Lightning Sensors

Vaisala lightning sensors provide critical local lightning information, both for meteorological applications as well as threat data, to facilitate advanced warnings, initiate safety procedures, and isolate equipment when needed.
Vaisala Thunderstorm Total Lightning Sensor TLS200

Vaisala Thunderstorm Total Lightning Sensor TLS200

Vaisala’s latest generation lightning detection sensors, the TLS200, identifies in-cloud (IC) and cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning with over 90% detection efficiency utilizing the latest in VHF interferometry and LF magnetic direction finding and time-of-arrival technologies, allowing the full spatial extent of thunderstorms to be known and understood.

Vaisala Thunderstorm CG Enhanced Lightning Sensor LS7001

Vaisala Thunderstorm CG Enhanced Lightning Sensor LS7001

The LS7001 is a compact, lightweight sensor that employs low frequency (LF) combined magnetic direction finding and time of-arrival technology which offers the highest detection efficiency and most accurate location for cloud-to-ground lightning strokes.

Vaisala Thunderstorm Local Lightning Sensor TSS928

Vaisala Thunderstorm Local Lightning Sensor TSS928

Vaisala TSS928 is a state-of-the-art lightning detector that applies three major components of a lightning event –optical, magnetic and electrostatic pulses – to effectively detect and accurately report lightning events in real-time.

Vaisala Thunderstorm Electric Field Mill EFM550

Vaisala Thunderstorm Electric Field Mill EFM550

Vaisala Thunderstorm Electric Field Mill EFM550 integrates with Vaisala local-area, real-time lightning systems to monitor the development and dissipation of overhead lightning threats by measuring the local atmospheric electric field.