Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group company, along with its partner MicroStep-MIS, announced its involvement in a project to supply an automated weather observation system (AWOS) and airport traffic information service (ATIS) at an international airport in the UAE.
MicroStep-MIS operates worldwide and is specialised in the development and manufacturing of monitoring and information systems, processing of acquired data, research and numerical modelling. The company’s key field activities cover meteorology, aviation weather-observation systems, road weather-information systems, marine systems, seismology, radiation monitoring systems, crisis information systems among many others.
Unique System FZE was tasked with purchasing, installing and commissioning the AWOS and ATIS according to international (ICAO) and UAE (GCAA) regulations. The system comprised Automatic Weather Stations near RWY thresholds serving as Wind Measurement Systems, RVR Measurement System, Cloud Base Measurement System for precision approach runway direction, AWOS Central Computing System, MET Observer’s and Forecaster’s Workstations, Aviation Weather Displays and ATIS Voice Reporting System.
All needed measuring devices are connected to the Central Computing Integrated Meteorological System (IMS) System. Calculations for RVR and cloud base are performed by the Central system. The other meteorological values are calculated by the Central system as well. Measured and calculated values are displayed on the screens specially designed for this purpose.
