Hydro-Meteorology - Projects

Info-Electronics Systems Inc. (IES) has a vast amount of project experience in the national and international arena.  These projects deal with project management, software development, systems integration, customization, training, testing, and support in the fields of Meteorology, Hydrology, and Remote Sensing.  They include the development of systems for Reception and Processing of remotely sensed data for meteorology (a custom project similar to GOES), Meteorological Data Processing and Display Systems, Meteorological Data Collection Systems, Meteorological Data Distribution Systems, etc.

 

Environmental Sensing Capability - Polar Epsilon

Customer:                  Department of National Defence

Year:                         2011

IES has been awarded a contract to install two MODIS Satellite Earth Reception Systems, one on the East Coast of Canada (Halifax/Masstown, N.S.) and the second on the West Coast (Victoria/Aldergrove, B.C.) for the Department of National Defence (DND). The Polar Epsilon project involves the provision, integration and installation of hardware (MODIS Ground Systems and computers), software, as well as associated data processing storage and display components. The project also calls for the provision of various services, such as Site Surveys, Radio Frequency Interference Analysis, project management, training, installation, testing, support and maintenance, as well as documentation. IES is providing software and services, and is also supplying hardware and software from Global Imaging, a leader in the manufacture of ground systems for the world’s polar orbiting and geostationary weather and environmental satellites.

 

ULTIMA - Weather Briefing System

ULTIMA, a state-of-the-art Weather Briefing Workstation, which integrates, processes, and handles SADIS and ISCS meteorological data for WAFS systems, including textual and graphical information. ULTIMA has been installed in various customers around the world. Our most recent installations include:

  • Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation (MOTCA) of Afghanistan

  • Civil Aviation Caretaker Authority for Somalia (CACAS), Kenya

  • NAV CANADA, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  • Department of Civil Aviation (DCA), Brunei Darussalam

  • Instituto Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (I.N.A.C.), Venezuela

  • Weathernews Inc. (WNI), Norman, OK, USA

  • CINDACTA I - National Aviation Weather Center Brazil

  • Jose Marti International Airport ECASA, Cuba

  • Hong Kong Observatory

  • Bahrain Meteorological Service

 

MSC- GVAR Replacement

This project dealt with the replacement and upgrade of the old GVAR equipment to operate with the new satellite GOES-12 for the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC). This was implemented at MSC locations in Edmonton, Vancouver, and Toronto.

We offered a system which was provided by Global Imaging, a leader in manufacturing of ground systems for the world's polar orbiting and geostationary weather and environmental satellites. The project included
installation, training and three years extended maintenance warranty. All these services were provided by IES.

 

Tiger Project - Water Prospecting using Remote Sensing

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and European Space Agency (ESA) launched the “Earth Observation for Integrated Water Resource Management in Africa” called TIGER.

The project proposes the development of a Decision Support System for water resource management based on the following technologies for the Souss-Massa basin in Morocco: GIS, Remote sensing data and Auxiliary data

For this project, IES has partnered with the Centre Royal de Télédétection Spatiale (CRTS) in Morocco and the Geography Department of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM). The objective of the project was to provide the User with the capability to manage water resources and its utilization using previously stated technologies

For more information, please click on the following link: http://www.asc-csa.gc.ca/eng/satellites/tiger_project.asp

 

INSAT 2E - Meteorological Data Processing System (IMDPS)

Development of a system called IMDPS, to collect and process imagery data from India's INSAT-2E satellite. Imagery will be used by the India Meteorological Department for weather forecasting. The system includes Data Ingestion System (DIS), Front-End Processing System (FEPS), Database Server Graphics Processing System (DSGP) and interface with the Regional Telecommunications Hub (RTH). All systems are duplicated to provide redundancy. The project was implemented with the assistance of Sepia Technologies of Canada.

 

Flood Monitoring & Forecasting System

The Mahanadi and Chambal rivers in eastern and central India, respectively, often flood during the monsoon season.

IES bid and won a World Bank supported project in India for the supply and implementation of a Flood Forecasting System for these two river basins in India.  The project consists of  fifty-five (55) remote monitoring stations (measuring hydro-meteorological parameters such as water level, rainfall, temperature, humidity, evaporation, etc. along the banks of these two rivers) and two central receive stations.  The Central Receive Stations are equipped with Digital Data Ground Receive Stations and processing computers. The Remote Monitoring Stations are equipped with hydro-meteorological sensors, Data Collection Platforms and satellite transmitters.   Information from these stations is beamed to satellite. Two Satellite Reception Ground Stations have been installed in Jaipur and Burla for the reception of data and computer analysis.

This data will enable the Central Water Commission of India to warn people of possible floods, as well as provide valuable information to plan dams for agricultural irrigation.