Vaisala shares some of the insights their data has provided. You can find out more about lightning around the globe by visiting their fascinating new global total lightning density map. Never before has it been possible to reliably compare lightning on a national basis everywhere.
In this free webinar, experts from Ford UK, NCAR and L3Harris investigate the significance of AVs and the importance of weather data for their operation.
Episode 1 - Sky and Cloud Observation with Ceilometers
The importance of good communications in the Global Weather Enterprise
Investing in resilience – the economic and humanitarian case
Application of smart weather and climate services to increase safety and efficiency of port operations
Business of Weather talks to the Solar Radiation Management Governance Initiative (SRMGI), an international, NGO-driven project that seeks to expand the global conversation around the governance of climate engineering research
Mistakes that kill your estimates
Helicopter services offshore can be challenging — especially when you’re at the mercy of changing weather conditions. Pilots and helideck operators need real-time, reliable weather and environmental data to make the best decisions that support safety and on-time operations.
WeatherPod Episode 16: WeatherPod interviews Thomas Frei, about the Economics of weather information
ClusterTech co-hosts a live webinar with Pure Storage and NVIDIA.
Vaisala & the Finnish Meteorological Institute: space-based technology
Advanced Automated MET System
Climate research scenarios
Asian Megacities presentation: Towards an Operational Urban Flood Forecasting System
This Technical Note is aimed primarily at professionals in National Meteorological and Hydrological Services (NMHSs), who are trying to improve the quality and relevance of their services to match their societies’ growing needs for meteorological and hydrological information.
Water and cities; coping with floods, droughts and pollution
Technologies like Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) make our lives more convenient and productive, but did you know they can also interfere with weather observations?
Planning for urban flood resilience through blue, green and grey glasses
WeatherPod Episode 13: Enhancing early warning systems in Africa and Asia
WeatherPod Episode 3: Partnerships in the Global Weather Enterprise
Business of Weather investigates a new tool which could significantly increase the accuracy of tornado forecasting
Cloudburst resiliency: Innovative solutions to heavy rainfall and coastal flooding
Acclimatise's Amanda Rycerz presents the Inter-American Development Bank’s flagship publication “Development in the Americas”
The Royal Society has published a themed issue of its Philosophical Transactions journal addressing “Air Quality, past, present and future”.
Lightning detection for critical urban infrastructure and leisure facilities
WeatherPod Episode 12: Prospects & opportunities for weather & climate services in Africa
Explores the “vitals” for successful public and private engagement. These include open data policies enabling private sector participation with a clear division of roles and responsibilities between sectors, as well as non-restrictive country legislation and legal frameworks.
A Vision for Numerical Weather Prediction in 2030: the inaugural GWE Forum presentation 30 June 2020
Operational irradiance forecasting for advanced PV grid integration in Singapore
Private observations improve operational weather forecasts
Explosive volcanic eruptions produce ash that endangers aviation and infrastructure
WeatherPod Episode 5: In this episode of the WeatherPod, we’ve invited Catalina Jaime, Senior Risk Adviser at the Red Cross-Red Crescent Climate Centre, into the studio.
WeatherPod Episode 8: In this episode WeatherPod, interview Dr. Madeleine Thomson from the Wellcome Trust
Episode 17: WeatherPod interviews Alberto Troccoli MD of WEMC
In 2020, the global energy industry depends on high-quality weather forecasts for critical decision making like never before.
This GWEF webinar explored the issues surrounding open data in the context of weather and climate data and services.
Options for urban flood resilience within Indian cities: Findings from the high level national stakeholder consultation
Business of Weather spoke to the founder, CEO and chairman of Raymetrics, Nikos Kontos, about the company and about pollution monitoring and other applications for LIDAR technology
Delivering Impact and Value - Transforming Hydro Meteorological Services for the Public
Calibration of Cloud Radars with OTT Parsivel² Dr. Stefan Kneifel, Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology University of Cologne Kurt Nemeth, Precipitation Specialist OTT HydroMet
River Flood Assessment Based On Ethno-Geography Perspective on the People at Musi River South Sumatra Province, Indonesia
WeatherPod Episode 9: WeatherPod interviews Rebecca Leonardi, Managing Partner of WX Risk Global.
Vaisala's attention was captured when La Soufrière, a volcano on Saint Vincent in the Lesser Antilles, began a series of explosive eruptions on the morning of April 9, 2021.
Green revetment solutions for riverbank erosion protection
WeatherPod Episode 10: Growing Africa’s science capability for weather prediction
High precision lightning data – Business impact
Part of the SECLI FIRM Summer School.
Topography with high mountains and steep inclinations – albeit are beautiful landscapes – but can add complexity when dealing with wind measurements like direction and speed.
A series of podcasts by Earth Networks dedicated to helping today’s top executives mitigate threats that can threaten their operations
In recent years, national meteorological institutes have expressed more interest in using the descent phase of operational radiosonde soundings.
Business of Weather spoke to Mary Glackin about the challenges that lay ahead for U.S. meteorologists.
WeatherPod Episode 11: WeatherPod interviews Professor Hannah Cloke of Reading University
WeatherPod Episode 23: Predicting the Uncertain World
Lessons Learned from an NWS Director
WeatherPod Episode 20: Public Weather Services, Part 1 - WeatherPod interviews Haleh Kootval
The Kosi Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System
If you're working on a weather-related technology innovation you want to use as the basis of a start-up business, then how can you go about turning your idea into a commercially viable venture?
Gap-filling stations and their role within a Road Weather Information System
Working in partnership to drive global awareness of hazardous and impactful weather.
Business of Weather talks to the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), about atmospheric research, public health, and how we might extend the benefits of the Covid-19 lockdown
One of the most striking and persistent climate anomalies of recent years has been the widespread unusual warmth that has affected the North Pacific Ocean.
Risk sensitive land use and infrastructure planning
Sensor-based air quality monitoring: opportunities, impacts and challenges
Information Ecosystem Mapping: Designing Inclusive Weather Forecasting Services for Cities
Investing and trading in the weather derivatives market - Real life examples of using the weather market for benefit
EEC Technology for Hydrometeorological Applications: Weather Radar and QPE
FREE WEBINAR. Now available on demand.
This webinar investigated the potentially devastating challenges facing the aquaculture industry and highlighted the business opportunities of helping to manage and mitigate these threats.
Isn’t Good Air Quality a Human Right? Challenging air conditions exist globally, with particular problem areas in Asia. In this webinar, we’ll outline how businesses, NGOs, and scientists are working to solve this noxious problem. Now available on demand
Urban Flooding and Threats to Sustainable Development: A Study of Srinagar and Chennai Floods.
WeatherPod Episode 2. Co-presenters Alan Thorpe and David Rogers talk to hugely experienced broadcast meteorologist, Gerald Fleming
How Ground Based Doppler Lidar improves Weather Observations and Forecasts
Development of a riverflow forecasting system with minimum requirements
On demand Let’s talk about what’s missing in port and coastal monitoring weather measurements.
A value chain of activities of the public, private and academic sectors providing accurate, reliable and timely weather and climate related information
Business of Weather speaks to the co-founder of Shipped by Sail, a novel shipping broker using sailing ships to transport cargo
For insurers and reinsurers, it is a real focus to understand and evaluate extreme weather and climate risks now and into the future by using advanced risk modelling
WeatherPod Episode 15: Building urban resilience to compound extreme weather events and risks
A tale of two revolutionary changes: Urbanization and advances in high-resolution hydro-meteorological forecasts
WeatherPod Episode 21: Public Weather Services Part 2. Discussion with Haleh Kootval, Gerald Fleming and Kevin O’Loughlin
WeatherPod Episode 18: The WeatherPod Special Report – Key issues facing the Global Weather Enterprise
The threats & challenges facing public health from extreme weather & climate change, and the potential opportunities for business, academia and the public sector to help mitigate and manage them.
IMPACT investing to balance financial return and social good by solving weather related issues for NGOs, foundations, non-profits, governments and philanthropies
Environmental Intelligence platform for odour and air quality management of smart cities
Air pollution, public health and changing weather
WeatherPod Episode 24: WeatherPod meets Paul Davies, Chief Meteorologist and Principal Research Fellow of the UK Met Office
Automated meteorological observation process – benefits for the societal output of meteorological organizations
Communication with the individual supporters for operational weather forecasting
A unique integrated solution to support wind shear detection for aviation in all types of weather conditions
Digital transformation of flood warnings. Making critical information available at the right time to the right people in the right way
WeatherPod Episode 14: Machine learning and artificial intelligence in weather and climate research
Integrating stakeholder knowledge domains to improve urban flood resilience
Collaborative digital workflows for integrated flood management
Urban haze and photovoltaics
Multi-hazard Early Warning System initiatives in Indonesia.
Evacuate if you are told to
Business of Weather talks to Dimitar Ivanov, the Director of Public-Private Engagement at the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO)
Benefits of Lightning Information as a service
Business of Weather talks to Louise van Schaik who heads up the Planetary Security Initiative which was launched in 2015 by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs to research new approaches to reducing climate-related risks to conflict and stability
Prediction of summer rainfall over the source region of the Blue Nile
On February 21, an Alaska Airlines flight from Juneau, Alaska, to Sitka, Alaska was struck by lightning as it descended into Sitka.
Recent Advances in Air Quality Modelling in Australia
WeatherPod Episode 22: Perspectives from early career scientists on the evolution of the Global Weather Enterprise
InterMET Asia 2019 panel discussion: Public sector - Commercial Services?
Next generation real-time hydrologic monitoring standard for increased reliability and accuracy of flood warning data
Severe weather impacts on ground and flight operations and the application of innovative observing systems for risk reduction.
Balancing resolution and latency
A full life-cycle IT approach for flood management
The latest webinar in our series on the business opportunities of extreme weather & climate change focuses on the value of Artificial Intelligence (or AI) to the application of weather data.
WeatherPod Episode 4: A discussion on the operation of a national meteorological service as a commercial enterprise.
Data sharing – Incentive-based data exchange
To complement the Annual Lightning Report, here are some of the big lightning stories you may have missed last year.
WeatherPod Episode 7: Forging a successful European partnership at ECMWF
WeatherPod Episode 6: A view from the Central Institute of Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG), which is Austria’s national meteorological & hydrological service.
Experience of global small sensor co-location comparison studies and applications
Business of Weather talks to Dr. Jan Dutton, serial weather business entrepreneur and CEO of Prescient Weather Ltd., about setting up a weather-based business startup
Three part Mini-series. Episode 1: The business opportunities of detecting & monitoring climate change
WeatherPod Episode 19: WeatherPod Special for Asia Climate Forum 2022
WMO Open Consultative Platform (OCP) Innovation Seminar - 3 July 2020
In the autumn of 2020, Unu Mondo Expedition delivered and installed three units of Vaisala Automatic Weather Stations to measure wind and air temperature in Greenland.
The latest free webinar in our series on the business opportunities of extreme weather & climate change focuses on the challenges - and opportunities - facing people who have left the public and academic sectors to set up a weather business.
Changing the game of flood fighting
The impact of of flooding on mosquito surveillance and control
Planning for flooding within a city water resilience framework.
Effective early warning systems for building resilience to flood hazard: Challenges and opportunities
Winter services save lives. In a pilot project, Technical Services Offenburg (TBO) show how their database can be improved with little effort.
The opportunities to build resilience in urban and rural communities.
WeatherPod Episode 1: Co-operation between the public, private and academic sectors is crucial to the effective use of weather & climate data
Continuous temperature and humidity profiles from lidar. A powerful tool towards robust weather forecasting
WMO 68th Executive Council - a speaker's personal view
‘Blue labelling’ to highlight weather related flood risks
Climate Change Special Report: Episode 2 - the business opportunities of climate change models and analytics.