Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
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...
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...
Ever Felt Like the Air is Running out in the Room?
- Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
- Working at Vaisala
Outdoor air pollution has been a hot topic in public for quite a while due to the rising number of health symptoms and even deaths the...
CO2 monitoring helps make defect-free potato chips
- Industrial Measurements
One of the most unpopular potato chip defects is a result of exposure to elevated levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) during storage.
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...
McKesson Specialty Health achieves over 100 audits without a single observation
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Life Science
Bullet-proof environmental monitoring technology that answers auditors’ questions. McKesson Corporation, currently ranked 5th on the FORTUNE 500...
TVO nuclear power plant monitors transformer condition in real-time
- Power Generation and Transmission
Finnish nuclear power company Teollisuuden Voima implemented Vaisala’s online hydrogen, moisture and temperature monitor to constantly follow...
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
- 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...
Supporting Radioactivity Monitoring in Japan
- Sustainability
Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 11, 2011 led to the largest nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986. The 9.0 magnitude...
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...
The Importance Of Accurate Solar Performance Predictions
- Renewable energy
- Solar energy
Developing a utility-scale solar project requires a large upfront investment, which makes accurately predicting how much power it will produce a...
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 Honorary In-kind Donator for New Children’s Hospital
- Life Science
- Sustainability
Vaisala will be contributing humidity, temperature, and carbon dioxide measurement instruments to the new children’s hospital to be constructed...
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...
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
- 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...
Pan-Canadian Wind Integration Study Wins CanWEA Award
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
We are pleased to announce that the groundbreaking Pan-Canadian Wind Integration Study (PCWIS), supported by Vaisala, was recognized this week...
Using Weather Information to Reduce Accidents and Improve Traffic Flow
- Meteorology
- Road weather
- Sustainability
The Trouble Spots The Oregon Department of Transportation (DOT) manages over seven thousand miles of roadway throughout the state. Like most...
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...