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Next Generation Remote Sensor in Development

Atmospheric Systems Corporation Enters Development and Commercialization Partnership with Wind Measurement Technologies to develop the next generation of SoDAR Systems for use in Wind Assessment. This effort will be led by Dr. Kenneth Underwood and Professor Stuart Bradley and aims to provide the truest comparison to meteorological towers.

Valencia, CA, January 3, 2011, Atmospheric Systems Corporation (ASC) announced today that it has entered into a research collaboration with Wind Measurement Technologies (WMT), a division of Auckland UniServices Limited (UniServices) for the development and commercialization of a common volume Bi-static Doppler SoDAR system to be used primarily in the wind industry as a remote sensor for wind assessment.

The partnership between ASC and WMT will focus on developing a Sonic Detection and Ranging (SoDAR) system that will provide superior capabilities to existing remote sensing devices presently available to developers, engineers and meteorologist in the wind industry. The new system will obtain its wind information from volumes within a single atmospheric column. A key design strategy is that current ASC SoDARs will have the capability of being upgraded to this system. According to Dr. Underwood, “Our goal is to revolutionize and improve remote sensing without making existing ASC units obsolete.”

The project began November 1, 2010 with ASC’s President, Dr. Ken Underwood as the official lead and point of contact for ASC’s research and development team. Dr. Underwood is one of the leading SoDAR experts in the world and has been involved fulltime in SoDAR research, development and manufacturing for over 30 years. Professor Stuart Bradley, Scientific Director of WMT, is the official lead and point of contact for WMT’s research and development team. Professor Bradley is an internationally known expert in the design and use of SoDAR technology and the author of Atmospheric Acoustic Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications.

Atmospheric Systems Corporation (ASC) is a California based business that was established for the design, manufacture, sales and use of surface based atmospheric remote sensing instruments and systems to monitor the atmospheric boundary layer parameters such as wind, turbulence and temperature profiles. http://www.minisodar.com

Wind Measurement Technologies (WMT) is a contract research and consultancy group that specializes in applied acoustics research. WMT has key capabilities in wind measurements and is part of Auckland UniServices Limited (UniServices), the largest commercialization company of its kind in the Southern hemisphere and a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

SoDAR (Sonic Detection And Ranging) is an acoustic instrument for monitoring the atmospheric environment. SoDAR systems are used to measure wind speed and wind direction at various heights above ground level through the scattering of sound waves by atmospheric turbulence.

Atmospheric Systems Corporation (ASC) and Vista Engineering join forces to bring Vista Data Vision (VDV) to the U.S. Wind Energy Market.

Atmospheric Systems Corporation (ASC) and Vista Engineering are proud to announce a working relationship to streamline wind instrumentation data to the end user.

Valencia CA, January 26, 2012, Atmospheric Systems Corporation (ASC) and Vista Engineering are proud to announce a working relationship to streamline wind instrumentation data to the end user. Vista’s Engineering’s web-based Vista Data Vision (VDV) allows users to collect data from multiple sites and view it from a single dashboard. VDV creates web based graphs that include time series, wind roses, power curves, histograms, and more. In addition, VDV supports that ability for users to compare data from one instrument to another with XY scatter plots. Plus, alarms can be set to send user defined warnings and it is capable of providing custom reports.

Atmospheric Systems Corporation will be signing on as a distributor and user of Vista Data Vision. ASC will offer the ability to purchase VDV or experience it via ASC hosted DataPortal which is powered by Vista Data Vision. ASC’s DataPortal will have additional automation for data collection from a variety of instrumentation along with its SoDAR products. This allows users to view their data securely via the web and stay informed on the operation of their systems from anywhere they have an internet connection. DataPortal will be based on Vista Engineering’s VDV allowing users to stay abreast of the data as it is collected with the ease of signing in to a secure portal. ASC views VDV and DataPortal as great opportunities for users to continuously monitor and compare SoDAR data to that of a meteorological tower.

Atmospheric Systems Corporation (ASC) is a California based business that was established for the design, manufacture, sales and use of surface based atmospheric remote sensing instruments and systems to monitor the atmospheric boundary layer parameters such as wind, turbulence and temperature profiles. http://www.minisodar.com

Vista Engineering is an engineering firm based in Reykjavik, Iceland, specializing in software solutions for data handling. The software solutions are marketed under the name of Vista Data Vision (VDV) and are in widespread use all over the world in environmental and meteorological projects. Vista Engineering is proud of being able to bring forward special data handling solutions that were needed in order to handle the MiniSodar data in an effective way, and to incorporate its data into VDV in addition to all other field measurements that may be part of the project. See http://www.vistadatavision.com for further information.