Blogs and cases
Blogs and customer cases
Vaisala lightning nowcasts on your platform
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Wouldn’t it be nice to complete your outdoor jobs safely when the forecast calls for thunderstorms? Or how about giving your people 30 minutes...
Using Vaisala RoadAI to improve rural surveys in Suffolk, U.K.
- Road weather
- Weather & Environment
The challenge: Work within a limited budget, acquire more road data The county of Suffolk, which lies on England’s rural eastern coast, has been...
Hospital environmental monitoring: compliant & continuous
- Life Science
Relative humidity must be controlled in ORs and sterile rooms to mitigate the growth of microorganisms, prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD)...
Why climate control systems provider Damatex chose Vaisala sensors for their greenhouse customers
- Buildings and Indoor Air Quality
- Greenhouses and Indoor Farming
- Industrial Measurements
Climate control systems are revolutionizing greenhouses, HVAC and building automation. Read how Damatex uses Vaisala technology to achieve...
Senja Leivo appointed as a member of CIGRE Study Committee
- Power Generation and Transmission
Vaisala’s Senja Leivo has been appointed as a member of one of the Study Committees in CIGRE, the Council on Large Electric Systems. CIGRE is...
Increase biogas revenues with accurate methane volume calculation
- Biogas Production
Making biogas production profitable as quickly as possible is typically one of the most important factors when starting up or developing a...
A wider field of awareness: Why airports are adopting X-band radar
- Aviation
- Weather & Environment
Immediately after departure and before landing, aircraft are especially vulnerable to the weather. After takeoff, they are starting to climb to...
Do I need an Indigo transmitter or just an Indigo probe?
- Automotive
- Greenhouses and Indoor Farming
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Industrial Measurements
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Life Science
- Sustainability
The Vaisala Indigo family is a modular solution with interchangeable probes, smart transmitters, and Indigo Insight PC software. There are many...
Where’s all my lightning?
- Meteorology
- Weather & Environment
Among the sights and sounds of summer are lightning and thunder. They are wedded with our culture, so much so, that in places with higher...
Video Q&A: Guidance documents, references, and advice for warehouse mapping
- Life Science
In this video, we answer questions we didn’t have time for during our June webinar “Continuous Mapping in Warehouses: Better Data, Better...
Making your own thunderstorm (do NOT try this at home!)
- Weather & Environment
- Meteorology
Note to readers: Thunderstorms are dangerous and creating your own would be a foolhardy effort. The method of thunderstorm manufacturing we are...
The effect of vaporized hydrogen peroxide on dew point
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Life Science
In bio-decontamination applications that use vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VH 2O 2), it can be useful to know when condensation will occur...
How lidar is expanding wind energy, one site at a time
- Renewable energy
- Wind energy
The challenge: Conduct wind resource assessments in promising, hard-to-assess locations Meventus is a renewable energy consultancy with offices...
Predictive Maintenance with Oil Moisture Measurement
- Automotive
- Industrial Manufacturing and Processes
- Industrial Measurements
Moisture is a known contaminant in a wide variety of applications and processes, but the presence of moisture in industrial use oil can be...
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
- Innovations and Inspirations
- Space exploration
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...
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 neighbor, Mars, is an enticing research subject for atmospheric researchers: the atmosphere of this barren planet is like a...