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Meet Sparv at the AMS annual event 2026

Anders Petersson (CEO) and Johan Gustafsson (COO) will be representing Sparv Embedded and can be found at booth 735 . Please feel free to stop by for a conversation, or let’s schedule a meeting in adv...

AMS Events

Jan 13, 2026

Uncovering Hidden Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Wastewater Treatment with Drone-Based Monitoring

Executive Summary This study presents the first multi-plant, full-scale assessment of methane (CH₄) and nitrous oxide (N₂O) emissions from 13 Swedish wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) using advanced...

Drone-Based Monitoring Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Situ Measurements Methane (CH₄) Nitrous Oxide (N₂O) Wastewater Treatment

Nov 20, 2025

Recent Study Showcases the Use of Sparv’s Windsond to Promote Firefighter Safety During Wildfires

Executive Summary A groundbreaking 2025 study by Castellnou Ribau et al. highlights the critical role of real-time atmospheric data in protecting wildland firefighters during extreme wildfire events. ...

Meteorology Instrumentation Pyroconvection Radiosondes Weather Balloons Wildfire Research Wildfire Safety

Oct 8, 2025

Sparv Sensors Power Largest Hailstorm Study in 40 Years

Executive Summary Sparv Embedded ’s advanced atmospheric sensors are playing a pivotal role in ICECHIP (In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail in the Plains), the largest hailstor...

Atmospheric Monitoring Hailsonde Hailstorm Research In-Situ Measurements Severe Weather Weather Balloons

Oct 8, 2025

SKS50 5G Signal Sensor Announcement

Sparvio introduces the SKS50 , a compact 5G signal strength sensor designed for drone-mounted measurement of cellular network performance using an onboard NB-IoT modem. Key benefits Enables fast, flex...

5G Signal Monitoring Aerial Telemetry Drone-Mounted Sensors Sparvio UAV Network Mapping

Oct 7, 2025

Enhancing Lower-Atmosphere Sampling with Windsond S2

Executive Summary Modern weather prediction models now deliver forecasts at finer scales, but the number and quality of in-situ atmospheric observations lag behind, creating a critical “data gap.” Win...

Boundary-Layer Research Fire-Weather Studies Lightweight Radiosonde Numerical Weather Prediction Remote Field Measurements Temperature Humidity Wind Profiles Windsond

Sep 20, 2025

Windsond Radiosonde Data Enhances Convective Boundary Layer Analysis

Executive Summary In late 2024, a research team at Penn State demonstrated a groundbreaking approach to studying the convective boundary layer (CBL) using dual-polarization weather radar combined with...

Atmospheric Profiling Boundary-Layer Meteorology Climate Modeling Convective Boundary Layer In-Situ Measurements Lightweight Radiosonde Windsond

Nov 20, 2024

Introducing Sparv Embedded’s SKH3 Sensor Logger: Robust, User-Friendly Data Collection for Drones

Executive Summary The Sparv Embedded SKH3 is our second-generation airborne data logger, born from years of on-board drone integration and field experience since the 2016 SKH1 launch. At just 90 × 47 ...

Drone-Mounted Sensors GPS and Barometer Sensors Real-Time Telemetry SKH3 Data Logger

Jun 11, 2024

Drone-Based Methane Emission Monitoring with UAVs

Executive Summary Mapping methane emissions over large areas is crucial for effective climate action, as methane is 86 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20-year span. Traditional flux chamb...

3D Ultrasonic Anemometer Methane (CH₄) Real-Time Telemetry Sparvio Wastewater Treatment

Nov 17, 2023

Observing Tornadoes Using Radiosondes: Windsond Storm Profiling System

Executive Summary Accurate tornado forecasting and research depend on both wind and thermodynamic data inside supercell thunderstorms, where Doppler radar alone falls short. Radiosondes —balloon-borne...

Radiosondes Tornado Research Windsond

Sep 5, 2023

Hailsonde in Operation: Novel Probes Capture Hail Growth Inside Storms

Executive Summary Hailsonde is a collaboration between the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and Sparv Embedded that deploys hailstone-shaped sensor probes to measure how hailstones form and grow insid...

Extreme Weather Research Hail Forecasting Hailsonde In-Cloud Measurements Storm Microphysics Windsond

Jul 30, 2023

Mapping Extreme Wildfire Behavior with Windsond Radiosondes

Executive Summary A 2021 field campaign led by Marc Castellnou employed Windsond radiosondes to probe the complex interactions between extreme wildfires and the atmosphere. Published in the Journal of...

Atmospheric Profiling Fire Behavior Analysis In-Plume Measurements Radiosondes Wildfire Research Windsond

Jan 30, 2023

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