Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
21 CFR Part 11 compliance for environmental monitoring software functions Vs. operating procedures
Regulatory changes come in waves. Over the last 20 years, there have been a few virtual tidal waves involving the use of computerized systems in...
To launch or not to launch: the impact of weather on space launches
- Space exploration
- Weather & Environment
- Meteorology
- Innovations and Inspirations
Space launches, such as the upcoming launch of the Perseverance rover currently scheduled for July 30, are precise and expensive missions, where...
Out-of-spec sensors, incubator hot/cold spots & 21 CFR Part 11 compliance
- Life Science
Edited transcript below In this video interview, Vaisala Senior Regulatory Expert answers three questions from customers and industry contacts...
Build, test, repeat – assembling space equipment is manual work
- Space exploration
- Innovations and Inspirations
Years of work in the manufacture of measuring instruments will come to an important crossroads when the equipment is launched by rocket to its...
Road weather forecasting
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
In our previous blog post , we focused on how weather impacts road users and their safety. One key conclusion: Combining today’s connected car...
Comparing sensors for effective vaporized H2O2 measurement
What kind of sensor should you select for measuring humidity under vaporized hydrogen peroxide? In this application note " Humidity measurements...
South Asian Lightning Network SALNet initiated
- Weather & Environment
- Meteorology
The South Asia Lightning Network (SALNet) was initiated in a remarkable first meeting on June 25 - 26. This meeting of lightning interests in...
Marching out to Mars! Why are researchers interested in the red planet?
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Space exploration
The Earth's neighbour, Mars, is an enticing research subject for atmospheric researchers: the atmosphere of this barren planet is like a...
How does Vaisala detect lightning?
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
How can Vaisala detect lightning around the world ? How can sensors at a small number of locations detect lightning so far away? Angles and...
Shelters from the storm: How wind lidar is keeping ports safe and operational
- Maritime
- Weather & Environment
(For more, see "Ports in a Storm," co-authored by Ludovic Thobois and Remy Parmentier of Leosphere, a Vaisala company, in Meteorological...
Managing megacities: How scanning lidar is protecting increasingly city-bound populations
- Meteorology
(For more, see "City Limits," co-authored by Ludovic Thobois and Remy Parmentier of Vaisala, in Meteorological Technology International.) With...
Lightning safety around the world
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Huge amounts of lightning occur around the world, and over two billion lightning events have been detected each of the last five years! These...
Creating space-proof technology
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Space exploration
Vaisala’s pressure and humidity sensors are soon on their way to Mars once again as part of NASA's Mars Exploration Program, in collaboration...
Staying lightning safe in the great outdoors
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
For more than 15 years, we’ve been saying: “When thunder roars, go indoors”. And in 2016, “See a flash, dash inside” was introduced. It’s just...
Lightning safety for your business
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
The threat of thunderstorms around your facility provides challenges around keeping personnel and customers safe while also minimizing...
Q&A from our webinar: Fast and efficient viral vaccines purification by sucrose density gradient
- Industrial Measurements
- Life Science
- Liquid Measurements
In this blog, we answer questions we received during our webinar " Fast and efficient viral vaccines purification by sucrose density gradient "...
Lightning data to kick off Lightning Safety Awareness Week
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
A huge amount of lightning occurs around the world and in the United States – more than you might think. Every cloud-to-ground flash represents...
Understanding dew point in vaporized hydrogen peroxide applications
At any temperature there is a maximum amount of water vapor that the air can hold.
International collaboration takes Vaisala and FMI to Mars, again
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Space exploration
Vaisala’s technology is known to withstand harsh environments, and what environment would be more unforgiving than space? In July, Vaisala’s...
Built to survive, even outside: the Vaisala Indigo500 Series
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Industrial Measurements
Some of our customers have applications that require measurement transmitters to be installed outside, so the Vaisala Indigo500 and its family...