Bettendorf, Iowa recently installed the Advanced Road Weather Information System, ARWIS, designed to monitor road freezing hazard and local weather conditions including fog.  

This package of Lufft environmental sensors is a powerful tool for precise weather detection and immediate communication to response teams.

Lufft products involved in the system include:

  IRS31.   Passive road sensor, installed in the road, flush with the surface.  Detects sub-surface temperature and ice/water levels and salt concentration on the road surface.

Anemometer.  Measures wind direction and speed.

VS20 - UMB.   Visibility sensor measuring up to 2 kilometers, or 1.2 miles.

 

 WS400 - UMB.   Compact Weather Station, featuring sensors for temperature, relative humidity, precipitation (snow, sleet, hail, rain), and barometric pressure.