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Exclusive Aviation Weather Lidar Range Introduce

 “Weather services and air traffic managers required new remote sensing techniques to take both safe and cost effective decisions when the atmosphere holds unexpected hazards such as ash clouds coming from volcanic eruption, or wind shears in landing or take off areas” said Laurent Sauvage, Scientific Director for Leosphere. “Since the formation of our company, we have always believed that Lidars, a laser-radar able to see invisible  atmospheric phenomenon up to 15 kilometers, could serve the air trafic industry. The simultaneous launching of these  two products, a wind Doppler Lidar and an ash threat detection Lidar Super Ceilometer, moved by the same spirit of high performance and low cost, makes our company very proud to help make the air space safer. Read More

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