Following her appearance in the ‘Climbing for climate: sustainable monitoring in extreme environments’ panel discussion at Meteorology Technology World Expo 2025, WMO expert Rodica Nitu spoke with Meteorological Technology International about the urgent need to strengthen cryosphere observations. She discussed the technical, governance and communication challenges of monitoring Earth’s coldest regions, and the global collaboration required to preserve these vital climate records for future generations.

You’ve spent many years leading WMO’s work on the cryosphere and polar infrastructure. From your perspective, what are the most urgent priorities for strengthening observations in these regions?
There are three broad priorities: technical, governance and implementation.

Continue reading EXPO INTERVIEW: Rodica Nitu, international cryosphere and polar infrastructure expert at Meteorological Technology International.

The ‘Climbing for climate: sustainable monitoring in extreme environments’ session at the Meteorological Technology World Expo conference on October 14 brought together experts to discuss ways to strengthen observing systems in some of the world’s harshest environments and expand Project Wayra ahead of the 5th International Polar Year. Chaired by OTT HydroMet’s Jay Pabustan, the panel featured Øystein Godøy (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), Rémy Giraud (WMO/ Météo-France), Rodica Nitu (WMO), Ashish Raval (Synoptic PBC) and Tom Matthews (King’s College London).

Speaking during the session, Godøy emphasized the need to make existing cryospheric data more accessible and reusable. Through initiatives like the WMO’s Global Cryosphere Watch and the GCW Data Publication Service, he and his colleagues are working to lower the barriers for scientists to share and publish FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, reusable) datasets.

Continue reading EXPO INTERVIEW: Øysten Godøy, Norwegian Meteorological Institute at Meteorological Technology International.

Vaisala is debuting its new, customizable software solution to share clear, real-time and operation-specific weather insights from automatic weather stations and sensors at Meteorological Technology World Expo 2025, which is taking place October 14-16 In Vienna, Austria.

The software, named Elements Lite, is said to be optimized for accessibility – providing live, customizable conditions from desktop, tablet and smartphone devices. It supports a variety of Vaisala’s weather sensors, including those measuring air temperature, wind speed and direction, visibility, barometric pressure, humidity and precipitation. Users can also configure alarm thresholds tailored to their specific operational requirements.

Elements Lite also integrates with Vaisala Elements Online cloud platform to share weather observations beyond the local network.

Continue reading Vaisala unveils Elements Lite software for real-time, customizable weather insights at Meteorological Technology International.

Vaisala introduced advanced weather measurement solutions at Meteorological Technology World Expo 2024, including new radar technology with a solid-state power amplified transmitter. First installed in Estonia, this technology is designed to reduce maintenance costs, enhance reliability and performance, and improve radar functionality. As the company’s Aleksis Kajava explains in this video, the Iris Focus software is an intuitive interface, enabling seamless data integration from various remote sensing instruments for better meteorological analysis.

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The Slovak Pavilion at Meteorological Technology World Expo 2024 highlighted the achievements of public-private partnerships from Slovakia, including MicroStep-MIS, which specializes in meteorological and aviation monitoring systems. The company serves more than 80 countries, collaborating with Slovak government institutions to develop complex water management systems. As the company’s CEO, Martin Gazak, explains, this partnership model fosters cooperation among Slovak companies, enhancing their capabilities and offering valuable insights for other nations. Watch the video to find out more!

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WMO highlighted the importance of management at the TECO-2024 conference, addressing the impact of climate change on extreme weather. As Dr Junhong Wang, manager and research associate professor, State University of New York at Albany and representing WMO member/partner USA, explains in this video, improved environmental measurements are essential, collaboration among countries is crucial for sharing ideas, and innovations in technology, such as AI and UAS, can enhance data quality.

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Stevens Water Monitoring System, established in 1911, specializes in hydrology and environmental data acquisition. The recent acquisition of Dyacon enhances the company’s weather sensor capabilities. Stevens Water Monitoring Systems‘ president, Scott South, was showcasing an impressive array of technology on the stand at Meteorological Technology World Expo, including a platform that connects various sensors to collect vital data, helping farmers to optimize crop yields and grounds keepers to manage turf and player stress. The technology also assesses flood risks in Jamaica and supports the oil and gas sector in meeting environmental regulations.

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Each year, more than 800,000 weather balloons are launched, and the radiosondes that launch with them are lost. As R2Home founder Yohan Hadji explains in this video, the company has developed an innovative glider solution to address the costly and environmentally damaging issue of weather balloons by putting the radiosonde in the nose of a glider that travels up into the atmosphere with the balloon, then detaches and autonomously returns to the launch site using GPS for a controlled descent. The company has so far been able to reuse the gliders 20 times; the goal is to reach 50 reuses.

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With the aim of tackling climate change, Purple Pulse Lidar Systems has collaborated with the German Weather Service to develop a groundbreaking technique for recording temperature and humidity. Purple Pulse’s managing director, Prof. Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer, explained that the new active remote sensing systems have been designed to achieve high accuracy in measuring water vapor and temperature profiles, enhance weather forecast models and provide essential data for understanding climate dynamics.

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The Meteopress stand at Meteorological Technology World Expo 2024 featured innovative radar solutions, including a compact C-band radar that simplifies installations and cuts costs. As Zuzana Pestová, project and bid manager at Meteopress, explains in this video, the radar enhances weather monitoring by providing crucial data such as rain intensity, and a portable version can be quickly deployed in emergencies, such as storms or wildfires.

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