Wireless sensor network: Springbrook
Wireless monitoring equipment at Springbrook.
Old farmland near World-Heritage-listed Springbrook National Park is being returned to native rainforest.
Scientists wanted to record the restoration of the vegetation and wildlife returning to the area, so they installed a network of wireless sensors to continuously collect data.
Network technology and data collected
Springbrook is steep in places, has many gullies and gets a lot of rain. It is perfect ground for this technology, and the network is an effective and less labour-intensive way to collect information.
The network comprises 175 sensor nodes and 600 sensors that monitor temperature, humidity, barometric pressure, rainfall, light, wind, soil and leaf moisture, and solar radiation. It also measures tree diameter and the amount of water that trees use.
This extensive network will include bio-acoustic and potentially video monitoring technologies. Bio-acoustic techniques will analyse the sounds of animals to provide valuable information on the regenerating areas.
Winner of the Queensland Research and Development category of the 2012 iAwards
Background
The network was developed by the CSIRO, the Department of Science, Information Technology, Innovation and the Arts and other government agencies.
It won the Research and Development category of the Queensland 2012 iAwards.
More information
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