From North-Rhine Westphalia (Germany) to New South Wales (Australia) – AquisNet is the real global solution to air quality monitoring network management
When air quality networks grow big in terms of both stations and needs in archiving of past data, KISTERS AquisNet software really excels. Localization and tailoring to user needs are no problem with AquisNet’s innovative modular and multi-tier client-server technology.
LANUV - the midwife of AquisNet
AquisNet controls one of Germany’s largest measuring networks in the most-densely populated German federal state of North-Rhine Westphalia with its 18 million inhabitants. The responsible authority, the Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz (Environment, Nature and Consumer Protection Office), runs a data centre where all data are centralised, analysed, prepared for reporting and validated and ratified. The full suite of AquisNet SYS (system core), AquisNet DMO (data management office), AquisNet REP (graphical and numeric reporting) and AquisNet DV (data forwarding) is used exclusively to execute these tasks. At any time a minimum of 60 monitoring stations is operated in North-Rhine Westphalia. AquisNet relies on a relational database management system to store and manage all of the following: data from currently active stations, legacy data from stations already closed, measured data and calculated data, metadata (station data, data from analyser calibration and functional tests, etc.), and many more. Furthermore, KISTERS monitoring station software AquisNet DAS is used in all stations to acquire, locally store and quick-validate all data from gas and PM analysers and from a variety of meteorological sensors. As a true air quality monitoring software, AquisNet DAS performs all functional tests, controls the calibration cycles of intelligent analysers and provides full logs and data flagging.
DECC - monitoring Air Quality Down Under
Another interesting case is the Australian Department of Environment and Climate Change (DECC) of New South Wales, located in Sydney, with a total population of 7 million. The DECC decided to deploy AquisNet as part of the introduction of an “Ambient Air Quality Management System” centrally managed by AquisNet SYS/DMO/REP/DV. AquisNet controls the measuring networks of alien monitoring stations and post-validates all data. Furthermore, AquisNet receives, manages and evaluates the large amounts of compiled measuring and LIMS data. AquisNet provides reporting functions, supports prediction of both AQI and decisive pollutant, and sends alarms either when threshold values are exceeded (i.e. potential health risks) or on explicit user demand (for example in the cases of fire hazard). Finally, AquisNet determines Air Quality Indices and generates content in the form of formatted tabular and graphical reports for the department’s public Web pages. The AquisNet Online service keeps the public informed on current pollutant values in the air. Take a look at AquisNet on the internet: http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/aqms/aqi.htm provides you with detailed information on air quality in Australia. A search function (http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/AQMS/search.htm) allows you to modify the evaluation and display of the data yourself by varying both evaluation parameters and data. That way users can generate their own reports, for example current ozone values for Sydney, as a graph or table. After registration on the DECC website, you may also access further AquisNet functions, such as subscribing to alarms by SMS, or receiving reports conforming to international standards direct to your inbox. The data displayed on the internet is always up-to-date, as it is updated hourly by AquisNet.
Continuity as a cornerstone no matter whether you are close-by or far away …
Continued development and dedication to AquisNet are assured both in respect of the tag line “KISTERS employees are always there for YOU”, whether you are located next door in Germany or living in a different part of the world for instance in Sydney with a time difference of 8 to 10 hours relative to CET. And as far as development potential goes, the technological flexibility of AquisNet even makes it possible to integrate measuring data from external data collection systems with your measuring data management system to increase the accuracy of measurements.
For any further questions please don't hesitate to contact Markus Butz
Markus Butz