Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
How Vaisala Care keeps NCM’s weather radars operational through the UAE's climate of extremes
- Lifecycle services
- Meteorology
In 2014, NCM selected Vaisala weather radars after a thorough technical evaluation of radar manufacturers. But they also made another strategic...
Building a more weather-resilient future in Greece with a weather radar network
- Meteorology
We spoke with Panos Giannopoulos, meteorologist and weather presenter at Greece’s national broadcaster ERT TV, about how the advanced weather...
Upgrading Spain’s weather radar network for weather resilience
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Spain, a country known for its diverse and often severe weather patterns, is taking significant steps to enhance its weather resilience. The...
Transforming atmospheric monitoring with real-time analysis in Belgium
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
This case study illustrates the value of combining depolarization and wind lidar data to tackle complex atmospheric monitoring challenges...
Modern weather intelligence improves storm preparedness in Italy
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
ARPA Lombardia provides realtime weather forecasts to more than 10 million residents and offers meteorological support to Civil Protection.
Sound solution: Piloting radiosondes with reduced environmental impact
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
As part of their ongoing commitment to environmental sustainability, MET Norway expressed interest in testing the newly developed Radiosonde...
Changing the game for severe weather forecasting in Canada
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
The client: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) Vaisala solution: DIAL Atmospheric Profiler DA10 Environment and Climate Change Canada...
Safeguarding public safety through wind lidars
- Meteorology
- Renewable energy
- Weather & Environment
- Wind energy
The client: MeteoSwiss Vaisala provided: WindCube Scan, Explore Edition The challenge: Ensuring public safety in the face of nuclear incidents...
Uncovering layers of marine fog
- Maritime
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
How the University of Notre Dame is expanding knowledge of marine fog formation using advanced Vaisala technology The client: Civil and...
Boosting lightning safety and awareness in a Colorado park
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
How the City of Centennial improved public safety with innovative Vaisala technology The client: City of Centennial, Colorado, USA Vaisala...
Climate intelligence and weather resiliency for tropical farmers
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Ignitia produces the world's first highly accurate tropical forecast model using Vaisala lightning data. The client: Ignitia Vaisala provided...
Improving energy efficiency of Fortum district heating system with intelligent weather data and modelling
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
The client: Fortum Vaisala provided: AWS310, WXT536, NM10, Vaisala weather forecast, Third party solar radiation sensor The district heating and...
Air quality insights from the Eiffel Tower
- Meteorology
- Sustainability
- Weather & Environment
How the renowned landmark tracks air quality in Paris with Vaisala sensors. Monitoring air quality through layers With a population of 2.24...
Groundbreaking atmospheric insights in extreme polar environments
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Studying the formation of clouds in Antarctica with the Vaisala Lidar Ceilometer CL61 Researchers of the Italian National Agency for New...
Two storms at once - Met Éireann
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
How the Irish meteorological service modernized Europe’s most westerly sounding station The challenge: Upgrade to a Vaisala Autosonde sounding...
The weather station that never sleeps
- Environmental and Public Health Protection
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
How the World Trade Center tapped world-class Vaisala technology to create its own weather center. The client: World Trade Center Department of...
Automation of upper-air observations for modernization
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Automation for modernization The Italian Air Force Meteorological Service upgrades their nationwide weather network with automation, remote...
Surrey, British Columbia: Better roads in any weather
- Meteorology
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
How the City of Surrey improved winter road conditions for greater safety with real-time road condition information across the network Just...
Innovation on the road: How the borough of Bexley is gaining efficiency with Road AI
- Meteorology
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
The challenge: Improve road surveys, leverage more data Bexley is an outer London borough situated on the edge of Kent and maintains a...
Vaisala offering helping hand to the hurricane-affected St. Maarten
- Aviation
- Meteorology
- Road weather
- Sustainability
- Weather & Environment
In 2017, over the course of a month, both the United States and Caribbean nations were affected by no less than four major hurricanes with wind...