Deploying a Communicating Automatic Weather Station on an Alpine Glacier

被引:8
作者
Abbate, Stefano [1 ]
Avvenuti, Marco [1 ]
Carturan, Luca [2 ]
Cesarini, Daniel [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Pisa, Dept Informat Engn, I-56122 Pisa, Italy
[2] Univ Padua, Dept Land Environm Agr & Forestry, I-35020 Padua, Italy
来源
4TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AMBIENT SYSTEMS, NETWORKS AND TECHNOLOGIES (ANT 2013), THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE ENERGY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SEIT-2013) | 2013年 / 19卷
关键词
Glaciers; Sensors; Power-aware; Autonomous systems; Satellite; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;
D O I
10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.170
中图分类号
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要
The cost and effort of installing and maintaining an automatic weather station (AWS) on a glacier may be mitigated by the possibility of gathering sensor data in near real-time, and of controlling and programming the station remotely. In this paper we report our experience with upgrading an existing AWS, operating over an Italian glacier, from a mere datalogger into a networked sensing station. Design choices, energy constraints and power-aware programming of the station determined by harsh environment are discussed. Deployment operations and results are described. The upgraded AWS provides low-power connectivity from a remote location and is able to serve as a base station for a wireless sensor network working in the glacier. (c) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:1190 / 1195
页数:6
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