Case Studies

ITAS - Norway
The Norwegian company ITAS (Instrumentation Services A/S), started as part of the Research Council of Norway in 1970, is located at the Agricultural University at Aas (south of Oslo). Since 1991, ITAS has been operating as an independent company specializing in field measurements as well as providing for communications, data retrieval and web service. ITAS has deep roots in the academic world but does also provide all kinds of environmental services to various businesses, communities and industries.
ITAS has been active in the fish farm industry and their clients have large fish farm installations in Norway, as well as in other countries around the world.
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National Energy Technology Laboratory - USA
The National Energy Technology Laboratory site in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA, maintains a 150-foot free standing meteorological tower with data collection points at ground level, 33 feet, 75 feet, and at 150 feet. The data collected at ground level is Air Temperature, relative humidity, total rainfall, and snow depth. The other stations monitor wind direction and speed. Additionally, air temperature is being monitored at the 33 foot level.
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Mount Washington Observatory - USA
The Mount Washington Observatory in New Hampshire, USA, is one of the oldest weather observatories in the world. Located in the White Mountains, it is a non-profit and educational institute whose purpose is to maintain a permanently staffed observatory atop Mount Washington and to use this unique station and other facilities to conduct programs of environmental observation and technical research, and to develop educational programs to advance public knowledge of the unique meteorology, natural sub-artic environment, and human history of the Mount Washington region.
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Portneuf River Basin - USA
The monitoring program for the Portneuf River Basin enables stakeholders to assess and document the influence of natural and human-caused factors on water quality. The program is a cooperative effort of private industry, educational institutions, scientists, and government agencies at numerous levels (City, County, State, Tribal, and Federal).
The following agencies cooperate in the Portneuf Basin Monitoring Program: Center for Ecological Research, Idaho State University- City of Pocatello- Idaho Department of Agriculture- Idaho Department of Environmental Quality- Idaho Department of Fish and Game- Portneuf Soil and Water Conservation District- Shoshone-Bannock Tribe- Three Rivers RC&D Council, Inc.- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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Papers

Straitcrossing 2009 - Long Term Bridge Monitoring in Seattle USA
The City of Seattle is located on Puget Sound in the Northwest corner of the U.S. The Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) is responsible for evaluating and maintaining 149 bridges in the City of Seattle. Thirty four of these structures are 70 years old or older with an average age of all bridges being 54 years old. Seattle is also located in an active seismic area; with the latest earthquake of magnitude 6.8 (Richter) was in February of 2001. Because of visible degradation induced by earthquakes along with agerelated and load rating considerations, SDOT has implemented a monitoring program on several of their bridges. The goals of the program are [read more]
Long Term Bridge Monitoring in Seattle USA - Straitcrossing2009.pdf

FMGM - Field Measurements in Geomechanics
The 7th International Symposium on Field Measuerments in Geomechanics was held in Boston MA USA during September 24-27, 2007. The great international interest and large attendance at this symposium have again clearly demonstrated the need for specialty conferences of this kind to build on the benefits from the previous six FMGM symposia held in Switzerland (1983), Japan (1987), Norway (1991), Italy (1995), Singapore (1999) and Norway (2003).  The great interest in the FMGM 2007 symposium is reflected by the large number of abstracts received (155). After independent reviews by two reviewers, 105 papers were accepted for presentation and publication in the proceedings. These papers were written by 174 authors and co-authors from 19 countries.  One of the papers was written by Andres Thorarinsson, CEO of Vista Data Vision:  METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC STORAGE, VISUALIZATION AND REPORTING IN DATALOGGING APPLICATIONS.