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Urban resilience

Ensure community health and well-being through local, actionable weather and air quality insights.

Champion sustainable living

Accurate weather and air pollution measurements — and public communication — are more crucial than ever.  

Today’s cities face major environmental challenges. Climate change has increased extreme weather events which also affect air quality. Extreme heat and urban flooding have become more frequent, and thunderstorms threaten lives and infrastructure.  

From compact air quality and weather sensors to reference grade sensor networks and systems, Vaisala provides instruments and intelligence that helps local authorities, Environmental Protection Agencies and businesses meet these challenges at the local and regional level:

  • Increase situational awareness of weather conditions
  • Create more accurate weather forecasts  
  • Improve efficiency of building automation systems
  • Better understand the factors that lead to extreme weather and harmful air quality events 

Air quality monitoring

Connecting people to the environment and improving community health starts with access to education and reliable information. By providing helpful air pollution insights and weather intelligence, Vaisala’s world-class air quality monitoring capabilities improve decision-making and empower stakeholders in communities across the world.

Our goal is to create a shared investment in community health. With comprehensive, professional-grade air quality monitoring and measurement solutions, you can dive deeper into the sources and fluctuations of emissions, mitigate risks with visibility into top-priority air pollutants, and drive down exposure to pollution hotspots. 

Weather resilience

Cities today are looking to protect local communities from the rising number of extreme weather and environmental events resulting from climate change, and accurate measurements are the foundation of resilience.

Our compact weather and air quality sensors, remote sensing instruments, weather stations and thunderstorm tracking service provide accurate, hyperlocal observation data in real time. The data can be used to alert citizens and officials of dangerous conditions such as flash floods, heat waves, high winds and thunderstorms, and to localize and enhance the accuracy of weather forecasts. 

Smart cities

Today’s smart cities take a holistic approach to optimizing resources that maximize well-being. Bolstered by advanced technology, the smart city approach focuses on innovation and collaboration.

Discover innovative approaches to measuring air quality and the weather through smart city systems such as connected camera systems and lighting poles, hyperlocal forecasts, and data collection & visualization methods that provide actionable information — automatically. 

Products and services

X-band Weather Radar WRS400

The perfect short-range solution, this X-band weather radar provides highly accurate, real-time measurements with unparalleled resolution from almost ground level.

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X-Band Weather Radar WRS400

Vaisala WRS400 X-band weather radar is a compact solid-state radar providing detailed, localized weather detection that is crucial for understanding and preparing for storm systems and their associated impacts.
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Empower your city with weather & air quality insights

Ready to see how Vaisala’s instruments and data can be put to work for you? We’re here to help! Please contact us and our experts will be in touch quickly to discuss your weather and environmental monitoring challenges.  

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