Collecting, Sharing, and Understanding Environmental Data

Four Field Stations in FS Programs

• The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve

• The Sky Oaks Field Stations

• Fortuna Mountain Research Land (within Mission Trails Regional Park)

• The Tijuana Estuary National Estuarine Research Reserve (auxiliary field station)

Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve Wireless Sensor Network

ROADNet

Internet Connectivity viaHigh Performance Wireless

Education and Research NetworkHPWREN

HPWREN @ SDSU

A Collaborator with SDSU, ROADNet & Cal-(IT)2

Network Expansion

2.4GHz radios used to build

the Intra-SMER network

SMER Communication Room

Tsunami 45Mbit5.8 GHz Radio

Cisco Router

QuanterraDatalogger

Network Switch

Unix Image Server Seismic Sensors

Link from TCS1 to TCS4

TCS1

TCS3 TCS4

1.5Miles

0.7Miles

Link From TCS1 to

South Tower

HPWRENAccess

North Station/TCS1

South Tower

Data Shack

TCS 2 Repeater

1.1 Miles

0.4 Miles

North SMER

Weather Station

Types of Sensors

South SMER

EddyTower

Pan and Tilt Video Camera

Portable Weather Station

Weather And Fuel Moisture/Temperature

RiverCameraStation

Water Quality Station

Remote Imaging

RICOH i700 digital network camera

Climate Research Division @ SMER

Rocket Pod Sensor Platform

& Radio

Dog caught at SMER

Pod images with IQeyeNetwork Camera.

Dog Series

Fireworks @ ShadowBowl

Wireless Network Camera

Hawk @ TCS3

Ham Cam at SMER

Teaching

TJ Estuary Project

Coyote Fire 2003

CDF Support

Burnt Sky Oaks

Research & Education facilitated via SDSU FSP

Research & Education

Sensor TechnologyCommunication Equipment

Data Management

ROADNet