On one of the most viewed episodes from the Talking With the Experts podcast vault, host Mike Nichols welcomes Björn Mosdzien (Managing Director of LAMBRECHT meteo) to explore the past, present, and future of weather monitoring technology. They cover the highlights of LAMBRECHT's 165-year history creating high-accuracy instruments and discuss the overarching philosophy that guides product development to this day. Björn dives deep on how recent products he helped develop are supporting the energy, industry, and transportation sectors in innovative ways.
You can watch their conversation below to get the full story:
Here’s a timestamped breakdown of the topics and themes that Björn and Mike explored in their conversation:
- 1:20 - Björn discusses his background and development of the rain[e] precipitation sensor and u[sonic] wind sensor. He provides a glimpse into his creative process as an engineer, passion for measurement, and path from R&D to upper management at LAMBRECHT.
- 4:30 - Mike and Björn detail LAMBRECHT meteo's 165-year history, highlighting the thermo-hygrograph as a long-term core product.
- 7:09 - Björn tells the story of Wilhelm Lambrecht's "Weather House" from the 1899 Paris Exhibition, an early all-in-one weather measurement and forecasting system.
- 8:28- Björn highlights some key products from the company's recent history, including the rain[e] sensor and Ser[LOG] data logger.
- 9:56 - Mike and Björn explore LAMBRECHT's current areas of focus, with emphasis on supporting the energy sector.
- 12:30 - Mike asks Björn to expand on solution development for the transportation market (aviation, maritime, and rail). Björn explains how great measurement data translates into great business intelligence in those industries.
- 14:26 - Björn and Mike pivot to discussing monitoring for the industrial market (mining, chemical manufacturing, etc.) and the challenge of balancing safety and business continuity in those spaces.
- 16:20 - Björn explains why he's incredibly proud to be part of the ongoing work at LAMBRECHT and AEM and what he sees as the path forward towards better weather monitoring and better outcomes for people.
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