TY - JOUR
T1 - Real-time streaming of environmental field data
AU - Vivoni, Enrique R.
AU - Camilli, Richard
N1 - Funding Information:
The development of the ENVIT Integrated Data Collection System was carried out as part of a MIT/Microsoft Alliance project. We acknowledge the support of Sheila Frankel, Eric Adams, Dara Entekhabi, Daniel Sheehan and Mario Rodrı́guez. In addition, various students were involved in product development and testing: Neeraj Agarwal, James Brady, Nancy Choi, Chrissy Dobson, Arthur Fitzmaurice, Eric Lau, Anna Leos, Linda Liang, Brian Loux, Aurora Kagawa, Kris Kolodziej, Patricia McAndrew, Kevin Richards, Laura Rubiano, Kim Schwing, Russ Spieler, Chin-Huei Tsou, Lisa Walters and Amy Watson. We also acknowledge Garry Willgoose, Jetse Kalma and Andrew Krause (University of Newcastle, NSW). We also thank an anonymous reviewer as well as Steve Carver for their insightful comments on the manuscript.
PY - 2003/5
Y1 - 2003/5
N2 - Field measurements in the environmental sciences still depend upon the pencil and paper notebook for data collection. Although robust, this method is labor-intensive and susceptible to recording and georeferencing errors during transcription. Recent advances in mobile computing and wireless communications allow the geoscientist to process and transmit data while still in the field, thereby minimizing human errors and time delays. We describe an integrated system developed for environmental and geolocation data acquisition that is intended to streamline the collection process. The system consists of software applications and hardware components that enable wireless, mobile and Internet computing during field campaigns. In particular, two-way transfer and display of collected data is achieved between the field site and a remote location, a concept referred to as field data streaming. A prototype system has been tested in field trials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Field studies demonstrate the noticeable gains in efficiency and precision achieved with the use of the field streaming technology. Potential applications include biogeochemical and hydrologic studies, water quality monitoring, emergency response to water-borne disasters and intensive field sampling campaigns.
AB - Field measurements in the environmental sciences still depend upon the pencil and paper notebook for data collection. Although robust, this method is labor-intensive and susceptible to recording and georeferencing errors during transcription. Recent advances in mobile computing and wireless communications allow the geoscientist to process and transmit data while still in the field, thereby minimizing human errors and time delays. We describe an integrated system developed for environmental and geolocation data acquisition that is intended to streamline the collection process. The system consists of software applications and hardware components that enable wireless, mobile and Internet computing during field campaigns. In particular, two-way transfer and display of collected data is achieved between the field site and a remote location, a concept referred to as field data streaming. A prototype system has been tested in field trials in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA and Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Field studies demonstrate the noticeable gains in efficiency and precision achieved with the use of the field streaming technology. Potential applications include biogeochemical and hydrologic studies, water quality monitoring, emergency response to water-borne disasters and intensive field sampling campaigns.
KW - Environmental monitoring
KW - Field data collection
KW - Geographic information systems
KW - Mobile computing
KW - Wireless communications
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U2 - 10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00022-0
DO - 10.1016/S0098-3004(03)00022-0
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037513412
SN - 0098-3004
VL - 29
SP - 457
EP - 468
JO - Computers and Geosciences
JF - Computers and Geosciences
IS - 4
ER -