete, real-time weather measurements, vessel motion and oceanographic data.
The sensors and system are also designed to withstand the marine salt, moisture, extreme temperatures, vibrations, and impact shocks that are a daily part of working at sea.
Main Features
- Built with high quality materials, resistant to corrosive environment
- Electromagnetic compatibility according to Lloyd’s Register and IEC 60945 requirements
- High data availability
- Built-in test procedures and data validation
- Integrated with ship’s GPS, gyrocompass and motion sensors
- Advanced wind calculation algorithms based on vessel speed and heading information and even from multiple sensors simultaneously
- Meets NMEA 0183 and IEC 1162-1 requirements for data communications
- Meets CAP 437, HCA, NORSOK, and BSL D5-1 requirements
Main Benefits
Made for tough environments
The AWS430 has successfully passed a wide variety of environmental, electrical, vibration and shock tests. All test specifications comply with both the Lloyds Lloyds Register approval scheme and the international IEC 60945 standard.
Built-In Self Tests and constant data availability
Built-in algorithms test each measurement to ensure observed data quality at all times.
Flexible Integration
The ship’s own gyrocompass and GPS navigation systems can be used to provide the ship’s speed, heading and COG information for wind calculations. However, the system may be delivered with an integrated GPS. It can also be connected to a wide range of specialized naval third-party sensors such as wave, current and movement sensors.
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