OTT HydroMet Blog Team

DustIQ Installation

Successful DustIQ Test Installation in Southern Spain

I’ve just returned from Spain where I installed a new test setup for DustIQ at Plataforma Solar de Almeria (PSA). This solar research site is located in the Tabernas Desert,...
Solar Energy

How Artificial Intelligence is Driving Mobile App Personalization

This week's blog post deals with artificial intelligence and which role (weather) data plays in its further development...Apple’s launch of Siri in October 2011 is considered the beginning of using...
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What does Vienna’s water supply have to do with the snow depth in the Alps?

The water supply of the city of Vienna stems from high-source water pipelines of the Lower Austrian-Styrian Alps. Here, snow depth measurements play a major role. In the following, we...
HydrologyMeteorology

How a Lufft weather sensor got on a 50 m high tower in Braunschweig, Germany

The amateur radio interest group of the German national test authority in Braunschweig runs an own amateur radio as well as a relay station (DB0PTB). Since July 2017 they are...
Meteorology

Inauguration of an innovative foldable solar roof in Switzerland

Since September 7, 2017, an innovative solar roof of the public utility "IBC Energie Wasser Chur" has supplied the municipal sewage treatment plant with renewable energy. It's monitored by a Lufft...
Meteorology

Which influence does indoor climate have on the success of a trade show?

Trade shows provide promising opportunities for both exhibitors and visitors. While companies use the events for product presentations and customer acquisitions, visitors can learn about the latest industry developments. However,...
Meteorology
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Next Generation LOGBOX Available Now

With the ongoing innovations in our range of instruments, it was time to update the popular LOGBOX SD data logger with some smart features. The all-new LOGBOX SE replaces the...
Solar Energy

Learning by doing: a Lufft weather sensor for a special school project

Thanks to the financial support of generous donors, the Integrated Comprehensive School in Ludwigshafen-Edigheim was able to acquire a professional weather sensor from Lufft. A project group guided by informatics...
Meteorology

If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.

Our Managing Director Dr. Martin Nicklas says goodbye to 2017 with an end-of-the-year review and gives an outlook on what is expected in the new year. (more…)
MeteorologyMeteorology

New camera function of the MARWIS iOS app

The iOS App for managing the mobile road weather sensor MARWIS has got a new feature called "Cam Picture". It allows you to take photos with your tablet or smartphone...
MeteorologyMeteorology