Julien Friez founded the Belfort Instrument Company in 1876, hoping to set a new standard of excellence and fair pricing for meteorological instruments. Working with the United States Weather Bureau, the company played a key role in the development of new instruments. By the turn of the century, Belfort Instrument Company had established the Belfort Observatory, the first instrument research center and meteorological laboratory in the United States. The firm has participated in environmental measurement efforts around the world and beyond. In addition to providing the Wright Brothers wind information while they experimented with flight in North Carolina, The Belfort Instrument Company pioneered mapping equipment in support of efforts to chart the moon’s surface. In recent decades, the Belfort Instrument Company has focused on automated weather observations, responding to the United States National Weather Service’s Automated Surface Observing System program.
The company developed three new instruments in the 1990s that are now used by the program in more than 1,200 locations around the globe, making the routine observation process more efficient and more reliable. About a decade ago, the Belfort Instrument Company began branching out to different fields while retaining its dedication to excellent meteorological instruments. At the company’s research facility in Baltimore, scientists are developing NWS system hardware, firmware, and software; fixed base airport weather systems; and digital as well as automated weather systems through the DigiWx product line.
The Belfort Instrument Company continues to offer a full range of meteorological and environmental products that measure visibility, barometric pressure, humidity, temperature, wind, precipitation, and ceiling height. Airports around the nation currently employ the company’s Automated Weather Observation products to ensure the safe departures and arrivals of their airplanes. Recently, the company signed a contract with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to install new systems at 15 airports throughout New Jersey.
The company developed three new instruments in the 1990s that are now used by the program in more than 1,200 locations around the globe, making the routine observation process more efficient and more reliable. About a decade ago, the Belfort Instrument Company began branching out to different fields while retaining its dedication to excellent meteorological instruments. At the company’s research facility in Baltimore, scientists are developing NWS system hardware, firmware, and software; fixed base airport weather systems; and digital as well as automated weather systems through the DigiWx product line.
The Belfort Instrument Company continues to offer a full range of meteorological and environmental products that measure visibility, barometric pressure, humidity, temperature, wind, precipitation, and ceiling height. Airports around the nation currently employ the company’s Automated Weather Observation products to ensure the safe departures and arrivals of their airplanes. Recently, the company signed a contract with the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission to install new systems at 15 airports throughout New Jersey.