OTT HydroMet Blog Team

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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…)

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...

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...

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...