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InstrumentsInstruments, inside Sensors & instruments: water level, discharge by velocity-area and rating curves, acoustic Doppler current profilers (river), water quality sondes and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from ISO 4373 (water level measuring devices) to WMO-No. 1044 Manual on Stream Gauging, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
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01What it is
Instruments placed in the air, water, ground and spectrum, from weather stations to seismometers, radars and cameras, with the calibration, metadata and quality control that make their readings evidence. Each technology below carries what it is, what we do with it, and the standard it is drawn against.
In situ sensors and instruments
Pressure, radar, bubbler and float sensors at gauging stations and reservoirs.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate, maintain and support.
ISO 4373 (water level measuring devices) · WMO-No. 1044 Manual on Stream Gauging
In situ sensors and instruments
Current-meter gaugings and stage-discharge relations that turn level into flow.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain.
ISO 748 (velocity-area methods) · WMO-No. 1044 Manual on Stream Gauging
In situ sensors and instruments
Boat-mounted and fixed profilers for discharge, velocity fields and bathymetry.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain.
ISO 24578:2021 (acoustic Doppler profiler) · ISO 15769 (acoustic Doppler and echo correlation meters)
In situ sensors and instruments
Multiparameter probes for temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity and fluorescence.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate, maintain and support.
ISO 7027-1 (turbidity) · ISO 5814 (dissolved oxygen, electrochemical) · ISO 7888 (electrical conductivity)
In situ sensors and instruments
Piezometers and loggers for groundwater level, temperature and quality.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain.
WMO-No. 168 Guide to Hydrological Practices
In situ sensors and instruments
Profile probes for drought, irrigation, landslide and flood antecedent conditions.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate and maintain.
WMO-No. 8 Volume I (soil moisture) · International Soil Moisture Network practices
In situ sensors and instruments
Standard time-series encodings for water observations shared between agencies.
We design and integrate.
OGC WaterML 2.0 Part 1 (time series) · WMO WHOS
In situ sensors and instruments
Measured occupancy, interference and emissions across bands at a site.
We design, integrate, deploy, operate, maintain and support.
ITU-R Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring · ITU-R SM.1880 (spectrum occupancy measurement)
In situ sensors and instruments
Locating interference and unknown emitters by angle and time difference of arrival.
We design, integrate, deploy and operate.
ITU-R SM.854 (direction finding) · ITU-R Handbook on Spectrum Monitoring
02Architecture
Instruments draws on 1 domain and 8 layers of the spectrum; the highlighted layers carry this area. It speaks 3 of the protocol’s 8 core functions.
Meteorology (WMO No. 8 classes)
10
Air quality and atmospheric composition
7
Hydrology and water
7
Ocean and coastal
7
Seismic, geodetic, geomagnetic and radiation
8
RF, acoustics, cameras and radar
9
Calibration, metadata and quality control
7
Frontier and research
6
01JoinIdentity, attestation quote, signed policy.
02AdmitAdmitted for a stated scope, nothing wider.
03DescribeWhat, where, how and by whom, with calibration.
04TimeOne clock across the grid, with its error bound.
05ObserveEvery value with quality and provenance.
06QualifyTested against the specification, state on record.
07FederateSigned exchange across grids and trust domains.
08OrchestrateSoftware and configuration by signed plan.
03On the grid
The open networks on the grid today, over real relief and the geodesic cells we count them into, filtered to the air health domain this area serves. A site built here enrols into the same grid.
04In the field
6 deployment scenarios from the sector research that rely on instruments.
Government and public safety05Open and enterprise
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
Open, on the main site
Enterprise, on this site
06The rest of the line
Survey, design, deployment and operation for instruments. The form names who receives your details.
Talk to uscontact@observatory.globalInstruments, inside Sensors & instruments: water level, discharge by velocity-area and rating curves, acoustic Doppler current profilers (river), water quality sondes and more. Every item is traced to its specification, from ISO 4373 (water level measuring devices) to WMO-No. 1044 Manual on Stream Gauging, and runs on the open Observatory Protocol.
The open counterpart lives on the main site for anyone to read and run. The enterprise service is designed, deployed and operated with you, under contract.
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