--- title: "Areas: Sensors & instruments | Nexus Observatory" description: "Areas of the Sensors & instruments platform: Instruments, Weather and environment, RF sensing and Calibration. Weather and environment stations to WMO…" url: https://observatory.global/sensors/areas/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) / **Areas** # Sensors & instruments, area by area. Each area of the platform has its own page: the systems in it, the standards it is drawn against, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/sensors/contact/deployment/) [Technologies](https://observatory.global/sensors/technologies/) Areas · **5** Technologies · **61** Industries · **21** **01** Areas ## Sensors & instruments, area by area. Choose an area for its systems, standards, the industries it serves and how we deliver it. [01 InstrumentsAtmosphere, water, ground and sky.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/sensors/instruments/) [02 Weather and environmentWMO siting practice, WIGOS metadata.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/sensors/weather-and-environment/) [03 RF sensingOccupancy and interference, measured in the band.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/sensors/rf-sensing/) [04 CalibrationTraceable to reference, recorded, repeated.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/sensors/calibration/) [05 Sensing as a ServiceYou take the observations; we run the hardware.Open the area →](https://observatory.global/sensors/sensing-as-a-service/) **02** Open and enterprise ## Open by default. Enterprise by contract. The open layer lives on the main site, free to use and build on. Enterprise services are delivered under contract by Nexus Observatory Inc. Open, on the main site - Metadata and quality rules - Open networks on the grid Enterprise, on this site - Sensing as a Service - Calibration programmes - Qualification **03** On this site ## Where to go next. [Sensors & instruments TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/technologies/) [Sensors & instruments ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/architecture/) [Sensors & instruments IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/industries/) [Sensors & instruments ResourcesExplainer, stories, specification and forms.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/resources/) ## Bring us the site. We bring the survey, the design and the crew. The form names who receives your details. 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