An automatic weather station (AWS) at the Royal Palace of Caserta for the safety of tourists and visitors

CAE has installed an automatic weather station (AWS) inside the wonderful Park of the Royal Palace of Caserta (CE), a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997 and among the most visited attractions in Italy, with more than a million visitors in 2023 alone. It is considered the largest royal palace in the world, and the Park alone, also designed by the architect Luigi Vanvitelli, covers 120 hectares, with a length of about three kilometres.

The choice to install an automatic weather station (AWS) right inside the Park is aimed at ensuring the safety of the many tourists and visitors, providing real-time data useful for arranging any closures of the Park in case of adverse weather conditions. The wooded area, very large and dense, especially in the event of strong wind, exposes people, for example, to the potential risk of falling branches. This solution makes it possible to prevent risks and protect the safety of everyone.

This installation is part of the civil protection trust network of the Campania Region, already maintained by CAE, composed as a whole of over 250 devices including stations, repeaters and plant equipment. The system was modernised by the company itself in 2022, following the awarding of the tender for the updating and technological adaptation of the systems, equipment and IT and electronic infrastructures serving for monitoring and providing the regional alert in the event of hydrometeorological and hydraulic risk, which we have also discussed here.CAE showed great readiness and speed, providing for the adaptation,in a mere 90 days, of 70 stations, of the entire radio transmission infrastructure, the implementation of the updated equipment in the plant, as well as the technological adaptation of 22 hydrometric sensors, 25 thermometric sensors, 13 hygrometric sensors, 3 barometric and radiometric sensors, as described in detail here.

The newly installed station, part of this major modernisation and upgrading project launched in 2022, includes a digital acquisition unit of the Compact line, a PG10 rain gauge, wind speed and direction sensors, a THS thermo-hygrometer, a RÆVO UHF radiomodem. The station is powered by solar energy and is equipped with 4G communication module. Given the peculiarities and prestige of the installation site, the support poles have been painted brown, using the same paint already used for other infrastructure in the Park.


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