Irma Ylikangas Business Development Manager Vaisala Oyj 15.3.2006

1. International Workshopon Flash Flood Forecasting 13-17 March 2006, Costa RicaIntegrated Hydro-Meteorological Observation Solutions Irma Ylikangas Business Development Manager Vaisala Oyj 15.3.2006

2. Vaisala in brief • We develop, manufacture and market products and services for environmental and industrial measurement. • The Vaisala Group founded 1936 • Employs over 1,000 professionals • Has 22 own offices in 11 countries • Achieved net sales of EUR 197.9 million in 2005 • Investments to R& D about 20 M€ in 2005 • Exports outside Finland accounted for 96 % of net sales in 2005 • A-series shares are quoted on the Helsinki Exchanges • Offices and business operations in Finland, the USA, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, Malaysia, China, Japan and Australia.

3. Vaisala locations (11 countries, 22 offices)

4. NEWS - Vaisala Sigmet Product line • Vaisala weather radar Offering • Vaisala offers complete weather radars in the near future • Vasiala Sigment offers Weather radar upgrades of signal processors • Sigmet track record covers over 25 years of weather radar upgrades of signal processors, controllers and software called IRIS • Since beginning of January 2006 Sigmet is Vaisala company called Vaisala Sigmet Product line • Almost any weather radar operating on any band (S, C or X) can be modernized by Vaisala Sigmet Product line products • Upgrades being done to weather radars originally delivered by EEC, Gematronik, Mitsubishi, Baron, Radtec, JRC, Telvent .. • Any upgrade is different. Please consult Vaisala Sigmet Product line • For references and product details please visit web: • http:\\www.sigmet.com

5. Position in value chain Customer and his Application Approach Equipment Service Information Services System Solutions System Integration Forecast products Data Instruments Measurement Systems Approach Phenomena Two different strategic positions in our business models From customer need e.g. flooding application to solutions Needs-based position From phenomena to data Variety-based position

6. The challenges with weather and flooding • 7 out of 20 worst catastrophes in terms of victims in 2004 were caused by floods by Swiss Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurer. • Weather impacts • How to predict severe weather and floods? • How to improve severe weather and flood control decision making? • Observation and weather products infrastructure: How to manage and integrate weather observations and create efficient meteorological and hydrological infrastructure?

7. Hydro/Met observation - Solution Steps Customer need from the meteorological, hydrological and emergency (e.g. flooding,multihazard) operations 1 Planning of Hydro/Met observation solution- Feasibility Study- Solution planning and specifications- Pilot installations 2 Implementation - Instrument and system deliveries - Solution installations- Solution set-up and start-up- Site testing 3 Operations and Lifetime productivity - Training of the operators- Operation support- Solution maintenance and upgrades- Lifetime reliability and productivity

8. 1 Planning of observation system - Feasibility study • Evaluation of needs for meteorological and hydrological infrastructure and processes • Facts finding & assessment (Analysis of the current status of the infrastructure) • Identification of critical points and gap analysis • Capacity building needs • Initial project planning • Project formulation • Budgeting • Scheduling • Initial infrastructure planning based on gap analysis • Required observations • Database, SW tools, models etc.. • Prepared and completed together with customer

9. 1 Planning - System planning & specifications • Hydrology • Model planning • Data collection & conversion • Preliminary conceptual models • Meteorology • Evaluation and determination of NWP models • Evaluation and determination of meteorological workstations • Determination of needed hydrological and meteorological products • Public products for warning purposes • Data distribution • Data & end-products dissemination to users

10. Planning phase - System planning & specifications • Technicalplanning • Measurements required • Observation system requirements • Site surveys • Data transmission and communication • Data collection and management • Maintenance & calibration planning • Database & observation sites maintenance • Calibration procedures • Project planning • Detailed project formulation • Project phases • Budgeting • Scheduling

11. Planning - Pilot System • The purpose of the pilot system delivery is: • Pilot system in the prototype delivery of the requested solution for certain specific area or region, such as one basin • To ensure the correct system specifications have been made during the project planning and spesification generation phase • To test the equipment and observation systems in local and real operational environment and conditions • To test the performance and the operative usage of the forecast models (e.g. hydrologic model) in the pilot area

12. 2 Implementation - Instrument & system deliveries • Manufacturing of observation stations according to customer requirements • Specified sensors, calculations & reports • Specified data format & data transmission equipment • Factory acceptance tests • Delivery of required HW and SW • Observation stations • Database HW and SW • Application tools for hydrology and meteorology

13. Implementation - Installations • Installation of observation stations • Civil works (foundations, powering, communication etc...) • Installation of stations with communication equipment • This is done together with local partner • Installation of meteorological and hydrological information platforms • Communication • Databases HW • Data analysis and forecasting models systems • Meteorologist/hydrologist workstations

14. Implementation - System set-up and start-up • Hydrological and meteorological informations systems • Tools and systems to produce: • Hydrological information • Meteorological information • Data visualization & editing tools • Meteorological NWP models • Hydrological models with calibrations • Setting up central data collection center • Meteorological & hydrological databases • Communication systems • Observation system integration with databases • Meteorological messages and data formats

15. Implementation - Testing • Testing of individual elements • Site acceptance tests for observation stations • Testing of the whole chain from observations to products • Data transmission to database • Data quality • Calibration of the hydrological model and further development • NWP models • End-user products e.g. warnings • Time used to the operational test phase varies according to solution complexity.

16. 3 Operations - Training • Operation of complete solution • Operation, calibration & maintenance of observation stations • Managing and maintaining database • Data editing & visualization tools • Hydrological model training • Using meteorological and hydrological end products

17. Operational support – Lifetime management • The lifetime management is the key issue to ensure the reliability and productivity of the hydro/met observation solution. • Collaboration between End user and Vaisala is essential. • Examples of Vaisala service • Technical support • HelpDesk • Support for observation systems and application tools • Preventive & corrective maintenance of systems • Functionality checks, fault tracing, replacement of fault and worn components • Remote diagnostics & maintenance • Calibration service • Operations of the networks and systems • Service contracts • From fast spare part delivery to comprehensive operation of network

18. Solution - Observation Network Soundings Satellite data Automated Hydro and Met stations Network Data warehouse Air quality Weather radars Individual sensors e.g. rain & otherobservations (i.e. seismological) Wind profiling Lightning network

19. Data transmission GSM / GPRS Observation Network Radio Data warehouse Satellite Goes Meteosat Orbcomm VSAT PSTN modems TCP-IP

20. Meteorological and Hydrological Data Management, Analysis & Processing NWP models Hydrologic models Data input Forecast guidance Flooding maps Data assimilation &analysis • Datawarehouse • data verification • and quality control Data editing & Visualization

21. Hydrological data visualization and editing • Hydrological products and services • Visualization of discharge and water level forecasts • Real time monitoring and calculation of discharge in point of interest • Flood warnings • Flood impact scenario maps • Water level and flood discharge data distribution for regulation, flood damage prevention and general information

22. Evacuation alarm in a case of Flooding • Example: Evacuation analysis based on flood arrival times, population data, industrial plants data etc. • Which towns and villages will be affected within e.g.2 to 24 hours?” • “Are there any industrial sites where hazardous material are being processes in the area which will be affected?”

23. Meteorological Data Visualization & Editing • Meteorological workbench • Tool for meteorologist to visualize, edit and adjust forecast data from models • Time series editing • Combination of data from different sources • Integrated visualization and product generation • Forecast text generation tool

24. Hydro/meteorological observation solution From observations to products Met messages/message switching Data visualization & Editing Observation network Data transmission Data management Data Analysis & Processing End products Warnings Flood prediction Severe weatherinfo Data dissemination Data editing tools Met. and hyd. data Visualization Met. and hyd. workbench AWS (meteo + hydro) Radar Lightning Soundings Wind profiling Air quality GSM/GPRS Satellite Fixed/leased line TCP-IP Database management Metadata management Data quality control Data verification Data assimilation NWP models Hydrological models Meteorological &hydrologicalresearch

25. Bureau of Reclamation - reservoir, CA, USA • System showing: • wind sensor • solar radiation • relative humidity/air temp • net radiation • precipitation • barometric pressure • water level (shaft encoder) • satellite communication • result: • evapotransporation Water level

26. Tide Station for Tsunami Monitoring - Example Layout WS425 ultrasonic wind sensor lightning rod UHF-antenna mast QHR102 sea-level radar SOLAR50solar panel heavy-duty mast withextension arm sat. comm (antenna+ transmitter) QMH102 combined temp.-humidity sensor MAWS Automatic Weather Station with PMT16A barometer (option: pillar for GPS antenna) Wave breaker Tide staff (scale) Bench marks PAA-36WT/H abs. pressure & sea-temp sensor

27. EMHI HYDROLOGICAL NETWORK - ESTONIA Laptop Laptop Laptop Laptop Workstation Workstation Regional Workstation offices GSM Modem GSM Modem Workstation Terminal Server Terminal Server Workstation Internet Data Collection LAN Server Database cluster Secure connection Application Data Collection DB servers Server Server + storage EMHI Tallinn office 23 x MAWS110 System with hydrological and water quality sensors GSM Network

28. AUTOMATION OF SMHI HYDROLOGICAL NETWORK IN SWEDEN • 90 MAWS301 STATIONS • Water level • absolute shaft encoder • Optional sensors: • All weather precipitation • Air temperature • Relative humidity • Climatological sensors • Telemetry • PSTN modem • GSM modem • Voice messages (PSTN) • Turn-key solution with installation and training

29. Some examples of HYDRO/MET SOLUTIONS WORLDWIDE Lapusel, Romania Rio Bravo -river, Mexico Mississippi-river, USA Viken, Sweden Swedish Met. & Hydr. Institute National Data Buoy Center – Nova Orleans - Mississippi Samuel, Brazil

30. Benefits of flood forecasting Benefits Sufficient flood warning time allows actions to be taken to prevent flood damage Minimization of human suffering and economic losses Conservative estimate for flood forecasting benefit: 10% savings in flood damage UN ISDR estimate up to 35 % reduction in damage as a result of improved hydrological forecast (global) Vaisala can offer Total Solution:from sensors, single instrument, telemetry, radar upgrades, data collection to fully integrated hydro-meteorological observations solutions. Global reach: support, training, service and maintenance - lifetime sustainability 70 Years atCustomerinterface

31. Vaisala Integrated Hydro-Met Observation Solutions • Vaisala is a comprehensive turn-key solution hydrological and meteorological solution provider ( e.g. flood forecasting). • Vaisala is fully committed to serve and support Your Organization in all meteorological and hydrological observation needs. • Vaisala takes full responsibility to ensure the highest operational efficiency and low operation and maintenance costs in all systems provided.

32. Muchas Gracias - Thank you