Research Partners:

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Sensor Web Automation Network GEOIDE SII-73
project An Integrated Sensor Web Deployment
Infrastructure for Watershed Monitoring
Presenter Ke Deng

• Research Partners
• University of Windsor
• University of British Columbia
• University of New Brunswick
• Solinst
• Measurand

• Research Sponsors
• GEOIDE
• New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF)
• Solinst
• Measurand
• Geoconnections Canada
• New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization
• Harrison McCain Foundation
• MADALGO Center for Massive Data Algorithmics

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Burton Bridge in New Brunswick
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Live Monitoring U Windsor
Hillslope failure monitoring withinclinometers
and piezometers
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One design environment, mixed hardware
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SWAN Activities at UBC

• Long term field deployment
• 41 motes
• 7 parameters per mote
• 10 month deployment
• Stand-alone data loggers
• Focus on
• Reliability
• Data quality
• Ease of use

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SWAN Activities at UBC

• Hydrology research questions
• Is it possible to sample at too high of a
  resolution?
• How does the spatial variability of throughfall
  change throughout a storm?
• How does the spatial variability of soil moisture
  change with the seasons?
• Unique characteristics of motes
• Low cost
• Low power consumption

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Sensor Web Components - UNB
Sensor Web Language
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SWL Fuzzy Model - UNB
Reconfiguring WL1
Base Station
Processing (fuzzy rules)
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Measurand - UNB Tree PODs
Limb bending under snow load
MEMS sensor POD
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Conclusions

• SWAN - an integrated web-connected watershed
  monitoring infrastructure
• University of Windsor - geospatial software
  infrastructure to interface with many sensors
• University of British Columbia - high quality
  hydrologic data using a sensor network
• University of New Brunswick - Sensor Web Language
  for web deployment of sensor networks
• Solinst - Levelogger water measurement
  instrumentation, integration via telemetry system
• Measurand - Shape Accel Array captures 3D motion
  at 100 Hz using MEMS accelerometers