--- title: "Resources: Sensors & instruments | Nexus Observatory" description: "Resources for the Sensors & instruments platform: the explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team." url: https://observatory.global/sensors/resources/ publisher: Nexus Observatory Inc. updated: 2026-11-02 --- [Nexus Observatory](https://observatory.global/) / [Sensors & instruments](https://observatory.global/sensors/) / **Resources** # Resources for sensors & instruments. The explainer, field stories, the open specification and the forms that reach the right team, in one place. [Plan with us](https://observatory.global/sensors/contact/deployment/) [Areas](https://observatory.global/sensors/areas/) Areas · **5** Technologies · **61** Industries · **21** **01** Start here ## See it before you plan it. [Explainer Sensors & instruments, explainedThe platform in 3D, chapter by chapter.Open the explainer →](https://observatory.global/sensors/explainer/) [Overview Sensors & instrumentsMeasurements that carry their own proof.Back to the overview →](https://observatory.global/sensors/) [Studio Field Deployment StudioPlan coverage, power and timing on real terrain.Open the Studio →](https://observatory.global/studio/) **02** Stories ## Where this platform is at work. Field stories from the network, each with the systems in it and the sources behind it. [Dense city block The instrumented streetFour city blocks, read as an observing system: small cells on street poles, air-quality and heat sensors beside them, and an edge node that corrects, times…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/city-block/) [Suburb The suburb as a power stationRooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles turn a residential street into thousands of small generators. Observing them is how a distribution grid…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/suburb-grid-edge/) [Rural village A village at the end of the lineWhere the fibre ends, a single mast, a satellite terminal and a handful of sensors decide whether a village is on the map of observation. Canada’s target is…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/rural-village/) [Remote northern community Observation the community governsIn a remote northern community, an observing station is also a question of who owns the data, who decides how it is used and who benefits. Principles for…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/indigenous-north/) [Farmland Field to forecastA farm observes water: in the soil, in the crop and in the air above it. Crop water use is computed from weather with a method agronomists have shared for…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/farmland/) [Forest and wildfire Seeing smoke soonerA fire is cheapest to fight in its first hour. Ridge-top cameras, weather in the stand and satellite hot spots each see it at different times and scales;…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/wildfire/) [River basin and floods Rising water, counted in metresA flood map is a sentence about the future: this ground lies below that level. Gauges along the valley, a weather station and a terrain model turn the…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/river-floods/) [Coast and port The port that sees the approachA port observes three things at once: the ships coming in, the sea they come through and the cranes that receive them. Ship identity travels on a radio…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/coast-port/) [Mountains and avalanche terrain Snowpack, slope and signalAvalanche forecasting reasons about the likelihood and size of avalanches on given terrain. The observations behind it come from a few stations in hard…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/mountain-avalanche/) [Arctic Instruments at the edge of the cryosphereThe Arctic has warmed about three to four times faster than the global average, depending on the period and the dataset. The instruments that showed it are…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/arctic/) [Desert and dust Dust, heat and the solar fieldIn deserts, dust is weather. It reaches cities as air pollution, crosses oceans, and settles on solar panels: soiling cost global solar output at least…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/desert-dust/) [Ocean The ocean below the surfaceMost of the ocean’s heat lies below what satellites can see. Profiling floats drifting at depth and surfacing to report have measured it routinely since the…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/ocean/) [End to end An observation grid, end to endAn observation is not a reading. It is a reading with a place, a time, a calibration and a path that anyone can follow back. An observing grid is the…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/observation-grid/) [LPWAN and mesh Kilometres on a coin cellMost environmental sensors send a few bytes a few times an hour. Low-power wide-area networks trade bandwidth for range and battery life; mesh networks…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/lpwan-mesh/) [Digital twin of a site A digital twin that keeps its sourcesA digital twin is a model of a physical asset kept current by observation of it. The hard part is not the geometry; it is keeping every value in the model…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/digital-twin-site/) [6G and sensing Networks that senseThe framework for 6G names integrated sensing and communication as one of its usage scenarios: the same radio that carries data also measures range,…Read the story →](https://observatory.global/stories/sensing-networks-6g/) **03** Documentation ## The open specification and its tools. [Open SpecificationFunctions, state machines, objects and flows.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/specification/) [Open DevelopersSoftware kits, agents and worked examples.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/developers/) [Open ConformanceRun the suite, publish the result.Read →](https://observatory.global/protocol/conformance/) [Open Open sourceWhat is open, and on what terms.Read →](https://observatory.global/open/) **04** Reach the right team ## Every request has its own form. Each form routes to the team that answers it and names who receives your details. [Form Request a hardware quoteNodes, racks, power and masts: quantities, site conditions and delivery.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/sensors/contact/hardware-quote/) [Form Plan a deploymentTell us the site, the sector and the timeline. An engineer replies.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/sensors/contact/deployment/) [Form Get supportSomething does not work, or you need a hand with a system you run.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/sensors/contact/support/) [Form Write to usNot sure who should read it? Choose a department and we route it.Open the form →](https://observatory.global/sensors/contact/message/) **05** On this site ## Where to go next. [Sensors & instruments AreasEvery area, with its systems and standards.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/areas/) [Sensors & instruments TechnologiesThe layered map of what we build with.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/technologies/) [Sensors & instruments ArchitectureLayers, functions and evidence.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/architecture/) [Sensors & instruments IndustriesThe industry sites built on this platform.Open →](https://observatory.global/sensors/industries/) ## Bring us the site. 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