Featured Case Studies
Technological Advancements in Remote Monitoring
Globally, Campbell Scientific (Canada) is recognized as a leader in environmental monitoring. Over the decades, various technological advancements have been made to assist... read more
Louisiana: Sinkhole Monitoring
In August 2012, RESPEC was contracted to provide field instrumentation and early-warning monitoring services at a developing sinkhole on the western flank of... 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 Supported
Agriculture & Plants
- Alberta Wind Monitoring: Crop Dusting
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University of Toronto Green Roof Research
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- West Texas Mesonet
Air Quality & Pollution
Avalanche, Ski, Alpine & Polar
Aviation Weather
Coastal Monitoring
Ecology
Electric Field and Lightning Warning
Evapotranspiration & Commercial Irrigation
Fire Weather
Gas Flux & Turbulence
Oceanography
- Atlantic Ocean: Weather Monitoring
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Florida: Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Liberty Bay: Weather and Water Quality Station
- Long Island Sound: Water Quality
- New Zealand: Auckland Estuaries Oceanographic Research
- Washington, Puget Sound: Ferry Weather
Road Weather Information Systems (RWIS)
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Soil Science & Soil Moisture
WeatherBrain
Weather & Climate
- Alaska: Boating Safety
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Lake Toolik
- Alberta Wind Monitoring: Crop Dusting
- Antarctica: Dry Valley Ecosystems
- Atlanta, GA: Real-time Weather Monitoring at 1996 Summer Olympics
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Australia: OzFace—Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change
- Australia: Tropical Cyclone Debbie
- Blue Mountain Resorts: Marketing & Sales Driven Weather Station
- Bolivia, Andes Mountains: Climate Research
- Bucknell University: Weather Station
- California: Enhanced Climate Monitoring
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- China: Erhai (Ear) Lake Weather and Water
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Delaware: Environmental Observing System
- Dodge Ridge Ski Resort: Weather Stations
- Egypt's Sphinx: Weather Monitoring
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Italy: CS725 SWE Sensor Field Test
- Korea: Comparing Precipitation Gages
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- NETL in WV: Meteorological Data Monitoring
- Nevada: Air Quality Monitoring
- New Hampshire: Mount Washington
- New Mexico Climate Center: ETo & Weather Monitoring
- New Zealand: Fire Weather Network
- Norwegian Agricultural Network: Pest Forecasting
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Parks Canada: CCFC Views of Rogers Pass
- Peru: Cuajone Copper Mine
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Port of Tyne: Wind Monitoring
- Swiss Alps: Glacier Research
- Ten Mile Canyon, CO: Avalanche Forecasting
- The Effect of a Solar Eclipse on the Weather
- Utah: Lightning Warning at Schools
- Virginia: Tracking Climate Changes in Shenandoah National Park
- Washington, Puget Sound: Ferry Weather
- West Texas Mesonet
Water Applications Supported
Agriculture & Plants
- Alberta Wind Monitoring: Crop Dusting
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University of Toronto Green Roof Research
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- West Texas Mesonet
Aquaculture
Coastal Monitoring
Flood Warning
Geothermal Energy
Irrigation and Canal Control
Mining
Oceanography
- Atlantic Ocean: Weather Monitoring
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Florida: Oceanography in the Gulf of Mexico
- Israel: Marine Meteorology on the Red Sea
- Liberty Bay: Weather and Water Quality Station
- Long Island Sound: Water Quality
- New Zealand: Auckland Estuaries Oceanographic Research
- Washington, Puget Sound: Ferry Weather
Rural Water
- Argentina: Hydro-Meteorological Network
- Duck Creek: Water System Monitoring & Control
- Elsinore, UT: Water System Monitoring and Control
- Emery County, UT: Water Conservation District
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Mantua: Water System Monitoring & Control
- Paradise: Water System Monitoring and Control
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
- Washington: Cedar River Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Wastewater
Water Level and Flow
- Australia: Measuring Urban Rainfall
- Carbon Canal: Water Level
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Emery County, UT: Water Conservation District
- Florida: St. Johns River Water Management District
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Louisiana: Sinkhole Monitoring
- Montana: Susie Mine Cleanup
- New Jersey: Pequest Trout Hatchery
- New Mexico: Cavern Collapse Alarm
- New Mexico: SCADA System
- Northern California: Hydro-SCADA
- Peru: High-Elevation Weather on Glaciers
- Texas: Transitioning to ALERT2
- Utah: Brigham City Gets Flood Warning System
- Utah: Water-Supply SCADA System
- Virginia: ALERT System
Water Quality
- Alaska: Monitoring Mixing Dynamics in Lake Toolik
- Australia: Buoy-Based Weather Station
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- Bonners Ferry: Turbidity Monitoring
- Camp Bullis: Well Water Quality
- Clark Fork River: Water Quality
- Costa Rica: Buoy System
- Desert Research Institute: Wellbore Logging
- Idaho: Portneuf River Basin
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- Montana: Susie Mine Cleanup
- Neuse Estuary: Hydro-Meteorological Monitoring
- New Jersey: Pequest Trout Hatchery
- New Zealand: Water Quality Monitoring
- OBS Turbidity Sensors
- Oslo Airport: Groundwater Quality
- Pocono Comparative Lakes Program: Aquatic Research
- Washington: Cedar River Watershed Turbidity Monitoring
- Weber Basin Watershed: Stream Monitoring
WeatherBrain
Energy Applications Supported
Geothermal Energy
Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) Measurement
Solar Energy
- Chile: Solar Panel Soiling
- Ontario: Solar-Energy Programs
- Ontario Solar Programs: Renewable Energy
- Retailer Goes Solar
- Solar Decathlon
- Solar Monitoring at Canada’s First Concentrating Solar Thermal Power Plant
- Solar Reflection Monitoring: Visual and thermal implications of sunlight reflections from a building façade
- South Africa: Solar Prospecting
Gas Flux & Turbulence Applications Supported
Infrastructure Applications Supported
Bridge Monitoring
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Delaware River: Bridge Health
- Delaware: Urgent Action on Bridge
- Illinois: Safeguarding Highways
- Louisiana: Monitoring Bridge Expansion
- Medway Bridge: Monitoring Deck Movement
- Menai Bridge: Load Monitoring
- Minnesota: Bridge Disaster Recovery
- Montana: Bridge Deck Performance
- Pennsylvania: Field Testing the Shippingport Bridge
- Williamsburg Bridge: Load Testing
Building Structures
- Alaska: Cold-Weather Construction Research
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Dade County, FL: Household Energy Monitoring
- NAHB: Energy Use Monitoring
- Northampton: Concrete Performance Research
- Solar Decathlon
- Solar Reflection Monitoring: Visual and thermal implications of sunlight reflections from a building façade
Dam Monitoring - Structural
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Castillo de San Marcos: Crack Monitoring
- Idaho: Slope Stability Monitoring
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- London: Underground Excavation
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- Norway: Construction, Aquaculture
- Ohio: Monitoring Sinking Highway
- Puerto Rico: Dam Monitoring
- Switzerland's Grimselpass: Rock Movement
Geotechnical
Green Buildings & Green Roofs
Historical Preservation
Mining
Pavement and Roads
Slope Stability
Structural Health Monitoring
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Castillo de San Marcos: Crack Monitoring
- Delaware River: Bridge Health
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- Medway Bridge: Monitoring Deck Movement
- Menai Bridge: Load Monitoring
- Northampton: Concrete Performance Research
- Space Research: Joint Damping Experiment
Soil Applications Supported
Agriculture & Plants
- Alberta Wind Monitoring: Crop Dusting
- Arizona: Meteorological Network
- Australia: Sugarcane Soil Nutrient Monitoring
- California: Irrigation Control
- Chicago Botanic Gardens Green Roof
- Colombia: Fighting Fungus on Roses
- Costa Rica: Banana Production
- Korea: Flux Monitoring Over a Rice Paddy
- NDAWN: Agricultural Weather Network
- New Hampshire: Webcams in Forest
- Oklahoma Mesonet: Meteorological Network
- Space Farmers
- Spain: Irrigation and Solar Radiation
- University of Toronto Green Roof Research
- University Paris Sud-Orsay: Plant Research
- U.S. Rangeland: CO2 Monitoring
- West Texas Mesonet
Dam Monitoring - Structural
- Canada, Confederation Bridge: Structural Monitoring
- Castillo de San Marcos: Crack Monitoring
- Idaho: Slope Stability Monitoring
- Kentucky: Wolf Creek Dam Repair
- London: Underground Excavation
- Montana: Acid Rock Drainage Monitoring
- New Zealand: Lahar Observations
- Norway: Construction, Aquaculture
- Ohio: Monitoring Sinking Highway
- Puerto Rico: Dam Monitoring
- Switzerland's Grimselpass: Rock Movement