Izaña Atmosphere Research Centre

Located on Mount Izaña (on Tenerife), 2,400m above sea level, it monitors and researches the components of the atmosphere that could facilitate a change in the Earth's climate (greenhouse gases and aerosols).

The INGESCO Solution:

INGESCO has provided the customer with its Preventive Solution Previstorm Thunderstorm Warning System that helps them in two different areas:

• On the one hand, the early warning system allows them to receive information about possible lightning strikes in advance and thus, take preventive actions to protect and safeguard from electric shocks both their facilities and equipment and their workers.
• On the other hand, the sensor acts as a provider of scientific data on the climatology of the electric field in the area, and contributes to the study of the variability of the electric field with atmospheric dust intrusions and its influence on the intensity of electric shocks.

INGESCO's Previstorm Thunderstorm Warning System consists of a field mill that offers uninterrupted information in real time about the value of the electrostatic field, enabling the user to know in advance the risk of lightning strikes in a given location. See Previstorm.