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Modernization of the ITS on the Highway of Querétaro, Mexico

Our Mexican Partner Ingeniería Geofísica y Sistema S.A. de C.V. (IGS) recently won a project of the Communication and Transport Secretary (SCT) as a final client to upgrade and install...
15. October 2018
Meteorology

Lufft weather sensors are used where others failed

Visperterminen is a municipality in the district of Visp in the Swiss canton of Valais. Among other things, the highest vineyard in Europe is located here. It is also a...
7. September 2018
Meteorology

News from the Road Maintenance Depot in Offenburg, Germany

In winter 2015, the Road Maintenance Depot in Offenburg (TBO) equipped their fleet with the first mobile road sensor MARWIS to improve the winter service. Since then, their number has...
17. August 2018
Meteorology

Have your groundwater measurement data available!

OTT Hydromet has developed an integrated groundwater monitoring and data management solution. The combi-package includes the OTT ecoLog 500, a device for the collection and remote transmission of groundwater data...
2. August 2018
Hydrology

Live Webinar: OTT SVR 100 radar sensor – contact-free reliable and maintenance-free measurements

The measurement of the velocity at the water surface is one of the oldest hydrometric measuring methods, time-tested and easy to carry out with the aid of surface floats. While...
25. July 2018
Hydrology
Pyranometer

Choosing the right data logger for your Kipp & Zonen CMP series pyranometer

Kipp & Zonen receives a lot of questions about whether a particular data logger is suitable for use with our instruments. These are mainly from the solar energy sector, where...
23. July 2018
Solar Energy

Two new parameters for the Lufft weather expert’s weather station

In October 2012 we raffled a professional weather station and got to know a special hobby meteorologist. Since then Alexander Burg has been considered "the Lufft weather expert". Recently, he...
20. July 2018
Meteorology
Albedometer

Albedo measurement for bifacial PV modules

Over the last year Kipp & Zonen has received a lot of questions about albedometers from customers working in the Solar Energy market. These came from engineers and researchers working...
12. July 2018
Solar Energy

MARWIS supports efficient de-icing of aircrafts

Let´s think about a wintry scene at the Schiphol Airport (Amsterdam, NL): De-icing machines surrounding an aircraft engulfed in clouds of smoke. As you may can imagine, the de-icing process takes...
26. June 2018
Meteorology
Ventilation CVF4

Quick facts on the IEC 61724-1 standard for PV stakeholders

The type of pyranometer and the number you need for a PV plant depends on many factors such as the size and location. But there is an industry guideline for...
16. June 2018
Solar Energy