Vaisala collaborates closely with a number of meteorological authorities and research bodies around the world, such as the Finnish Meteorological Institute, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Aalto University School of Science and Technology, the National Center for Atmospheric Research and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States, and the International Civil Aviation Organization. Vaisala is also an active member of the UN World Meteorological Organization, WMO.
Vaisala grants research scholarships to universities, students and researchers in the United States and Finland. In 2010, Vaisala was involved in many research and development projects with universities and other providers of higher education.

Vaisala’s Scientific Collaborations 2011

Aalto University, School of Science and Technology
American Meteorological Society
The Association of the Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry
Chinese Academy of Sciences - Xian
CLEEN Oy
CO-LABS (Colorado)
Colorado State University
The Danish Meteorological Institute
European Corporation for Lightning Detection
European Meteorological Society
Environment Canada (SNOW V-10 research project)
Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities (EPiCC) research consortium
Finnish Meteorological Institute
Finnish Water Forum
Florida State University
National Center for Atmospheric Research
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Research Council’s Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate
The Network of European Meteorological Services
NSF Engineering Research Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA)
Royal Meteorological Society
Shanghai Meteorological Bureau
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Stanford University
University of Arizona
University of Hawaii
University of Helsinki
University of Massachusetts
University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology
VTT Technical Research Center of Finland
The Weather Coalition
World Meteorological Organization