Climate and atmosphere

  • Observing a river basin: a reference design

    A flood warning is worth what it gives people time to do. This reference design shows how a river basin observing site measures rain and river, wins lead time from upstream, and keeps warning when its…

  • Observing the open ocean: a reference design

    Far from shore, every observation has to be made, powered and sent home by the instrument itself. This reference design shows how a moored buoy and a profiling float watch the sea and the water beneath…

  • Observing a mountain valley: a reference design

    In a mountain valley, snow, slope and weather change faster than any one observer can follow. This reference design shows how a valley observing site watches them together, works around the terrain, and keeps deciding when…

  • A ground station for Earth observation: a reference design

    An Earth observation ground station has minutes to catch each satellite pass and the time until the next one to turn it into products. This reference design shows how the antenna, radio, clock and edge work…

  • Observing a working farm: a reference design

    On a working farm the daily question is water: how much the crop used, how much the soil still holds and when to irrigate. This reference design for observing a working farm answers it with soil…

  • Observing a city block: a reference design

    Air, heat and movement change from one street to the next. This reference design for observing a city block puts sensors and small cells on the street furniture, corrects cheap sensors against a reference, and publishes…

  • Observing in the Arctic: a reference design

    An Arctic observing station has to measure a fast-changing region with no grid, no fibre and months without sun. This reference design shows how one station can do that, budget every watt and keep its record…