Deploying a Communicating Automatic Weather Station on an Alpine Glacier | Zendy

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Deploying a Communicating Automatic Weather Station on an Alpine Glacier

Author(s) -

Stefano Abbate,

Marco Avvenuti,

Luca Carturan,

Daniel Cesarini

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

procedia computer science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.334

H-Index - 76

ISSN - 1877-0509

DOI - 10.1016/j.procs.2013.06.170

Subject(s) - installation , computer science , base station , software deployment , automatic weather station , weather station , glacier , wireless sensor network , real time computing , data logger , power (physics) , telecommunications , operating system , meteorology , geology , physics , paleontology , quantum mechanics

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

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