Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
Vaisala develops a new method for improving weather radar observations
- Weather & Environment
- Meteorology
Technologies like Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) make our lives more convenient and productive, but did you know they can also interfere...
Top lightning events of 2020
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
On January 5, we released our Annual Lightning Report for 2020 . The Annual Lightning Report is released each January and provides a...
The interplanetary expedition of Vaisala's probes
- Space exploration
As a young researcher at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, I found myself sitting in a meeting room at Vaisala in fall 1988. With me in the...
Comparing WindCube® lidar and met mast data
- Renewable energy
- Weather & Environment
Comparing WindCube® lidar and met mast data: A real-world performance study for wind energy development The challenge: Reliable wind...
Season’s Greetings from Kai Öistämö, President and CEO
- Working at Vaisala
On January 1 this year, I woke up in Machu Picchu, Peru, thinking of the upcoming year and what it will bring. Little did I know that 2020 would...
How scanning lidar detects a previously undetectable danger in China: dry windshear
- Aviation
- Weather & Environment
At many airports, windshear – a sudden change of wind velocity and/or direction – is just as common in dry conditions as it is during...
Q&A on cybersecurity for GxP monitoring systems
- Life Science
Welcome to another video question and answer from our webinar: "Cybersecurity in your GxP monitoring system." In this video, our Senior GxP...
Five ways to optimize your winter road maintenance
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
Winter road maintenance is essential to everyday living, and the road maintenance sector is facing more challenges than ever, from fluctuating...
How would your dream car help you ride to perfect weather?
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
“Hey Car! Take me where the sun is shining.” Colder weather and shorter days tend to make us feel somewhat gray and gloomy, so this is a perfect...
Vaisala flips the switch on one-kilometer accuracy for Global Lightning Dataset GLD360
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
If lightning happens in remote places of the world and nobody is there to see it, did it even happen? The answer is firmly, YES! And when...
Vaisala’s Principal Test Engineer Maaret Pyhäjärvi receives the prestigious EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award
- Working at Vaisala
Vaisala’s Principal Test Engineer Maaret Pyhäjärv i has been awarded the prestigious EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award. The award highlights...
Clinical trial monitoring goes mobile to help with COVID-19
- Life Science
In June of 2020, a US-based drug manufacturer initiated an innovative project to conduct clinical trials on potential treatments for elderly...
The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season swirls on
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Vaisala’s sensors have played an important part in the record-setting 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Six things you should at least consider when choosing a wireless solution
- Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
- Industrial Measurements
You’ve probably heard about the significant benefits of wireless IoT solutions, and you’ve perhaps also wondered how you can use them to make...
Keeping temperature and humidity conditions under control at the Jusélius Mausoleum
- Industrial Measurements
- Life Science
The mausoleum of Sigrid Jusélius is a significant cultural site in Pori, Finland. The mausoleum, built in 1901-03, is a masterpiece of the arts...
Understanding metrological traceability in hydrogen peroxide sensor calibration
- Life Science
Metrological traceability is an important part of measurement. One of the best ways to understand an instrument’s measurement performance is to...
From traditional met masts to modern lidar
- Wind energy
juwi selected WindCube as its preferred remote sensing technology because of its transportability, ease of installation, high data availability...
Optimizing wind farm performance with WindCube nacelle-mounted lidar
- Renewable energy
- Weather & Environment
- Wind energy
The challenge: Underperforming wind farms, verify turbine measurements Valeco develops, finances, builds, and operates renewable energy projects...
Achieving project bankability with WindCube lidar assessment
- Renewable energy
- Weather & Environment
The challenge: Lack of high-quality wind data, uncertain project future A Dutch wind farm developer and operator planned to create a single 3.3...
How Mainstream Renewable Power uses WindCube lidars to explore new territory and improve financial outcomes
- Renewable energy
- Weather & Environment
- Wind energy
Improving certainty around the world How Mainstream Renewable Power uses WindCube lidars to explore new territory and improve financial outcomes...