Precipitation

Weather station Lufft WS600 at solar PV plant.

Building an Effective Meteorological Station for Solar PV

Weather conditions have a huge influence on photovoltaic output. Even intermittent cloud cover can have a dramatic effect on incident solar energy, while other factors like air temperature, wind direction...
MeteorologySolar Energy

TechTip: Setting up and connecting OTT Pluvio² with OTT netDL

In this TechTip you will learn everything about the connection of the OTT netDL data logger to the Pluvio precipitation sensor product series (Pluvio², Pluvio² L & Pluvio² S) and...
Hydrology

TechTip: Set up and connect OTT Pluvio² with OTT netDL

In this TechTip you will learn everything about the connection of the OTT netDL data logger to the Pluvio precipitation sensor product series (Pluvio², Pluvio² L & Pluvio² S) and...
Hydrology

What technology should you choose to measure local rain or water levels?

It can be difficult to select monitoring technology for flooding applications when each step of building a network, from sensors to dataloggers to visualization software, has multiple options. Using OTT...
Hydrology

Do you have questions about flooding and stormwater? Here you get the answers!

When it comes to flood warnings in urban areas, there are certain questions that we hear time and again from our customers. We’ve consolidated what the industry is most curious...
Hydrology

TechTip: Set Alerts with OTT netDL

In the following TechTip you will learn which alarms the OTT netDL data logger can issue and how to set them. This TechTip requires the experienced use of the OTT...
Hydrology

How Flooding Data Saves Lives

Discover our latest infographic about flood warning systems and how measurement data can save lives. When a community is unprepared for rising water levels or flooding events, it can be...
Hydrology
The completed weather station at 18,537 ft in Peru. OTT Pluvio and Parsivel can be spotted on the left and right.

OTT Rain Gauges Used in Remote Precipitation Monitoring Stations in Andes Mountains

There are remote monitoring locations, and REMOTE monitoring locations! Appalachian State University, in partnership with a multitude of other universities and the National Science Foundation, has undertaken the task of installing...
Hydrology