Innovative cloudbasierte Software für lokale atmosphärische Grenzschicht-Analysen (alpineVISION)

In the ‘alpineVISION’ project, a weather sensor developed by Windpuls GmbH for a wide range of applications is being investigated for its possible uses in the meteorological field, and in particular in the Alpine region.

The planned ‘alpineVISION’ project pursues two objectives: firstly, to further develop the windpuls SENSOR and subject it to a comparative study with current operational measurement methods in the meteorological field, and secondly, to investigate the possibility of turning moving objects in alpine terrain into efficient data collectors.

Picture rights: Christoph Feichtinger, Windpuls GmbH.

The focus is on the development of a reliable microscale network with special application in the alpine environment, in particular on cable cars equipped with sensors that are to function as data collectors. The central objectives and development content of the project are described in detail below, briefly.

Comparative measurements of the windpuls SENSOR with cup anemometer and ultrasonic anemometer in the wind tunnel and in open terrain. Special emphasis is placed on comparative measurements with an Innsbruck-Box ( i-Box ) turbulence tower as part of the TEAMx observation phase.
A further aim of the project is to equip moving objects, in particular cable cars in the Sarntal Alps, with windpuls sensors in order to investigate convective phenomena. These include the small-scale, high-resolution temporal recording of the basic meteorological variables of air pressure, air temperature, humidity and wind. The basic variables are to be supplemented by further information such as the degree of turbulence and nacelle vibrations. This requires further development of the existing windpuls SENSOR into a MicroWeather Sensor so that it can be used for meteorological measurements.

This innovative approach aims to turn any moving object into an active data collector for measuring micro-scale meteorological phenomena.