OTT HydroMet Blog Team

Data management made easy: the new SmartGraph3 version

With the SmartGraph3 software from Informatik-Werkstatt you can control your indoor climate measurement devices such as the OPUS20 data logger and protocol the measured data easily. In April last year,...
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Better than guessing: How MARWIS helps to enhance traffic safety

Crazy winter in the US: Snow storm Jonas was raging in the country few days ago and triggered several traffic accidents and casualities. Of course every party concerned is looking...
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New Lufft technology improves winter service in Offenburg

During cold days, there's a lot of action on the yard of the technical services in Offenburg: Large gritters drive in and out, employees fill the road salt containers and...
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Measuring Change – VENTUS and WS Family applications

All of the digital Lufft sensors of today evolved from the mechanical sensors of the past. The first one to be sold by Gotthilf Lufft, the founder of Lufft, was...
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The right ingredients for precise weather sensors – the new WS3000

Next week we will present a sensational new product at the annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society representing the first member of a weather sensor family of the latest...
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Cloud simulation instead of data cloud: the CHM Simulator

It’s clear that the CHM 15k ceilometer measures up to 15 km high clouds. But how can the measurement device’s accuracy be determined and calibrated? Our developers invented a solution...
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What comes after the year of the Innovation Awards?

Before the end of this year, our general manager Klaus Hirzel takes a look at a successful year 2015 and at the many innovations that will come in 2016... (more…)
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Clever ice warning systems of the MeteoGroup

In cases of rain, snow, low sun, storms fog or frozen roads the weather can lead to dangerous traffic situations. At temperatures around 0°C it’s extraordinary critical. In the winter...
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New snow plough shall reduce road salt consumption tremendously

A new road clearing vehicle in Norway shall be able to reduce salt consumption by up to 30%. This must now be tested extensively. The real time monitoring is performed...
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Lufft technology on special wind turbine of University in Regensburg

The Electrical and Computer Engineering student at the University of Regensburg Peter Kuchenbecker has dealt in his bachelor thesis with the construction of an economic, vertical small wind turbine, which...
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