What are the application scenarios for visibility sensors?

A visibility sensor is an instrument that measures visibility and provides measurements related to meteorological visibility. The visibility sensor is designed based on the aerosol forward scattering principle and consists of major components such as a light transmitter, a light receiver and a microprocessor controller. These sensors continuously measure and output atmospheric visibility and are important meteorological monitoring devices for detecting atmospheric visibility.

Visibility sensors are used in many fields, such as road weather information systems, fog detection networks, offshore drilling platforms, fog alarm control, airport weather systems, border security, cooling tower smoke detection, road and railway tunnel air quality monitoring. Visibility sensors are also widely used for monitoring in the transport sector such as weather stations, airports, motorways, airways and large ships.

What are the application scenarios for visibility sensors?

Visibility sensors are used in many fields, the following are their main application scenarios:

Traffic safety: visibility sensors are widely used in road weather information systems, real-time monitoring of road visibility, providing data support for traffic management departments, optimising the setting of traffic signals, and improving road traffic efficiency and safety. In fog, haze and other low visibility weather, the device can provide early warning to avoid traffic accidents.

Airport Weather System: At airports, visibility sensors are used in the Airport Weather System (AWOS) to provide accurate visibility data to help planes take off and land safely.

Offshore Drilling Platforms: On offshore drilling platforms, visibility sensors monitor the visibility at sea to ensure the safety of offshore operations.

Industrial production: In industrial production, especially in chemical, steel and other high-risk industries, visibility sensors can monitor the concentration of particles in the air to prevent production accidents caused by reduced visibility.

Environmental monitoring: visibility sensors are also used for environmental monitoring, especially for air quality monitoring. By monitoring visibility and particulate matter concentrations, it is possible to assess air quality conditions and predict future air quality changes.

Meteorological research: In addition, visibility sensors are used for meteorological research and weather forecasting. By continuously monitoring the visibility, it is possible to study the pattern of meteorological changes and predict future weather changes.

Tunnel management: In road and railway tunnels, visibility sensors can monitor the air quality inside the tunnel to ensure the safety of travelling in the tunnel.

Border security: in the field of border security, visibility sensors can be used to monitor the visibility of the border area to prevent illegal border crossing.

Smoke Detection in Cooling Towers: In cooling towers, visibility sensors can be used for smoke detection to prevent production accidents caused by smoke.

In conclusion, visibility sensors are an important meteorological monitoring device, and visibility sensors have a wide range of applications in the fields of traffic safety, industrial production, environmental monitoring, meteorological research, tunnel management, border security, and cooling tower smoke detection. Through the monitoring data of the visibility sensor, people can better understand the status of atmospheric visibility and take corresponding measures to deal with various environmental and climatic problems.

visibility sensors data sheet 

NBL-W-VS-Visibility-Sensor-Instruction-Manual.pdf