InterMet Systems

The roll-out of the iMet-2000 (TRS) continues in 2008 with 6 systems installed across the southern U.S. Since the start of the year, iMet-2000s have been installed at Slidel LA, Jackson MS, Little Rock AR, Peachtree GA, Albuquerque NM and Santa Theresa TX.  The first Alaska installation (Anchorage) is scheduled for August with seven more sites to follow in 2008 and 2009. The iMet-2000 is replacing the National Weather Service upper-air network, with 102 systems scheduled for completion in 2009.

Two iMet-1790 upper-air sounding systems are being installed for the Thailand Met Department during the month of May. The 1790 is a new 403 MHz tracking antenna designed and built specifically for the TMD. The systems will use a low-cost, locally produced radiosonde to generate upper-air wind profiles.

Four iMet-1500M systems were delivered to the Georgian Army for use in artillery fire control. The M version includes a newly designed military power supply that can operate on 110/220 VAC generator power, 24 VDC vehicle power on on its own self-contained batteries.

InterMet will be participating in the WMO Commission on Instruments and Methods of Observation (CIMO) expert team for upper-air intercomparisons. The team will be meeting in Payern, Switzerland to plan the next international intercomparison to be held in China in 2009.

InterMet is again sponsoring the University of Michigan Solar Car Team and will be providing an iMet-3100 sounding system and iMet-1 sondes for the meteorological support unit. The U of M team will be racing from Texas to Alberta Canada in the 2008 North American Solar Challenge.