A photo showing people building a 3D-PAWS unit.

What is 3D-PAWS?

3D-PAWS (3D-Printed Automatic Weather Station) is an initiative to provide low-cost, reliable, and easy-to-maintain environmental observation platform solutions. 

 3D-PAWS also provides educational and outreach opportunities to build and deploy observation platforms for training purposes. 3D-PAWS sensors currently measure pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, precipitation, and visible, infrared, and UV light. New sensors are being developed to monitor water level (stream gauging), soil moisture and temperature, and air quality.

Learn About 3D-PAWS

A photo of a group of meteorologists with a 3D-PAWS in Zimbabwe.

Benefits of 3D-PAWS

Learn how 3D-PAWS expands weather observation networks and builds capacity in rural and data-sparse regions. 

Meteorologists from the Caribbean build a 3D-PAWS unit during a workshop in Barbados, 2024.

Build 3D-PAWS

One-stop-shop for documentation and other resources to help build and maintain 3D-PAWS. 

A photo showing people next to a 3D-PAWS unit and stream gauge.

Innovative Instrumentation: 3D-PAWS Sensors

Our low-cost, easy-to-maintain 3D-PAWS sensors provide early warning and evaluation of weather conditions.