American meteorologists have written to the US Federal Communications Commission to raise concerns over potential disruptions caused by sharing a particular bandwidth with 5G telecommunication companies. - Julio 2019
NOAA and NASA are joining forces on a research campaign that will use satellites, aircraft, drones, and ground stations to study smoke from wildfires and agricultural crop fires across the USA. - Julio 2019
Biral, a UK-based manufacturer of meteorological instrumentation, has completed the installation of its visibility and present weather (VPF) sensors at 45 airports across China. - Julio 2019
A team of European researchers, including members of the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI), has developed a role-playing game to help authorities plan their response to extreme weather events. - Julio 2019
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has stressed the importance of urgent climate action ahead of the United Nations’ (UN) Climate Action Summit, taking place at the UN headquarters in New York on September 21-23, 2019. - Julio 2019
Jim Anderson was elected chair of the Hydro-Meteorological Equipment Industry (HMEI) at the organization’s 21st General Assembly meeting held during the World Meteorological Congress, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 3 to June 14. - Junio 2019
NOAA’s flagship weather model — the Global Forecast System (GFS) — is undergoing a significant upgrade with the integration of a new dynamical core called the Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere (FV3). This upgrade will drive global numerical weather prediction into the future with improved forecasts of severe weather, winter storms, and tropical cyclone intensity and track. - Junio 2019
Offshore wind energy developer US Wind has signed an agreement with Epic Applied Technologies for the installation of a meteorological tower off the coast of Maryland, marking a key milestone in one of the nation’s first commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects. - Junio 2019
Finnish weather measurement specialist Vaisala has announced the expansion of its weather radar offering with the development of an advanced x-band radar. - Junio 2019
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket is ready to send six weather satellites into space on June 24, as part of the second generation, US-Taiwanese, COSMIC weather satellite program. - Junio 2019
Sweeping reforms to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) have been approved at the World Meteorological Congress, which took place in Geneva, Switzerland, from June 3 to June 14, in an attempt to embrace a more comprehensive Earth system approach. - Junio 2019
Prof. Dr Gerhard Adrian, president of the German Weather Service (DWD), has become the first German to stand as candidate for the presidency of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). - Mayo 2019
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that cyclones Idai and Kenneth, which hit Mozambique in March and April this year, should act as “a wake-up call” to the impact of tropical cyclones, coastal flooding and intense rainfall linked to climate change. - Mayo 2019
A collaboration between two aerospace specialists and the UK and French space agencies has resulted in the development of a sophisticated forecasting instrument that will set new standards of accuracy in short-term weather prediction. - Mayo 2019
Barani Design Technologies is planning to donate 100 helical MeteoShield Professional solar radiation shields, valued at €20,000 (US$22,000) in total, to thank worldwide environmental researchers for their efforts in the fight against accelerated global warming. - Mayo 2019
Meteorological Technology World Expo 2019 is the must-attend event for any company or organization in the meteorological sector. Taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, on June 5, 6, 7, this truly global exhibition is expected to attract 175+ exhibitors and 4,000+ attendees from more than 100 countries. - Mayo 2019
Finnish environmental and weather measurement firm Vaisala has launched a new web-based route optimization tool to ensure that road networks are treated in the most efficient way possible during the winter months. - Mayo 2019
The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) is to relocate its high-performance computing (HPC) data center from Reading, UK, to Bologna, Italy, in 2020 and details of the new Italian site are now available. - Abril 2019
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an independent public body tasked with advising the UK government on climate change preparation, has launched a call for evidence to identify relevant published information about the risks and opportunities the country faces because of climate change.
- Abril 2019
Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have designed a new device that creates electricity from falling snow. The first of its kind, the device is inexpensive, small and as flexible as a sheet of plastic. - Abril 2019
Weather observation and measurement specialist Vaisala has signed a contract with the Argentine air navigation service provider (EANA) to deploy its AviMet Automated Weather Observing Systems (AWOS) at 31 airports across the country. - Abril 2019
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned that the physical signs and socio-economic impacts of climate change are accelerating, driven by increasing global temperatures arising from record greenhouse gas concentrations.
- Abril 2019
Chris Skidmore, science minister for the UK, has announced £7m (US$9m) of funding for a new mission to study how solar wind interacts with the Earth’s magnetosphere, potentially impacting satellites, power grids and communication networks. - Marzo 2019
Weather solution provider Baron has announced a new partnership with the University of Mississippi to implement its Baron Threat Net weather monitoring and forecasting tools with the aim of improving campus safety. - Marzo 2019
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has developed a new sea ice service reporting on the Baltic Sea landfast ice thickness and extent. - Marzo 2019
Environmental measurement specialist Vaisala has signed a five-year agreement with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) to deliver 600 road weather stations throughout Sweden. - Marzo 2019
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) latest geostationary weather satellite GOES-17 has completed its calibration phase and is now operating in the GOES West position, helping National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters to predict storm systems, fog clouds and wildfires. - Marzo 2019
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), which has meteorological faculties in Florida and Arizona, has selected Baron Lynx weather graphics and precision storm tracking tools for a variety of educational purposes. - Febrero 2019
Environmental and industrial measurement specialist Vaisala has been contracted by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) to deliver and install 13 Vaisala Autosonde AS41 automatic sounding systems, with the first setup scheduled for March 2019. - Febrero 2019
The Ghanaian government has completed the installation of 10 automatic weather stations as part of its World Bank-backed E-Transform Project, helping to significantly improve the data gathering and weather prediction capabilities of the Ghana Meteorological Agency (GMet). - Febrero 2019
China’s 35th Antarctic expedition team has successfully installed a new automatic weather station to collect data on temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and windspeed for what the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) refers to as the Panda region of Antarctica. - Febrero 2019
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have joined forces to help the nation’s weather and climate modeling scientists achieve mutual benefits through more strategic collaboration, shared resources and information. - Febrero 2019
The Caribbean Meteorological Council has appointed Dr Arlene Laing as the new coordinating director of the Caribbean Meteorological Organization (CMO). - Enero 2019
Hydro Tasmania, the predominant electricity generator in the state of Tasmania, Australia, will be able to better harness and supply clean energy through a new partnership with the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). - Enero 2019
Antarctic sea ice coverage has reached a record low for the start of January, spanning 5,470,000km² – a decline of 30,000km² compared with the same period in 2017. - Enero 2019
Switzerland has pledged to donate CHF 9m (US$9m) toward an international initiative aimed at strengthening early warning systems in vulnerable low-income countries. - Enero 2019
NOAA employees furloughed by the current partial shutdown in the USA have been forced to take up new positions to supplement their income. - Enero 2019
Environmental and industrial measurement specialist Vaisala has developed the capability to distinguish cloud-to-ground lightning strokes that contain continuing current, the most damaging of lighting strokes. - Diciembre 2018
US radar manufacturer EEC has received an Emmy Award for the joint-development of its StormRanger mobile X-band weather radar truck, currently used for television weather forecasting and reporting. - Diciembre 2018
The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) provisional statement on the State of the Climate has labelled 2018 as the fourth highest average global temperature on record, with the 20 warmest years coming in the past 22 years, and top four in the past four years. - Diciembre 2018
Central European location attracting more new exhibitors than ever - Diciembre 2018
The UK Space Agency has successfully launched two small weather satellites into orbit as part of the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ARTES Pioneer program. - Diciembre 2018
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) largest oceanographic research vessel, NOAA Ship Ronald H Brown, docked at its home port in Charleston, South Carolina, on October 22, 2018, after a 243-day voyage around the world to conduct scientific research and service buoys that inform global weather, climate and ocean forecasting. - Noviembre 2018
The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) has entered a cooperation agreement with satellite communications specialist ATLAS Space Operations to provide ground station services to ATLAS’s polar orbit customers. - Noviembre 2018
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has identified a site in Wimmera, Victoria, as the location for its new state-of-the-art weather radar, providing local residents and businesses with real-time weather information. - Noviembre 2018
The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) latest scientific assessment on ozone depletion has revealed further evidence pointing to a healing ozone layer. - Noviembre 2018
Eumetsat has successfully launched its third MetOp satellite, MetOp-C, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana to continue the provision of data for weather forecasting from polar orbit. - Noviembre 2018
Aerospace technology developer Harris Corporation and security, communication and aviation specialist L3 Technologies have agreed to a merger of equals, following a unanimous decision from the boards of both companies. - Octubre 2018
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has said that its new landmark report on climate change should act as a wake-up call about the huge challenges and benefits of limiting global warming to 1.5°C in view of the escalating threats from rising temperatures. - Octubre 2018
Professor Penelope Endersby has been named as the UK Met Office’s new chief executive with effect from December 1, 2018. - Octubre 2018
Maritime navigation and compliance specialist ChartCo has selected global weather forecaster MeteoGroup to deliver its weather routing technology services (SPOS) through its OneOcean platform. - Octubre 2018
Meteorological technology developer Baron Services has announced the establishment of the Baron Critical Weather Institute, a not-for-profit organization charged with investigating how weather impacts all aspects of the transportation industry. - Octubre 2018
Meteorological Technology World Expo 2018 is the must-attend event for any company or organization in the meteorological sector. - Septiembre 2018
Weather Telematics, a subsidiary of technology development firm Internet of Things Inc., has been granted a patent from the European Patent Office (originally filed in 2015) for the mobile collection, analysis and processing of meteorological data. - Septiembre 2018
Environmental and industrial measurement specialist Vaisala has expanded its field support team and opened a new operations center in Birmingham in the UK, to better support service needs for its Triton Wind Profiler. - Septiembre 2018
NRG Systems, a subsidiary of manufacturing and development firm ESCO Technologies, has purchased a portfolio of remote wind measurement sensors developed by Israeli company Pentalum. - Septiembre 2018
US space agency NASA launched its Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) from California on September 15, 2018, with the aim of measuring the ice sheets in Earth’s most extreme regions with unprecedented accuracy. - Septiembre 2018
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has been awarded a contract by Météo-France, the national meteorological service for France, to supply a Terminal Doppler Lidar system (Diabrezza A Series) for use at Nice Côte d’Azur Airport, the country’s second-busiest international airport. - Agosto 2018
Wind and solar performance maps from Vaisala, a Finnish manufacturer of environmental sensors, have found that the same meteorological conditions behind the current heatwave in Western Europe have contributed to a wind drought, negatively affecting wind energy performance in markets including the UK, France, Spain, Germany and Scandinavia. - Agosto 2018
The American Meteorological Society’s (AMS) annual State of the Climate report has found 2017 to be one of the top three warmest years since records began in 1850, following 2015 and 2016 as the first and second warmest years. - Agosto 2018
A new study by the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, predicts that future climate change is set to positively affect hydropower generation at the majority of sites in India. - Agosto 2018
Following the launch of its new thunderstorm detection system for the wind energy sector, meteorological equipment specialist Biral has produced a technical White Paper on the success of this system in detecting imminent lightning.
- Agosto 2018
With less than two months to go, visitors should be sure to make plans to see the three vendor workshops taking place on the exhibition floor at Meteorological Technology World Expo, taking place from October 9-11 in the Netherlands at Amsterdam RAI. - Agosto 2018
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has published its preliminary program for CIMO TECO-2018, taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands, from October 8-11. - Julio 2018
The China Meteorological Administration (CMA) has donated US$2.4m-worth of meteorological equipment to the government of Namibia, Africa, reports Chinese news agency Xinhua. - Julio 2018
The UK Met Office has signed a new seven-year deal to provide on-site meteorologists and bespoke forecasts for the airfield at London Heathrow Airport, UK. It will be the first time in 15 years that an extended on-site Met Office team will oversee the airfield observations. - Julio 2018
The WMO will open its new regional office for Africa in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, with the aim of strengthening relations with key institutions such as the African Union. - Julio 2018
An innovative cloud profiling radar is one of seven new projects being funded by the UK Space Agency - Julio 2018
After more than 15 years of service, Kipp & Zonen is replacing its UVS series of radiometers with its next-generation SUV series. - Junio 2018
The World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) executive council is holding its annual session from 20-29 June 2018, with a focus on addressing high-impact weather and climate change and forming relationships with the private sector. - Junio 2018
China’s Meteorological Administration (CMA) has successfully launched its Fengyun-2H (FY-2H) meteorological satellite – the eighth and final satellite in the FY-2 series. - Junio 2018
Former Channel 4 Television commercial director Rob Woodward has been appointed as the new chair of the UK Met Office, with effect from 1 July 2018. - Junio 2018
Weather intelligence provider Baron has been selected to upgrade the weather radar technology being used at Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan. - Junio 2018
El vehículo espacial de carga Cygnus de Orbital ATK partió con tres CubeSat a bordo cuando se lanzó el 21 de mayo desde las instalaciones de vuelo de la NASA en Wallops, Virginia, Estados Unidos. El lanzamiento fue la novena misión comercial de reabastecimiento de Orbital ATK a la Estación Espacial Internacional. Los CubeSat son satélites del tamaño de una caja de cereales que se emplearán para probar y ensayar una tecnología de observación de la Tierra de nueva generación. - Mayo 2018
La Autoridad Meteorológica de Egipto (EMA por sus siglas en inglés), responsable de las previsiones meteorológicas del país, ha anunciado que ha redactado una nueva ley cuyo objeto es tratar de erradicar las previsiones meteorológicas no autorizadas, algo que representa un problema cada vez mayor en Egipto. - Mayo 2018
El Servicio Meteorológico Nacional de la NOAA ha anunciado que ha comenzado a probar una nueva tecnología de automatización de los lanzamientos de globos meteorológicos. Según la NOAA, la nueva tecnología ayudará a reducir los costes y el tiempo necesarios para el lanzamiento de globos y contribuirá a sortear los problemas actuales de personal. - Mayo 2018
El primer Foro sobre la evolución probable del clima en la región panártica (PARCOF) se celebró en mayo para facilitar predicciones para este verano en el Ártico. El Foro forma parte de una acción internacional encaminada a mejorar las predicciones del tiempo, el clima y el hielo marino en una región en la que el medio ambiente está experimentando rápidos cambios. - Mayo 2018
Baron, gran proveedor de inteligencia meteorológica crítica, ha incorporado datos globales de previsiones de turbulencias y formación de hielos en su aplicación meteorológica a fin de ampliar su oferta de datos para el sector aeronáutico. El conjunto de datos supone una manera eficaz para que los desarrolladores de servicios de planificación y seguimiento de vuelos integren información meteorológica para aviación. - Mayo 2018
Biral, especialista en equipos meteorológicos, ha lanzado nuevas placas de prueba de visibilidad para las luces indicadoras de obstáculos para aviación instaladas en generadores eólicos. - Mayo 2018
La Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) lanzó con éxito su satélite Sentinel-3B del programa Copernicus el pasado 25 de abril desde Rusia, donde se encontró con su gemelo idéntico –el Sentinel-3A– ya en órbita. Los dos satélites transportan cada uno diversas tecnologías para observar la masa terrestre, los océanos y la atmósfera de la Tierra. - Mayo 2018
Earth Networks, empresa que opera con redes de sensores meteorológicos y climáticos en todo el mundo, se ha asociado con el Instituto Nacional de Meteorología de Mozambique (INAM), para ampliar la observación en vivo de tormentas, la detección de la actividad eléctrica y las observaciones meteorológicas en tiempo real. - Abril 2018
La Oficina Meteorológica del Reino Unido ha anunciado dos nuevos proyectos que tienen por objeto mejorar la resiliencia a las condiciones meteorológicas y climáticas de los países que integran la Commonwealth. - Abril 2018
The World Meteorological Organization’s Hurricane Committee has retired the names Harvey, Irma, Maria and Nate from its list of rotating names. - Abril 2018
The global critical weather intelligence provider Baron has announced the appointment of international weather expert John L (Jack) Hayes, who has been tasked with expanding the Huntsville, Alabama-based company’s global business development initiatives. - Abril 2018
Finnish environmental and industrial measurement specialist Vaisala has compiled data from its global lightning detection network, the Global Lightning Dataset GLD360, to demonstrate the overall volume of lightning strokes as well as the countries with the highest lightning stroke density in the world. - Abril 2018
Geotechnical solutions specialist Keller has launched a new upgraded version of its GSM-2 datalogger called the ARC-1 Autonomous Remote Data Collector. - Abril 2018
Software firm Kisters and private European weather organisation MeteoGroup have announced the addition of water environment specialist DHI Group as a third partner in the HydroMaster partnership. - Abril 2018
La nueva familia de microestaciones meteorológicas MeteoHelix de Barani Design, un fabricante eslovaco de tecnología meteorológica, ofrece otro nivel de precisión en sus mediciones de la temperatura del aire a un precio inferior que numerosas sondas de temperatura. - Marzo 2018
Vaisala, proveedor de tecnologías de medición ambiental, ha firmado una serie de acuerdos con socios regionales ante la creciente demanda de su sistema avanzado de medición del viento, el perfilador de viento Triton. - Marzo 2018
La Met Office del Reino Unido ha anunciado que Rob Varley ha dejado el cargo de director ejecutivo con efecto inmediato. - Marzo 2018
Biral, empresa especializada en meteorología, ha firmado un contrato para instalar sus sensores de visibilidad y del tiempo presente en la parte superior de generadores eólicos en Canadá, lo que permitirá la atenuación automática de las luces de aviso en el sector aeronáutico en condiciones de tiempo despejado. - Marzo 2018
Petteri Taalas, secretario general de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), se reunió el pasado 20 de febrero con Yahya Ould Hademine, primer ministro de la República Islámica de Mauritania en África occidental, para hablar de la preparación de un plan de desarrollo de los servicios meteorológicos e hidrológicos nacionales del país. - Marzo 2018
Un Autosub de gran alcance (ALR) —un tipo de vehículo submarino autónomo (AUV)— del Centro Oceanográfico Nacional (NOC), también conocido como Boaty McBoatface, se ha recuperado con éxito tras su primera misión bajo la plataforma de hielo Filchner en la Antártida occidental. - Marzo 2018
Acaba de concluir una renovación por valor de 10 millones de libras esterlinas (14 millones de dólares estadounidenses) en la red británica de radares de precipitaciones, encabezada por la Met Office y la Agencia británica de Medio Ambiente. Esta revolucionaria renovación permitirá capturar el tamaño y la forma de las gotas de lluvia y de los copos de nieve junto con datos de velocidad del viento por primera vez en la historia, - Febrero 2018
La Agencia Espacial Europea (ESA) ha desvelado las cuatro organizaciones con las que se va a asociar para desarrollar un sistema de alerta temprana que ayude a reducir el riesgo mundial de daños provocados por la meteorología del espacio. - Febrero 2018
El proveedor de estaciones meteorológicas Coastal Environmental Systems (CES) ha incorporado el sensor meteorológico del tiempo presente y visibilidad VPF-730 de Biral en su principal sistema de observación meteorológica automatizado para implantarlo en aeropuertos de toda China. - Febrero 2018
La Organización Europea para la Explotación de Satélites Meteorológicos (EUMETSAT) ha nombrado a Cristian Bank director de preparación y desarrollo de programas. Bank se incorpora a EUMETSAT procedente de la especialista danesa en espacio y defensa Rovsing, donde ha ocupado el cargo de consejero delegado. Bank asumirá sus nuevas funciones a partir del 1 de abril de 2018. - Febrero 2018
La empresa alemana OTT Hydromet, distribuidora de tecnología de sensores hidrológicos y meteorológicos, ha completado la adquisición e integración de la holandesa Kipp & Zonen, fabricante de instrumentos de medición atmosférica y de la radiación solar. - Febrero 2018
El Instituto Avanzado de Ciencia Informática (AICS) de RIKEN en Japón ha mejorado considerablemente su capacidad de predecir precipitaciones y el desarrollo de tifones enviando datos procedentes del satélite Himawari-8 al ordenador K de Fujitsu, el octavo superordenador más rápido del mundo. - Enero 2018
El Ministerio de Ciencias de la Tierra del gobierno indio ha inaugurado un nuevo superordenador en el Instituto de Meteorología Tropical de la India (IITM) en Pune, dedicado a mejorar las previsiones meteorológicas y climáticas de todo el país. - Enero 2018
Earth Networks, operador mundial de redes de sensores climáticos y meteorológicos, ha anunciado el desarrollo de un nuevo producto de detección de relámpagos derivado de la red Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) de la empresa y el instrumento Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) del satélite GOES-East. - Enero 2018
El Instituto Meteorológico Finlandés (FMI) ha proporcionado equipos de medición de presión y humedad para el nuevo rover Mars de la NASA, cuyo lanzamiento está previsto en 2020. - Enero 2018
La Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) y el Consejo Mundial de Energía y Meteorología (CMEM) han firmado un memorando de acuerdo para mejorar la disponibilidad de la información climática y meteorológica para el sector energético. - Enero 2018
La Administración Nacional para el Océano y la Atmósfera (NOAA) de los Estados Unidos tiene previsto actualizar su plantilla de superordenadores climáticos y meteorológicos con la incorporación de dos nuevos sistemas de Dell. - Enero 2018
Investigadores de la Universidad de California (UCI), Irvine, han creado un nuevo índice mundial de gravedad de la sequía (DSI, por sus siglas en inglés) basado en satélites para observadores del clima de todo el mundo. - Diciembre 2017
Vaisala, especialista en mediciones ambientales, ha colaborado con WindSim, una empresa pionera en modelos de dinámica de fluidos computacional (CFD), en un estudio que demuestra el modo en que pueden mitigarse los efectos de los terrenos accidentados en las mediciones del viento recopiladas mediante unidades de teledetección. - Diciembre 2017
Biral, un fabricante líder de sensores meteorológicos, ha culminado la instalación de su detector de tormentas BTD-300 en la base aérea de Eindhoven en los Países Bajos, una base de transporte militar de la Real Fuerza Aérea de los Países Bajos. - Diciembre 2017
EarthSense Systems ha publicado MappAir: el primer mapa a nivel nacional de alta resolución de la contaminación del aire. - Diciembre 2017
Vaisala, un especialista en mediciones ambientales e industriales, ha introducido un conjunto de sondas inteligentes intercambiables para realizar mediciones de humedad en entornos exigentes. - Diciembre 2017
Robert Varley, director ejecutivo de la Met Office del Reino Unido, ha sido elegido vicepresidente primero de la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM). - Diciembre 2017
Según la Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM), el año 2017 va camino de ser uno de los años más cálidos jamás registrados, con numerosos episodios de gran repercusión, entre ellos huracanes catastróficos, crecidas, olas de calor debilitantes y sequías. - Noviembre 2017
El 18 de noviembre, los EE. UU. lanzaron el primero de su nueva generación de avanzados satélites meteorológicos de órbita polar, el Sistema Conjunto de Satélites Polares (JPSS-1), que se denominará NOAA-20 una vez que alcance su órbita. - Noviembre 2017
La Administración Meteorológica de China (CMA) ha lanzado con éxito su nuevo satélite meteorológico de órbita polar, Fengyun-3D (FY-3D), que proporcionará alertas tempranas sobre fenómenos meteorológicos para ayudar a reducir el impacto de los desastres naturales. - Noviembre 2017
El fabricante aeroespacial Thales Alenia Space ha firmado un contrato con la Agencia Espacial del Reino Unido para colaborar en MicroCarb, una misión satelital británico-francesa que medirá las fuentes y los sumideros mundiales de carbono, la fuente del principal gas de efecto invernadero de origen humano, el dióxido de carbono, que acelera el calentamiento global. - Noviembre 2017
El World Solar Challenge de Bridgestone es una de las competiciones de vehículos solares más populares del mundo. La carrera tuvo lugar a mediados de octubre y recorrió 3000 km a través de Australia. Con la ayuda del sensor meteorológico inteligente WS504 de Lufft, el equipo belga Punch Powertrain Solar Team acabó entre los tres primeros. - Noviembre 2017
NRG Systems, diseñador y fabricante de tecnologías de sensores inteligentes, ha nombrado a Barry Logue director de soluciones Lidar de energía eólica de la empresa. Logue, un veterano en el campo de la teledetección, será el responsable de la gestión completa de cuentas y ventas de productos y servicios Lidar de NRG en Norteamérica. - Noviembre 2017
La Oficina de Educación de la Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) ha asignado 2,3 millones de dólares estadounidenses para apoyar una colaboración a largo plazo con la Sociedad Meteorológica Americana (AMS). - Octubre 2017
Vaisala, fabricante finés de tecnologías de medida medioambiental, colabora con la Universidad de Helsinki y el Instituto Meteorológico Finlandés (FMI) para controlar la contaminación del aire en China con el objetivo de desarrollar una estación de calidad del aire de próxima generación capaz de crear modelos en 3D. - Octubre 2017
Los investigadores norteamericanos han demostrado que las pérdidas económicas ocasionadas por los huracanes podrían aumentar más del 70% en 2100 si los océanos aumentan su temperatura a la velocidad pronosticada por el Grupo Intergubernamental sobre el Cambio Climático (IPCC). El hallazgo se basa en el escenario de cambio climático potencial más grave del grupo y se ha pronosticado con un nivel de confianza del 80%. - Octubre 2017
Un análisis de 50 años de datos de precipitaciones en regiones áridas realizadas por investigadores de la Universidad de Cardiff y la Universidad de Bristol en el Reino Unido ha demostrado una disminución de la intensidad de las precipitaciones, a pesar del aumento de las precipitaciones totales. - Octubre 2017
Los investigadores alemanes están desarrollando un sistema de medida y análisis capaz de predecir mejor la calidad del aire en las ciudades mediante una combinación de fuentes de datos meteorológicos existentes con datos procedentes de sensores de calidad del aire del tráfico de las carreteras, aviones no tripulados y smartphones de ciudadanos. - Octubre 2017
Los meteorólogos de Penn State College, Pennsylvania, se han inspirado en la película Twister para desarrollar una manera de capturar datos termodinámicos en el interior y alrededor de un tornado. Los datos obtenidos servirán de ayuda para explicar la formación de los tornados. - Octubre 2017
El nuevo Atlas Eólico Europeo, que estará listo en 2020, mejorará las evaluaciones de energía eólica y proporcionará un nuevo estándar para la ubicación de parques eólicos, según afirman los expertos. - Septiembre 2017
La Administración Nacional Oceánica y Atmosférica (NOAA) de los Estados Unidos está a punto de lanzar el primero de una serie de cuatro satélites meteorológicos de órbita polar, JPSS-1, el 10 de noviembre. - Septiembre 2017
Los meteorólogos y expertos en medioambiente han celebrado en septiembre el 30º aniversario del Protocolo de Montreal y han lanzado una campaña para sensibilizar sobre su éxito. - Septiembre 2017
Los meteorólogos alemanes están desarrollando una manera de incorporar la influencia de las ondas gravitatorias en modelos de predicción meteorológica. - Septiembre 2017
El radar meteorológico Mount Stapylton localizado en Brisbane, Queensland (Australia), se ha reactivado tras la finalización de una actualización de un mes de duración a mitad de su vida útil.
La actualización, que prevé prolongar la vida del radar meteorológico otros 10 años, permitirá a los meteorólogos distinguir entre lluvia, granizo, gránulos de hielo, restos de incendios forestales e incluso nevadas. La finalización del proyecto se ha previsto para antes de la estación húmeda de Queensland, que suele comenzar en octubre y finalizar en torno a marzo, y durante la cual la actividad de lluvias y tormentas suele aumentar.
- Septiembre 2017
Sentinel-5P, el satélite más reciente de la Agencia Espacial Europea, vigilará la atmósfera para detectar la presencia de gases en trazas. Su lanzamiento está previsto en Plesetsk, Rusia, durante el mes de octubre.
Sentinel-5 Precursor (S-5P) es la primera misión del programa Copernicus dedicada a la vigilancia de la atmósfera y da continuidad a otros cinco satélites Sentinel que ya se encuentran en órbita. - Septiembre 2017
La Organización Meteorológica Mundial (OMM) ha inaugurado una nueva oficina en Singapur para atender a la región de Asia-Pacífico. Es la primera vez que se establecerá una oficina regional de la OMM en Asia y en el Pacífico Sudoccidental, y es la segunda oficina regional reubicada desde Ginebra. - Agosto 2017
El fabricante de sensores Biral ha anunciado la adición de una nueva función de prueba a su gama completa de sensores meteorológicos del tiempo presente y visibilidad.
- Agosto 2017
La compañía de desarrollo de tecnologías Harris Corporation ha suministrado un satélite meteorológico digital avanzado al Instituto de Investigación Aeroespacial de Corea que ayudará a los meteorólogos a proteger a los habitantes de la región contra tifones y otros fenómenos meteorológicos adversos. - Agosto 2017
Por primera vez en el Reino Unido, la Met Office ha anunciado que instalará a un equipo de meteorólogos durante todo el año en el centro de control aéreo NATS en Hampshire, uno de los dos centros de control responsables de proporcionar los servicios de navegación de tráfico aéreo en el espacio aéreo del Reino Unido. - Agosto 2017
AccuWeather, una de las mayores compañías meteorológicas del mundo y de más rápido crecimiento, mostrará su gama de contenido personalizado disponible a través del sitio web AccuWeather.com, las galardonadas aplicaciones AccuWeather de la empresa y el canal de televisión AccuWeather Network. - Agosto 2017
Desarrollado para utilizarse en ciencias físicas aplicadas, la subsidiaria de la empresa de defensa y aeroespacial de los EE. UU. General Dynamics, GAMIC, presentará este año su nuevo digitalizador de frecuencia intermedia (IFD) de 500 MHz en la Meteorological Technology World Expo de Ámsterdam. El digitalizador de frecuencia intermedia está diseñado para aplicaciones de alta resolución de física aplicada como el sistema FutureWaves, un sistema de previsión de movimiento de olas marinas y embarcaciones. - Agosto 2017
The new water depth sensor with SDI-12 communication protocol from Baker Hughes, a GE company (BHGE) – which the company is officially launching at this year’s Meteorological Technology World Expo – is the latest addition to its range of highly-accurate barometers and advanced water depth sensors and suite of pressure calibration equipment. - Julio 2017
At this year’s Meteorological Technology World Expo, FTS will launch its new Remote Automated Observation System (RAOS), a camera-based solution that delivers a new dimension of environmental monitoring. - Julio 2017
A top-level World Meteorological Organization (WMO) delegation has given its strategic perspectives on a new era for environmental satellites as part of a keynote speech at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Satellite Conference, held in New York on July 17-20, 2017. - Julio 2017
The UK’s Met Office is working with organizations in Malaysia and the Philippines to develop advice related to high-impact weather events. - Julio 2017
Pakistan and France have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen scientific cooperation in the field of meteorology. The MoU was signed by Moin ul Haque, ambassador of Pakistan to France, and Jean-Marc Lacave, CEO of Meteo France. - Julio 2017
An international team of scientists has developed a new 3D nowcasting system that is said to predict the likelihood of precipitation in a given location 10 minutes in advance. The solution uses a combination of phased-array radar and computer algorithms that make predictions based on the data gathered from the radars. - Julio 2017
Munich Reinsurance America Inc. (Munich Re, US) has developed an immersive Tornado Virtual Reality Experience to help people and businesses understand the devastation wrought by tornados and the need to embrace resiliency to help reduce future property losses and save lives. - Julio 2017
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to further their joint response to climate variability and change. - Junio 2017
Installation of a new Adelaide automatic weather station (AWS) will allow the Australian Bureau of Meteorology to recommence the collection of climate records at a site where their collation dates back more than 160 years. The new AWS is located in the Park Lands (a public park that rings the city centre) at West Terrace. - Junio 2017
A new supercomputer from Bull, an Atos technology brand, will boost climatology research in France as well as across Europe.
Due to be delivered to GENCI (Grand Équipement National de Calcul Intensif) in Paris, France, by the end of 2017, the Bull Sequana supercomputer has an overall power of 9 petaflops and can carry out 9 million billion operations per second. It will be made available to French and European researchers for use in academic and industrial fields that require extremely high computing and data processing power. - Junio 2017
Meteorological equipment specialist Biral has installed a thunderstorm detector at the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) at the Chilbolton Observatory near Andover in the UK.
The Biral BTD-300 sits alongside cloud radars, and is being used by a team from the University of Reading to investigate the early stages of thunderstorm electrification. The academics hope to shed light on how some convective clouds become strongly electrified. - Junio 2017
Innovim has won a ProTech-Satellite Domain small-business contract from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA.
Part of a suite of multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts, it will support the full range of satellite activities, including satellite missions, and management of the environmental data resulting from those missions. - Junio 2017
Researchers believe they have found a new way to monitor the intensity and location of hurricanes from hundreds of miles away by detecting atmospheric waves that radiate from a storm’s centre. - Mayo 2017
Meteorological specialist Biral and information system manufacturer MicroStep-MIS are to supply 88 automatic weather stations (AWS) in Nepal as part of the country’s Building Resilience to Climate Related Hazards project.
The 16-month project will see the partners work with Nepal’s Department of Hydrology and Meteorology. - Mayo 2017
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has announced a new research programme aimed at delivering better tropical cyclone forecasts for offshore facilities. The two-year programme will use new meteorological modelling designed to produce longer-range and more detailed tropical cyclone forecasts. - Mayo 2017
In its third product launch in as many weeks, meteorological measurement specialist Lufft has brought the SHM31 laser-based snow depth sensor to market.
The new tool measures snow depths of up to 15m in seconds. It is the successor to the SHM30, launched by Jenoptik in mid-2009, and part of Lufft’s range of optical sensors since 2014. - Mayo 2017
The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has launched its first annual Airborne Dust Bulletin.
The bulletin, issued on 12 April, provides an overview of atmospheric dust levels and geographical distribution in 2016. Estimates of dust content were derived from daily forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast. - Abril 2017
Meteosat-7, the last first-generation Meteosat geostationary spacecraft, has been decommissioned after almost 20 years of service.
The final command was sent at 09:00 UTC on 11 April, ending the service record not only of one spacecraft, but of the whole Meteosat first-generation mission begun by the European Space Agency in 1977. - Abril 2017
A team of volcanologists and engineers from the universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has collected measurements from directly within volcanic clouds, together with visual and thermal images of inaccessible volcano peaks.
A recent 10-day research trip saw the team carry out several proof-of-concept flights at the summits of both Volcán de Fuego and Volcán de Pacaya in Guatemala. Using lightweight modern sensors, they measured temperature, humidity and thermal data within the volcanic clouds and took images of multiple eruptions in real time. - Abril 2017
Aerospace firm Raytheon has completed an upgrade and final testing of the data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System (JPSS), which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the US Department of Defense and the three agencies’ international partners. - Abril 2017
Orbital ATK’s Cygnus spacecraft delivered more than 7.6 metric tons of cargo to the International Space Station on 22 April.
Orbital ATK’s seventh cargo delivery flight to the station launched on 18 April on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, USA. The spacecraft will remain at the space station until July before its destructive re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. - Abril 2017
Models that forecast atmospheric events represent complex relationships between many factors, including the impact of natural and man-made aerosols on local and global climates. By gathering detailed data over time, our understanding of the composition and movement of aerosols expands. Sigma Space’s new high-definition Mini Micro Pulse Lidar (MiniMPL-HD) remote sensing system provides greater granularity for assessing airborne particles and supports increased accuracy in predictive analysis. - Marzo 2017
Scientists are using sun glitter in images from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite mission to map wave movement.
Use of measurements of roughness from satellite sensors is not new, but by capturing the glitter of sunlight on water, Sentinel-2’s multispectral camera can provide a wealth of information about the direction, height and movement of waves. - Marzo 2017
A new, highly sensitive GPS receiver will help detect subtle fluctuations in the signals from GPS satellites on the International Space Station (ISS).
Developed by engineers at Cornell University in the USA, the FOTON (Fast Orbital TEC for Orbit and Navigation) GPS receiver arrived at the ISS last month on board the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. It will study ‘space weather’ – charged particles in the plasma of space that affect the performance of communications and navigation satellites. - Marzo 2017
Fengyun-4, the first of China’s second-generation geostationary orbiting weather satellites, has sent its first collection of images and data. - Marzo 2017
Spire Global has developed, tested and deployed a constellation of nanosatellites with high-quality global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers. - Marzo 2017
Environment and Climate Change Canada has announced its latest investment in state-of-the-art weather-prediction information technology and radar modernization. - Marzo 2017
A mission carrying more than 2.5 tonnes of research equipment, cargo and supplies to the International Space Station (ISS) has failed to dock.
A problem with the GPS system occurred on 22 February, three days into the mission, when the SpaceX supply ship Dragon was less than a mile from the ISS. The approach was aborted, although NASA has since confirmed that neither the station nor its six-person crew were in any danger. Another attempt is to be made on Thursday, 23 February. - Febrero 2017
The Weather Company and its parent group IBM have introduced new mesh network alerts technology that will help keep cell phone users connected even when internet connection is limited or power outages have caused network disruptions. - Febrero 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded a US$113m Systems Engineering and Technical Services (SETS) contract to Vencore, a Virginia-based information solutions provider. - Febrero 2017
In a national first, US scientists have used high-resolution lidar data to determine lightning’s impact on tropospheric ozone.
Scientists at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have used the university’s Rocket-city Ozone Quality Evaluation in the Troposphere (RO3 QET) lidar to measure ozone that was chemically produced by summertime lightning over the USA. Following further development, the research could play an important role in air quality prediction and assessment. - Febrero 2017
Images from Australia’s South Doodlakine Doppler radar are now available on the website of the Australian Government’s Bureau of Meteorology. - Febrero 2017
La Administración Nacional para el Océano y la Atmósfera (NOAA) ha concedido el contrato del programa nacional Mesonet a SGT, un proveedor de servicios de TI, ingeniería, operaciones y ciencia con sede en Greenbelt, Maryland. - Enero 2017
Campbell Scientific has revealed the latest addition to its CR300-series measurement and control dataloggers.
The CR310 has the capabilities of the CR300 but benefits from the addition of removable connectors and an integrated 10/100 Ethernet connection. - Enero 2017
The University of California, Irvine, has launched smartphone app iRain, which aims to “put precision rainfall information into the pockets of the public”.
The free app, which is available for iPhone and Android devices, will use satellite rain data from the university’s weather tracking and analysis system. - Enero 2017
Combitech, part of the defence and security group Saab AB, has won a contract to supply a digital automated terminal information service system (D-ATIS) and ATIS to Stockholm Arlanda, Bromma Stockholm, Göteborg Landvetter and Malmö Sturup airports in Sweden. - Enero 2017
Meteorological equipment specialist Biral has launched a new road weather sensor, the RWS-20, designed for the harsh roadside environment. - Enero 2017
BMT Argoss, part of the BMT Group, has launched a new ice charting capability. The new capability will work alongside the company’s existing weather forecasting services. As part of its development, several senior BMT meteorologists took part in a training programme at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) in Copenhagen, Denmark. - Enero 2017
