Template · ri-gap-node
Research-infrastructure gap-filling nodes
Observatory-as-a-service for research infrastructures that must extend coverage under their own quality rules.
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Sectors/
ScientificInstruments that outlast the grant.
Field campaigns, seismology, hydrology, ocean, ecology, polar and research-infrastructure gap filling.
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40,942 open instruments, every domain
01Deployment scenarios
5 ways the grid is deployed here.
From the sector research, each with the observatory template that serves it where one exists.
Template · citizen-seismology
Citizen seismology and school seismographs
Compact seismographs feeding open data networks.
Template · stream-gauge
Stream gauges
A low-cost tier beside national gauge networks.
Template · wave-buoy-array
Ocean and coastal low-cost buoy arrays
Satellite-backhauled wave buoys accepted in a national programme trial.
Sensors & instruments · Connectivity · Earth observation & GeoAI
Template · bioacoustic
Bioacoustics and biodiversity
Open acoustic recorders for species baselines.
02Proof
What buyers ask to see.
The evidence a procurement in this sector asks for, from the sector research. Each item is produced by the grid as a record, not written up afterwards.
- Calibration traceability
- Data-format conformance (netCDF/CF, FDSN, OGC SensorThings, WIS2)
- Datasets with persistent identifiers
- Uptime in harsh environments
- Cost per data-year
03Participation
Where communities can host the grid.
CommunityJoin the community
One account for every community, platform and the Nexus Observatory app.Open dataUse the open networks
Public observing networks on their own terms, ready to reuse.HostingHost a station
Tell us about a site; we bring the survey, the design and the crew.04Lines
The lines that serve it.
5 of the nine enterprise lines carry the scenarios above, ranked by how many name their work.
2 scenariosProtocol & Grid
Your grid, on the open protocol.2 scenariosSensors & instruments
Measurements that carry their own proof.1 scenarioConnectivity
Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.1 scenarioEarth observation & GeoAI
The ground, measured and modelled.1 scenarioData & licensing
Grid data, licensed for your use.05Search terms and open work
How the sector names the problem.
The terms buyers and programmes use, and open projects in the space, named as factual references only. Naming a project is not an endorsement or a relationship.
Search terms field campaign logistics autonomous weather station polar stream gauge telemetry wave buoy passive acoustic monitoring seismic station hosting research infrastructure in-situ data FAIR data
Open projects, for reference
- Raspberry Shake community and FDSN
- AudioMoth (Open Acoustic Devices)
- BirdNET
- OpenMetBuoy
- ObsPy
- PhenoCam
- OpenDroneMap
- ICOS Carbon Portal tools
- eLTER DEIMS
06Other sectors
Thirteen sectors, one grid.
5 scenariosGovernment and public safety
Warning starts with a measurement.4 scenariosCities
The street, measured block by block.5 scenariosCommunities and rural
Connectivity and sensing, locally owned.5 scenariosIndustrial
Sites, ground and air, on one record.5 scenariosAgriculture
Soil, water and weather, field by field.4 scenariosSports and events
A temporary grid for a crowd.4 scenariosDevelopment and humanitarian
Data gaps close before the crisis.5 scenariosEnvironment and climate
Ecosystems, observed without a gap.4 scenariosEnergy
Assets, grids and weather, joined.4 scenariosTransport
Corridors that report their own state.4 scenariosDefence-adjacent (civil dual-use)
Civil sensing only. Nothing else.3 scenariosEducation
Learning to observe, on a real grid.Bring us the site.
Survey, design, deployment and operation for scientific. The form names who receives your details.
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