Ceilometer

Renewed Ceilometer Network: 97 Lufft CHM 8k for the German Weather Service DWD

OTT HydroMet has supplied the German Weather Service DWD with 97 Lufft CHM 8k ceilometers for use at international airports in Germany. The order is worth around two million euros over...
Meteorology

In great demand even after 70 years: DWD relies on OTT HydroMet reference sensors

At an age when people usually enjoy retirement, the German Weather Service (DWD) is more in demand and more important than ever. Heavy rain and floods, droughts and crop failures,...
Meteorology
Title Image Podcast Episode 4

Podcast: Ceilometers in Science Applications

Staring at the sky, watching the clouds go by – ceilometers seem to have quite an easy job. But in fact, it is not. Rather, they fulfil very important tasks...
Meteorology
Waldbrände nahe einer Stadt in Kalifornien

Ceilometers Detect Wildfire Smoke From the U.S. West Coast Crossing the Ocean

2020 will go down in history not only as the year of COVID-19 but also of devastating wildfires. Their consequences reach out far. Harmful plume particles float over thousands of...
Meteorology