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Vaisala and FMI Technology Heads to Mars Onboard NASA’s Perseverance Rover

International collaboration takes Vaisala and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI) to Mars onboard NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover. The rover is scheduled to launch on July 30, 2020. Vaisala’s sensor technology combined with FMI’s measurement instrumentation will be used to obtain accurate and reliable pressure and humidity data from the surface of the red planet.

From Vaisala Corporation 2 Jul 2020

A Next-Generation, Rugged Seismometer Could be Deployed to Measure Moonquakes

NASA hasn't measured moonquakes since Apollo astronauts deployed a handful of measuring stations at various locations on the lunar surface and discovered unexpectedly that Earth's only natural satellite was far from seismically inactive.

30 Apr 2020

No “Clouded” Judgments: Geostationary Satellite an Alternative to Monitor Land Surfaces

Researchers explain how a new meteorological satellite can be an option to monitor land surfaces and climate change.

13 Dec 2019

Environmental Risks can be Sensed Using Underground Fiber Optic Cables

Telecommunications lines built for conveying internet and phone service can sense the rumble of thunder underground, potentially offering researchers with a new method of detecting environmental risks and imaging deep within the Earth.

12 Dec 2019

Fiber Optic Cables Could be Employed as Earthquake Sensors

Minute internal flaws can be found in each hair-thin glass fiber in a buried fiber optic cable—and that is a good thing for researchers seeking new ways to gather seismic data in places ranging from a busy urban downtown to a remote glacier.

5 Dec 2019

Largest Atmospheric Radar in the Antarctic Used to Measure Earth’s Ionosphere

About 60 to 600 miles above Earth’s surface, the night sky appears chaotic. This layer of Earth’s atmosphere is known as the ionosphere and gets blasted by solar radiation that splits the bonds of ions.

28 Nov 2019

Real-Time Groundwater Monitoring Easy for SENSEI

World-first trials of CSIRO’s automated sensor system, SENSEI, are providing promising, real-time results to better monitor and manage groundwater impacts in mining operations.

22 Nov 2019

New, Low-Cost Soil Moisture Sensor Regulates Agricultural Water Consumption

Researchers from the University of Connecticut (UConn) have developed a soil moisture sensor that is more economical than anything presently available and offers a solution to the universal need to control water consumption in agriculture.

27 Sep 2019

NASA Secures Ride into Space for Instrument that Will Observe Air Pollution

NASA has obtained a host satellite provider and ride into space for an instrument that will considerably improve the understanding of air quality over North America.

23 Jul 2019

Innovative Sensor Network Monitors ‘vog’ in Hawai’i

In May 2018, the Hawaiian volcano Kilauea erupted with devastating consequences - destroying homes, displacing hundreds of people and emitting high levels of dust and harmful gases.

From Alphasense Ltd. 29 Apr 2019