Post on 10-Feb-2017
Towards Modern Weather Observation Technologies 2013-03-13 Erkki Järvinen Director, Meteorology Vaisala OY
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Vaisala in Brief
Vaisala is a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement
We serve customers in weather and controlled environment markets
The Vaisala Group
Employs over 1400 professionals
Has 30 offices worldwide
Net sales of 293.3 million euros (2012)
Main markets EMEA (37%), Americas (37%), APAC (26%)
Products used in over 150 countries
A-series shares quoted in NASDAQ OMX Helsinki stock exchange
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Vision and Mission
Vision
We focus on being the leading provider of operational value for our customers in targeted segments of weather and controlled environment markets.
Mission
We offer high reliability and added value with our products and services by bringing together customer business expertise and our technical expertise.
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Market Segments We Serve
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Vaisala´s offering for meteorological and hydrological services
Vaisala’s observation solutions improve
national meteorological services with high
quality weather observation performance.
Measurement instruments
Weather sensors, Automatic weather
stations, Hydrological stations,
radiosondes, present weather
detectors
Measurement systems
Surface observation networks,
weather radar, thunderstorm
systems, wind profilers
Hydro-meteorological solutions
Comprehensive turn-key projects
Weather service production systems,
Early warning systems etc..
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Canada, Alberta Canada, Ontario
USA: CT, ME, RI, NH, VT USA: MI
USA: IN
USA: CO USA: KS USA: KY
USA: TX
Mexico
USA: MD USA: Delaware USA: NY, KY, OH, PA, WV
USA: NC
USA: AL, FL, GA
Dominican Republic
Central America
Colombia
Ecuador
Peru Brazil
Bolivia
Chile
Argentina
USA: Hawaii
Norway
Belarus Denmark Poland
Ukraine Czech Republic
Switzerland
Spain Portugal
Nigeria Sudan
Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda
Egypt
Slovakia Slovenia Hungary Romania
Serbia Croatia Italy
Bulgaria
Greece
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Iraq Israel Kuwait Pakistan
Bahrain, Kingdom Of Qatar
Oman India
China
Japan
Taiwan
Philippines Vietnam
Malaysia
Singapore
Indonesia
Thailand
Russian Federation
Vaisala Presence
Vancouver
Minneapolis
St Louis Boston Westford
Durham
Boulder San Jose
Tucson Houston
Helsinki Stockholm
Malmö Hamburg
Bonn Uhingen
Birmingham Bury St Edmunds
Paris
Lyon
Dubai
Rio de Janeiro
Beijing Seoul
Tokyo
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Kuala Lumpur
Melbourne
New Delhi
Needs for weather Service processes
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Global Trend of Natural Disasters
In late 1990´s several powerful
natural disasters occurred in different
parts of the world.
Additional threats such as global
warming, environmental degradation
and rapid urbanization makes
millions of people more vulnerable to
natural hazards every year.
The trend during the last three
decades shows an increase in the
number of natural hazard events and
an increase in the number of affected
populations.
2005 the economic damages caused
by naturel disasters was 160BUSD
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Disaster Date Damage (MUSD)
Flood 2008-02-20 130.0
Flood 2011-04-09 67.0
Flood 1993-05-26 36.5
Flood Feb-2010 34.6
Flood 2005-02-24 7.7
Storm 1995-12-20 3.0
Flood Apr-2000 1.5
Created on: Mar-12-2013. - Data version: v12.07
Source: "EM-DAT: The OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database
www.em-dat.net - Université Catholique de Louvain - Brussels - Belgium"
Top 7 Natural Disasters in Kazakhstan for the period 1993 - 2011 sorted by economic damage costs
Total: 280 MUSD
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Improved Weather Services – Benefit Examples
Improved Disaster Preparedness
Estimate for flood forecasting: 10-35 % savings in flood damage as a result for improved hydro-meteorological forecast
Agriculture
Crop management and irrigation decisions improved => Increased crop yield and quality
Optimized seeding times according to weather forecasts => Increased crop yield
Transportation
Aviation, maritime, road & rail safety and logistics improvement => savings
Health care
Some epidemic can be forecasted based on weather forecasts => early treatment.
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Improved Weather Services – Additional Benefit Examples
Energy production
Hydropower & wind power production
optimization
Construction industry
It is estimated that the additional
construction cost because of weather
is three percent of the value of the
construction work
Management of water resources
improved
Risks affecting recreation and tourism
reduced
Development of the commercial use of
meteorological products
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Improved Weather Service – Justification for the Investment
International studies on the benefits and costs of improved
meterological services agree that strengthening the NMHS
must not be seen as an expenditure but as an investment.
According to WMO the average cost benefit ratio in
investing in development and strengthening of hydro-
meteorological services is on average 1 to 7.
Elements of Hydro-Meteorological Infrastructure
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Hydro-Meteorological Service production system
Observations:
Weather Stations
Hydro Stations
Weather Radar
Radiosoundings
Airport Weather
Road Weather
Lightning Detection
WR
Meteorological
Database
Products for:
Public Forecasts,
Government Agencies,
Weather Warnings,
Emergency Forecasts,
Flood,
WEB, WAP,
Newspapers,
Commercial Services...
Meteorological workstations
Message switching systems etc.
Data
Collection
System
Regional, LAM, dispersion, rainfall-runoff, hydraulic, etc
Numerical Models
Meteo-
Production
System
Hydro-
production
system
Quality
Control
Tools
Vaisala Partner
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Vaisala in Kazakstan
Vaisala representative: "SkyMax Technologies" based in
Almaty
30 Hydro-Meteorological stations and 21 agrometerological
stations delivered to KazHydroMet
Several Airport Weather Systems delivered to
KazAeroService
Vaisala is looking forward to contribute to hydro-
meteorological infrastructure modernization programs in
Kazakhstan !
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Thank You