Sparv’s Blog - News & Insights on Sparv Embedded

14 Articles

Windsond ×

Windsond and hot air ballooning

Long before Windsond became the world's lightest radiosonde, there was ballooning. The idea behind Windsond, and in many ways the foundation of Sparv Embedded, grew out of the needs of hot-air balloon...

FAI HotAirBallooning Radiosondes Windsond

Sep 25, 2026

Helping LAMDA-S Measure Atmospheric Transport Processes

The LAMDA-S (Lagrangian Atmospheric Multisonde Dispersion Analysis – South) campaign set out to improve our understanding of atmospheric transport processes in the Southern Hemisphere. Operating from ...

Lightweight Radiosonde Windsond

Jun 15, 2026

Into the volcanic plume: Windsond S2 with custom SO₂ integration

Researchers from the Physical Volcanology and Geological Risks Group at the University of Geneva are deploying Windsond S2 radiosondes with custom-integrated SO₂ sensors to study volcanic plumes at Et...

Lightweight Radiosonde Radiosondes SO2 Volcano Windsond

Jun 1, 2026

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

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

Mapping the Urban Heat Island in Houston, Texas

Executive Summary In November 2022, the Center for Multiscale Applied Sensing (CMAS) deployed 32 miniaturized Windsond radiosondes across downtown Houston to capture the three-dimensional structure of...

3D Heat Mapping Public Health Radiosondes Urban Sensing Windsond

Nov 14, 2022

Windsond Radiosondes Empower TORUS Supercell Observations

Executive Summary Windsond , a compact radiosonde system, is central to the NOAA- and NSF-supported TORUS campaign (Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells). By launching small, instrumen...

In-Situ Measurements Radiosondes Tornado Research Windsond

Oct 20, 2021

Dual-Balloon Radiosonde Launching Advances Tornado Research

Executive Summary Severe-weather researchers face immense challenges when probing the inflow regions of tornadoes: extreme winds, rapid pressure changes, and limited launch sites. The Swarmsonde syste...

Atmospheric Sensors Boundary-Layer Research Dual-ballon Radiosondes Tornado Research Windsond

Nov 16, 2020

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

1
2