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