Let's Talk About the Weather
Observing the elements is key to better understanding our planet. This podcast tells the manifold stories of experts working in environmental monitoring with help of our sensors and solutions. These range from hydrology to meteorology and climate studies to solar monitoring for photovoltaics. Environmental monitoring combines earth sciences with technology and the possibilities of big data. A lot to discuss, a lot to learn - Let's Talk About the Weather! ===> Find more stories and insights on environmental monitoring on our blog: https://blog.otthydromet.com/
Episodes
28 episodes
Ep.28| Live at Solarplaza: PV Market Outlook with Cormac Gilligan
With Cormac Gilligan, Director Cleantech at S&P Global Commodity InsightsRenewable energy sources are on the rise, in recent years mainly thanks to photovoltaics. But various challenges are about to slow down its dynamic gro...
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Episode 28
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25:44
Ep.27| Finding the Optimum PV Plant Setup with Researchers from TU Delft
With Matteo Baricchio, Hesan Ziar (both Researchers at TU Delft), and Marc Korevaar, Scientist at OTT HydroMetPV modules generate the largest amount of electricity when directly exposed to the sun. In theory, using two-axis trac...
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Episode 27
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34:13
Ep.26| CMP - Craig & Martin Podcasting at Intersolar 2024
With Craig Plaatjes, Global Product Manager at OTT HydroMetIntersolar has been huge this year. 18 halls filled with new PV panels, battery systems, inverters, mounting equipment, cleaning robots, software solutions, and more, un...
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Episode 26
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31:22
Ep.25| Analog or Smart Sensor? Choosing the Right Instrument
With Sajad Badalkhani, Service & Technical Support Manager at OTT HydroMetFood for geeks! Most measurement instruments are either analog or smart. This applies to our Kipp & Zonen portfolio for solar irradiance monitori...
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Episode 25
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24:12
Ep.24| Solar Mobility: Meet the Dutch Couple Who Drove to Cape Town and Back
With Maarten van Pel and Renske Cox, Ambassadors for Sustainable Travelling at 4x4electric.comSpecial Holidays Episode! This Dutch couple has seen quite a big part of the world. Maarten van Pel and Renske Cox always have been p...
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Episode 24
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31:30
Ep.23| How Europe's Dirtiest River Emscher Was Revived
With Dr. Stephan Treuke, Coordinator River Basin Management at EmschergenossenschaftThe river Emscher in Western Germany has a turbulent history. Within one century, it turned from a leisurely meandering stream to Europe’s dirt...
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Episode 23
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26:17
Ep.22| Road Weather Innovations – A Trip to Poland
With Dawid Brudny, Vice President at APM PROIn a coalescing world, safe and efficient transportation of people and goods becomes increasingly important. Thus, it comes with little surprise that weather monitoring for roads, rail...
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Episode 22
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26:17
Ep.21| Introduction to PV Soiling - Background, Impact, and Treatment Options
With Marc Korevaar, Scientist, and Sajad Badalkhani, Technical Support & Services, both OTT HydroMetDirty PV modules generate less energy than clean ones. This phenomenon called “soiling” sums up to losses of several billion...
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Episode 21
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24:24
Ep.20| Mesoscale Monitoring – The Impact of Spatial Data Densification
With Daryl Ritchison, Director of the North Dakota Agricultural Weather Network (NDAWN)In Episode 20 of OTT Cast, we welcome Daryl Ritchison to share his expertise on mesoscale monitoring. With over 30 years of exper...
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Episode 20
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37:29
Ep.19| Data Driving Science - Who Provides the Data?
With Victor Cassella and Sasha Ivans, Meteorologists at OTT HydroMetAs a developer and manufacturer of hydrological and meteorological monitoring solutions, at OTT HydroMet we know a thing or two about collecting and evaluating ...
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Episode 19
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25:52
Ep.18| Early Warnings for All – How to Invest Sustainably
With Jay Wilson, Director for Business Development & Sustainability at OTT HydroMetThe World Meteorological Organization has launched an ambitious initiative: Within 5 years, every person on this planet must be protected by ...
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Episode 18
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21:27
Ep.17| Weather Monitoring for Rail Traffic
With Laura Goodfellow and Frank Zokoll, Transportation Weather Monitoring ExpertsRailway traffic is the backbone of both business and individual transport. Keeping the flow safe and on time is a challenge, especially due to the...
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Episode 17
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26:28
Ep.16| RWIS Lite – Increasing Safety with Slim Road Weather Information Systems
With Brandon Ankney and Steven Marks, Road Weather ExpertsKeeping roads and highways safe is critically important. In addition to autumn’s and winter’s perils, the increase of weather fluctuations and extreme weather events thr...
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Episode 16
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22:30
Ep.15| A Trip to the Scottish Islands: On-Site Checks & Calibration
With Robin Guy, Senior Service EngineerThe Scottish Islands are, undoubtedly, a beautiful part of the world. Amid awesome cliffs, green valleys, and wild beaches, the main means of transport are the ferries bringing people and ...
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Episode 15
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26:03
Ep.14| Live From #IFAT2022: Setting up a Water Monitoring Network
With Katja Weber, Hydrology Application Development Manager EuropeOne year after the cataclysmal floods in Western Germany and its bordering states, politicians and scientists of various disciplines are discussing measures to m...
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Episode 14
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27:34
Ep.13| Back from #Intersolar2022: Soiling & Solar PV in Eastern Europe
With Francois Laurent, Sales Manager France, and Marin Dimitrov, Business Development Manager Eastern Europe What a show it was! In May 2022, the solar industry has come together in Munich to celebrate its unbroken growth aroun...
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Episode 13
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24:15
Ep.12| The Future of Groundwater in the U.S. West
The drought that has gripped much of the U.S. West has been a long-running dry stretch for the last 1200 years, a sign of both environmental and human impact. As 2022 shapes up to extend the ‘megadrought,’ researchers are finding the situation ...
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Episode 12
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36:39
Ep.11| Keeping Roads Safe in Low Visibility
With Laura Goodfellow and Frank Zokoll, Business Development Managers Road Weather, and Steven Marks, Sales Manager Road WeatherLow visibility is a major root cause for traffic accidents and thus a significant safety risk. Meteorological...
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Episode 11
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26:57
Ep.10| How Climate Change Affects Environmental Monitoring
With Ashish Raval, VP Global Tenders, Projects & Key Opinion Leaders at OTT HydroMetUnderstanding and fighting climate change is on top of the agenda for most countries in the world. Currently, politicians, scientists, and activists ...
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Episode 10
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23:11
Ep.9| Back from #Intersolar - Learnings and Innovations
With Paulien Adema, Sales Director Europe, Udo Kronmüller, Sales Engineer & Tobias Weil, Business Development Manager Western EuropeStarting with uncertain expectations, Intersolar Europe has turned into an overwhelming success. Alth...
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Episode 9
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27:01
Ep.8| Getting Runways Ready for ICAO GRF
With Peter Rau, Software Developer of ViewMondo, Laura Goodfellow, Application Development Manager Road Weather & Jeff Cole, Business Development Manager Road Weather & AviationEnsuring safe conditions on runways is a highly resp...
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Episode 8
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33:53
Ep.7| Reading WMO Guidelines Right
With Tobias Weil, Business Development Manager & Dieter Knauss, Teamleader Research MeteorologyTo make meteorological measurements comparable, the World Meteorological Organization WMO establishes guidelines for atmospheric paramete...
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Episode 7
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30:13
Ep.6| Weather Monitoring for Commercial & Industrial PV Installations
With Shane Reed, Sales Manager Solar & Damon Nitzel, Application Development Manager Solar Experts for Solar Energy SolutionsIn this episode, we take a look at a rapidly growing segment within the solar energy industry. Commercial a...
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Episode 6
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Ep.5| Back from #AMS2021 – Learnings & Trends
With Victor Cassella, Meteorologist and Sales Engineer, Sasha Ivans, Business Development Manager – Environmental Meteorology, and Teddy Soto, Application Development ManagerThe 101st Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Societ...
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Episode 5
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23:33
Ep.4| Ceilometers in Science Applications
With Aaron Kennedy, Atmospheric Scientist University of North Dakota,and Brad Guay, Meteorologist at OTT HydroMet A ceilometer can do way more than just observe clouds. Scientists from various disciplines are discovering its st...
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Episode 4
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26:16