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Farmers tampered with rain gauges to fraudulently collect insurance money
They cut wires, poured silicone and loosened bolts — all to keep federal rain gauges empty in a moneymaking scheme. Now, two Colorado farmers owe millions of dollars for tampering. Patrick Esch and Edward Dean Jagers II pleaded guilty late last year to a charge of conspiring to harm government pr...Read more -
The rugged, low-cost sensor uses satellite signals to monitor water levels.
Water level sensors play an important role in rivers, warning of flooding and unsafe recreational conditions. They say that the new product is not only stronger and more reliable than others, but also significantly cheaper. Scientists at the University of Bonn in Germany say traditional water lev...Read more -
Wind of Change: UMB Installs Small Weather Station
UMB’s Office of Sustainability worked with Operations and Maintenance to install a small weather station on the sixth-floor green roof of Health Sciences Research Facility III (HSRF III) in November. This weather station will take measurements including temperature, humidity, solar radiation, UV,...Read more -
Weather warning: Heavy rain in the region on Saturday
Continued heavy rainfall could bring several inches of rain to the area, creating a flood threat. A Storm Team 10 weather warning is in effect for Saturday as a severe storm system brought heavy rain to the area. The National Weather Service itself has issued several warnings, including flood war...Read more -
Optimizing wind turbine performance with sensor solutions
Wind turbines are a key component in the world’s transition to net zero. Here we look at the sensor technology that ensures its safe and efficient operation. Wind turbines have a life expectancy of 25 years, and sensors play a key role in ensuring that the turbines achieve their life expect...Read more -
Spring begins with snow heading toward Midwest, flash flooding threatening Northeast
The heavy rain will impact Washington, D.C., to New York City to Boston. The first weekend of spring will be ushered in with snow in the Midwest and New England, and heavy rain and possible flooding in major Northeast cities. The storm will first move into in the northern Plains Thursday night an...Read more -
New space weather instrument begins collecting data
This map, created using new COWVR observations, shows Earth’s microwave frequencies, which provide information about the strength of ocean surface winds, the amount of water in clouds, and the amount of water vapor in the atmosphere. An innovative mini-instrument aboard the International Sp...Read more -
Iowa’s water quality sensor network saved
The Iowa State University Nutrition Research Center has announced its intention to fund a network of water quality sensors to monitor water pollution in Iowa streams and rivers, despite legislative efforts to protect the sensor network. This is good news for Iowans who care about water quality an...Read more -
Sensor Technology Tackles Air Quality Challenges in the Industrial Realm
Scientific devices that can sense physical phenomena—sensors—are nothing new. We are approaching the 400th anniversary of the glass-tube thermometer, for example. Given a timeline that goes back centuries, the introduction of semiconductor-based sensors is quite new, however, and engineers aren’t...Read more