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How Windsond Radiosondes Improve Wildfire Firefighter Safety

Introduction: Why real‑time in‑plume data matters Wildfires can change their behavior very fast. A sudden wind shift can turn a safe area into a dangerous one and trap crews. Standard weather forecast...

Atmospheric Profiling Fire Behavior Monitoring In-Plume Measurements Real-Time Weather Data Wildfire Safety

Oct 7, 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

Windsond Data Featured in Recent Atmospheric Study

A research group from the Department of Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) recently published a paper ( Stouffer et al., 2024 ) on the use of Dual-Polarization Weather Radar...

Atmospheric Profiling Boundary-Layer Research Convective Boundary Layer In Situ Measurements Lightweight Radiosonde Windsond

Nov 20, 2024

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

Introducing RR2: A Smarter, Wireless Receiver for Windsond Soundings

Executive Summary Sparv Embedded proudly presents the RR2 receiver—an advanced, weatherproof upgrade to the original RR1. Designed for Windsond radiosondes and Sparvio sensor systems, RR2 streamlines ...

Atmospheric Profiling Radiosondes SKH3 Data Logger Sparvio Windsond

Oct 7, 2016