PermaSense: Investigating Permafrost with a WSN in the Swiss Alps. Forthcoming technical report

Currently, there is a lack of stand-alone geo-monitoring sys-tems for harsh environments that are easy to configure, de-ploy and manage, while at the same time adhering to science grade quality requirements. In a joint computer and geo-science project we have built and deployed a wireless sensor net...

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Main Authors: Igor Talzi, Andreas Hasler, Stephan Gruber, Christian Tschudin
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 2007
Subjects:
Categories and Subject Descriptors C.2.1 [Computer-Communication Networks
Network Architecture and Design
C.2.3 [Computer-Communica- tion Networks
Network Operations
J.2 [Physical Sci- ences and Engineering
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences General Terms Design
Measurement
permafrost
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.561.4667
http://www.geo.unizh.ch/~stgruber/pubs/Talzi_2007-EmNets07.pdf
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Summary:Currently, there is a lack of stand-alone geo-monitoring sys-tems for harsh environments that are easy to configure, de-ploy and manage, while at the same time adhering to science grade quality requirements. In a joint computer and geo-science project we have built and deployed a wireless sensor network for measuring permafrost related parameters. Us-ing these high-precision data, geo-scientists will be able to calibrate their heat flux models in order to better predict the stability of steep rock slopes in the alps. In this paper we describe our system from a computer science and system point of view and report on some lessons learned, especially in the domain of sensor design, power-awareness and reliable data flow.

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