Blogs and cases

Blogs and customer cases

Vaisala Lightning detection systems mapping the world
Jun 30, 2017
Customer case

Lightning Casualties in the Developing World

  • Meteorology
  • Sustainability
  • Weather & Environment
There is a major difference between lightning deaths and injuries in the developing world compared with more developed countries. In the U.S...
Plane taking off in a thunderstorm
Jun 30, 2017
Blog

Windshear - The Invisible Threat

  • Aviation
  • Environmental and Public Health Protection
  • Weather & Environment
Windshear is most commonly caused by downdraft-generated microbursts hitting the ground and rapidly spreading in all directions. Air Traffic...
How Shenzhen Subway Keeps It Cool
Jun 13, 2017
Customer case

How Shenzhen Subway keeps it cool

  • Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
  • Industrial Measurements
A quickly growing subway system in southern China chose Vaisala’s humidity and temperature transmitters for its air conditioning control system...
Radiosonde Release
Jun 2, 2017
Customer case

Radiosonde – The Invention That Made Vaisala

  • Innovations and Inspirations
  • Meteorology
  • Sustainability
  • Weather & Environment
  • Working at Vaisala
Vaisala's origins date back to the 1930's when Professor Vilho Väisälä , Vaisala's founder and long-time managing director, invented the...
The Pärnu River Basin Pilot Project
Jun 2, 2017
Customer case

The Pärnu River basin pilot project

  • Sustainability
  • Weather & Environment
  • Innovations and Inspirations
In spring 2010, Vaisala released a pilot version of a coupled meteorological-hydrological forecasting system as part of a co-operation project...
Vaisala Tsunami Detection Network in Chile
Jun 2, 2017
Customer case

Vaisala Tsunami Detection Network in Chile

  • Sustainability
  • Weather & Environment
  • Meteorology
At 03:34 a.m. on February 27th 2010, a devastating earthquake and series of tsunamis suddenly hit the central–south coast of Chile. The 8.8...
Vaisala’s Role as an Ambassador
Jun 1, 2017
Customer case

Weather-Ready Nation Ambassador

  • Innovations and Inspirations
  • Sustainability
Destructive, damaging weather can wreak havoc across communities, especially vulnerable ones with limited resources and education about...
Vaisala keeps data centers cool
Jun 1, 2017
Customer case

Keeping data centers cool

  • Industrial Measurements
  • Sustainability
Increasing demand for data processing and storage capacity has led to major companies investing in new facilities that provide web-based...
Jan Bogo Station in Antarctica - Vaisala Case
Jun 1, 2017
Customer case

Scientific Research on Antarctica

  • Innovations and Inspirations
  • Meteorology
  • Sustainability
Vaisala working together with our partners, installed an AUTOSONDE at Korean Antarctic Jang Bogo station, Terra Nova Bay, Antarctica. Korea...
Water on Mars
Jun 1, 2017
Customer case

Water on Mars

  • Innovations and Inspirations
  • Sustainability
NASA's Curiosity Rover uncovers liquid brine conditions on Martian surface The first evidence of liquid water on Mars was announced in May 2015...
Mona Lisa preserved by Vaisala
May 31, 2017
Customer case

Mona Lisa preserved by Vaisala

  • Innovations and Inspirations
  • Sustainability
By Jean-Francois Bore, Application Sales Engineer, Vaisala "I am sure you know of the Mona Lisa, known as La Joconde in French, one of the most...