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From test ranges to frontline: The critical role of weather in artillery ops

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When artillery impacts fall hundreds of meters off target or safety zones don’t hold, the issue is often not the weapon system but incomplete atmospheric intelligence. In long-range fires and weapons testing, winds aloft, temperature gradients, and air density shifts quietly degrade accuracy, slow decisions, and increase risk.

This eBook, From test ranges to frontline: The critical role of weather in artillery ops, shows how defense organizations turn upper air data into more reliable fire control, safety, and evaluation outcomes.

What you’ll learn: 

  • How 3D atmospheric profiling strengthens ballistic modeling and reduces trajectory uncertainty 
  • The specific effects of wind, temperature, and air density on safety, dispersion, and range 
  • How upper air soundings support range safety, debris estimation, and go/no-go decisions 
  • Ways to feed real-time sounding data into artillery, air, and naval systems 
  • How Vaisala’s secure upper air solutions and support improve confidence in contested environments

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Gain a clearer basis for decisions that affect mission readiness, personnel safety, and long-term system performance – from controlled test ranges to deployed operations. 

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