OTT HydroMet Blog Team

Jadeite Award

DustIQ wins the Megawatt Jadeite Award at SNEC 2019, Shanghai

From 4 to 6 June 2019, “SNEC2019 International Solar Photovoltaic and Smart Energy (Shanghai) Exhibition and Conference" was successfully held in Shanghai, China. Kipp & Zonen exhibited at SNEC and...
Solar Energy

Trends in Nutrient Monitoring

The nitrogen and phosphorus pollution of water has the potential to become a significant environmental problem. Our recent whitepaper deals with this topic and discusses possible solutions. As essential components...
Hydrology

Why are active and passive Lufft Runway sensors always coupled at airports?

We offer both passive and active embedded pavement sensors. The following article explains, why the active one is needed especially on airports and how they are configured via the UMB...
Meteorology

Groundwater – out of sight, out of mind? Download the new guide!

A large part of the world's population relies on groundwater for its water supply. With the growing demand for freshwater, the challenges associated with it increase as well. These include...
Hydrology
DustIQ

Updated manual and software for DustIQ

Based on customer feedback we have updated our DustIQ manual and improved the Smart DustIQ Explorer software that is used to perform the setup. The most recent manual now is...
Solar Energy

The Hydro-Meteorological Center of Russia trusts in Lufft weather sensors

On the recommendation of the Russian partner, the Hydro-Meteorological Center of Russia in Moscow recently installed an automatic weather station equipped with Lufft sensors. The implementation phase took place in...
Meteorology

Proper irrigation of the garden using intelligent measurement technology

In addition to the factors of light, temperature and nutrient availability, water is one of the most important prerequisites for healthy plant growth. If a plant lacks water, this not...
Meteorology

These are the improvements implemented by the SDI-12 update

Development news for the SDI-12 protocol, whose latest version is now available for Lufft UMB sensors. Numerous Lufft weather sensors provide the American protocol SDI-12 besides their own UMB communication...
Meteorology

Growing Use of Mobile Sensor MARWIS on Airports

In the last weeks we received several new success stories of the mobile pavement sensor MARWIS. Especially in aviation applications it is becoming more and more established. And the advantages...
Meteorology

This is how the new firmware version of the WS family was developed

The new firmware version of Lufft's compact weather sensor family has for some time been equipped with new functions that significantly simplify Modbus programming. The Modbus interface of the Lufft...
Meteorology