Vaisala Compass
Real-time weather intelligence to optimize
renewable energy projects
Understand. Optimize. Decide.
For wind and solar resource assessments, Vaisala Compass transforms weather uncertainty into confident decisions and bankable data.
Built on decades of Vaisala’s trusted weather science, Compass unifies forecasts, measurements, and asset data into one intelligent platform that connects seamlessly with your existing systems.
As the digital companion to Vaisala WindCube and other Vaisala weather instruments, Compass creates a powerful hardware–software ecosystem that maximizes data value across the entire renewable energy lifecycle. It streamlines project development – and enhances resource assessment accuracy – in any terrain, under any conditions.
Ready to turn weather data into confident decisions with Compass?
Why choose Vaisala Compass?
Compass combines digital weather models with observation data through user-friendly dashboards, automated alerting, and advanced analytics, anywhere anytime. Whether you manage one site or an entire global portfolio, Compass helps you understand what’s happening – and what’s next.
Save time. Gain clarity.
Monitoring Dashboard
Track your campaigns in real time, with clear data quality monitoring, custom alerts, daily checks, and automatic anomaly detection to enhance reliability, maximize availability, and reduce uncertainty and project risk.
Turn data into decisions.
Post-Processing & Data Analysis
Enhance your measurements with Vaisala algorithms using high-frequency data and machine learning to improve lidar availability, get quality indicators, assess terrain complexity, and apply CFD corrections to reduce terrain-related errors.
Ensure security and traceability.
Events & alerts
All significant events affecting instrument performance or data quality are recorded in the logbook. Every user action—whether internal or guest—is also logged, ensuring full transparency.
This complete traceability builds confidence in your data and reduces operational risk.
Connect securely. Work smarter.
API Access
Securely retrieve your measurement data into your own software environment.
Compass API is simple, interoperable, and compatible with any workflow or data management system—saving you time.
Access trusted weather data.
Resource Maps
Access high-quality, downscaled historical datasets for both wind and solar.
Save time on site screening and project design, and base your decisions on trusted, science-backed weather data.
Enable effortless teamwork.
Fleet management and collaboration
Compass is a secure, easy-to-use collaborative platform that streamlines your workflows.
It enables clear management of multi-organization projects by tracking instrument usage and data ownership.
Intuitive interface – Powerful features to maximize efficiency
Terrain Complex Estimator Tool
Estimate terrain complexity to identify optimal instrument locations and anticipate correction needs.
The Terrain Complexity Estimation (TCE) analysis provides an estimated bias on lidar wind measurements caused by complex terrain in the project area, helping you plan more accurate and reliable deployments.
Availability Booster
Increase your observation data availability with cloud-based processing and neural network technology.
The Availability Booster enhances the WindCube’s ability to measure in unfavorable atmospheric conditions by leveraging high-frequency (1-second) data and advanced cloud-based post-processing. It is an innovative algorithm within Vaisala Compass designed to improve both data quality and availability.
Using proven neural-network filtering, it removes outliers to deliver cleaner, more reliable profiles without generating any new data. A new 3LOS algorithm automatically selects the best three (or more) available Lines of Sight for wind reconstruction, preventing unnecessary data loss. The Availability Booster is fully compatible with datasets from both WindCube 2.1 and WindCube 2.1 XP.
Easily access your new boosted data file automatically from your account.
Choose the right Compass edition for your needs
| Component | Feature | Compass Connect | Compass Renewable |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weather exploration map and local statistics | Wind characteristics at 20m, 50m, 80m | ✔ | ✔ |
| Solar: DNI, GHI | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Icing: Hours/months/year | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Historical weather time series | Wind: 60-minute time series 50 - 200 m | In-app purchase | In-app purchase (some credits included) |
| Solar: 60-minute time series / TMY | In-app purchase | In-app purchase (some credits included) | |
| Instrument management | Monitoring | ✔ | ✔ |
| Diagnostics | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Configuration | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Operational management: Delegation, renting, certification, and maintenance | Limited | ✔ | |
| Observation dataset management | Visualization and download | ✔ | ✔ |
| Data storage: per instrument connected | 1 year equivalent (10-minute data) | 5 years equivalent (10-minute and high-frequency data) | |
| WRA monitoring and quality check | – | ✔ | |
| Advanced analytics and KPI | – | ✔ | |
| WindCube high-frequency data acquisition and storage | – | ✔ | |
| Multi-versioning data management for WindCube | – | ✔ | |
| Wind data availability booster for WindCube | – | ✔ | |
| Logbook management | Events and alerts | Instrument only | ✔ |
| Project management | Project area determination and dataset collection | – | ✔ |
| Terrain complexity estimator | – | ✔ | |
| Platform admin | Organization and third parties ecosystem management | Limited | ✔ |
| Users and rights management | ✔ | ✔ | |
| API | Get observation data | ✔ |
Knowledge Brief: Meeting weather-related challenges for wind & solar energy farms
Weather is the fuel of renewable energy. Discover how to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Download our free eBook to learn how Vaisala Compass helps wind and solar farms overcome weather-related challenges across the full project lifecycle.
Compatibility with Vaisala products
WindCube® 2.1 XP
World’s most accurate vertical wind lidar, delivering bankable wind resource data for your utility scale wind projects.
WindCube®
The most versatile vertical profiling wind lidar for exceptional wind measurement anywhere.
Automatic Weather Station AWS810
The next-generation weather station for accurate, actionable surface weather insights and all-in-one value.
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Reach new heights with Compass weather intelligence
Join us for an in-depth exploration of how to use advanced weather intelligence to make better decisions faster, take complete control of your wind data, and unlock hidden value from their Vaisala WindCube® wind lidar fleets.
Wind insights utilizing WindCube & Vaisala Compass
Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the powerful capabilities of WindCube wind lidars—how they’re transforming wind measurement, and what best practices you can apply to get the most out of your data.
Meeting weather-related challenges for wind & solar energy farms
Download your free copy of this guide to unlock the full potential of weather intelligence for your wind energy farms and stay ahead in the rapidly evolving renewable energy landscape.
Knowledge Brief: Meeting weather-related challenges for wind & solar energy farms
Weather is the fuel of renewable energy. Discover how to turn uncertainty into opportunity. Download our free eBook to learn how Vaisala Compass helps wind and solar farms overcome weather-related challenges across the full project lifecycle.
Ready to harness the full power of weather intelligence?
Talk to our experts and see how Compass puts you in control of every facet of your weather instruments and data, so you can maximize bankability across the full lifecycle of your renewable energy farm.
