KBR has been awarded a US$350m contract by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to deliver advanced technical solutions for the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

The award will enable the global engineering firm to support the USGS in preparing for Landsat Next, a pioneering three-satellite constellation set to launch in 2030 by NASA and the USGS.

Under the single Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract award, KBR will harness cloud-native architectures, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), advanced software and systems engineering and enterprise-scale IT solutions to modernize USGS’s mission-critical operations.

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The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has adopted a resolution to advance its Global Greenhouse Gas Watch (G3W) initiative, which aims to provide objective, science-based assessments of greenhouse gas concentrations and their sources and sinks.

Agreed on October 24 during the Extraordinary World Meteorological Congress (Ext-Cg 2025) in Geneva, Switzerland, the decision sets the direction for the next phase of G3W. The system will integrate surface-based (in situ and remote sensing), balloon, aircraft and satellite observations into advanced modeling frameworks to deliver an accurate and transparent picture of Earth’s atmosphere.

WMO infrastructure director Nir Stav said WMO will continue to serve decision-makers with authoritative, science-based information as a “barometer of truth” to guide effective climate action.

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Jauen International, a supplier of ship navigation and communication systems, will distribute and market Vaisala’s maritime specific weather sensors, weather stations and weather systems – including MetOcean and Helideck Monitoring Systems (HMS) and wind lidars – across South Korea.

According to Vaisala, its solutions deliver accurate, real-time insights on wind, weather and environmental solutions. The company says it is committed to bringing greener and more sustainable operations to the maritime sector.

South Korea is the second largest shipbuilder globally, with 25.1% of the global market share. Major shipyards such as Samsung Heavy Industries, Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean specialize in building, for example, offshore structures, naval ships, LNG/LPG carriers, wind turbine installation vessels (WTIV), FPSOs (floating production storage and offloading) and wind-assisted vessels.

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Vaisala is debuting its new, customizable software solution to share clear, real-time and operation-specific weather insights from automatic weather stations and sensors at Meteorological Technology World Expo 2025, which is taking place October 14-16 In Vienna, Austria.

The software, named Elements Lite, is said to be optimized for accessibility – providing live, customizable conditions from desktop, tablet and smartphone devices. It supports a variety of Vaisala’s weather sensors, including those measuring air temperature, wind speed and direction, visibility, barometric pressure, humidity and precipitation. Users can also configure alarm thresholds tailored to their specific operational requirements.

Elements Lite also integrates with Vaisala Elements Online cloud platform to share weather observations beyond the local network.

Continue reading Vaisala unveils Elements Lite software for real-time, customizable weather insights at Meteorological Technology International.

Meteomatics has announced the opening of its new US headquarters in New York City.

The the weather technology company has broken into the US market over the last two years, introducing what is reportedly the nation’s first 1km weather model and weather drones. It has increased its US customer base with companies including CenterPoint Energy, NorthWestern Energy and CVS Health.

Following its Series C round earlier this year, the company can now finalize the formation of Meteomatics US and open its satellite office.

As the US experiences rising temperatures, intensifying hurricanes and volatile weather, Meteomatics says it is seeing increased demand from companies looking to implement weather intelligence in their business strategies.

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Caltech has conducted a research project using the submarine robot CARL-Bot (Caltech Autonomous Reinforcement Learning roBot) to study how ‘vortex rings’ in the oceans could help small autonomous underwater vehicles navigate better, and therefore improve their measurements of the deep.

The research has been published in a paper titled “Surfing vortex rings for energy-efficient propulsion” in the PNAS Nexus journal, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation.

Thesis

When discussing the project, the researchers explain that small autonomous underwater vehicles, like the drones of the sea, could be very useful for studying the depths of the ocean and monitoring its changing conditions, but such nautical mini bots can be easily overpowered by turbulent ocean currents.

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Scientists at University College London (UCL), the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay in France will capture novel observations of coastal wave breaking and use advanced modeling and machine learning (ML) to work out the impacts of coastal wave breaking on the climate system to plug a gap in current climate models.

WaveClim’s advanced technology

The project, called WaveClim, will use advanced sensor technology and ML to capture and integrate coastal wave-breaking dynamics into predictive models.

State-of-the-art monitoring equipment, including lidar, drones and stereoscopic cameras, will be deployed to provide unprecedented data on coastal wave breaking under diverse conditions.

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Vaisala has unveiled new multi-GNSS support and message authentication features designed to enhance the operational efficiency, data availability and trustworthiness of radiosonde soundings.

Protecting forecast accuracy

“Meteorological agencies today face complex challenges that can disrupt vital atmospheric data collection and lead to inaccurate weather forecasts, which can have devastating consequences that jeopardize public safety,” said Matti Lehmuskero, soundings product line manager at Vaisala. “Our new solution directly addresses this evolving cybersecurity threat landscape, empowering meteorological agencies to collect reliable atmospheric data and deliver forecasts society can trust.”

According to the company, the multi-GNSS system’s resistance to GPS interference enables meteorological agencies to collect reliable atmospheric data, even when one constellation’s signal has been degraded by natural conditions or man-made interference.

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NOAA has launched the Salish Sea and Columbia River Operational Forecast System (SSCOFS), which uses an advanced computer model to forecast water level measurements up to three days into the future in the Salish Sea and Columbia River.

Advanced water level forecasting

This system replaces the existing Columbia River and Estuary Operational Forecast System. It also expands geographic coverage beyond the existing model, offering guidance to users in the Puget Sound, the San Juan Islands, the Strait of Georgia, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Columbia River up to Bonneville Dam.

The tool’s forecasts are designed to help mariners better understand the present and future state of water levels, currents and other oceanographic variables – like temperature and salinity – in a coastal area.

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One year after launching its first meteorological buoy off the coast of Ajaccio, Météo-France is strengthening its observation system at sea by deploying a second buoy anchored off the coast of Porto-Vecchio in Corsica. In total, five buoys will be installed in Corsican waters by the end of 2024.

The launch of the meteorological buoys was entrusted to the Interregional Directorate of the Mediterranean Sea (DIRM MED), as well as to the Lighthouse and Beacon Armament. Météo-France will lead the design, assembly, operation and maintenance of the buoys.

Meteorological parameters

The anchored buoys will be equipped with two independent weather stations, powered by solar panels.

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