The Environmental IoT: Understanding and Managing the Natural Environment through Internet of Things Technology

物联网（IoT）代表了互联网的下一个重要步骤，因为它从连接计算机的通信基板演变为连接和拥抱日常物品（事物）的通信基板。这有可能在更广泛的意义上彻底改变经济和社会的许多不同领域，例如实现智能城市，智能交通系统，能源供应的智能管理等，所有这些都是通过传感器的数据收集实现的。物联网的大多数研究都是在城市和城市地区进行的。在我们看来，物联网在农村环境中具有更大的潜力，提供实时数据流，以支持对环境相互依赖性的深入理解，并为整体管理战略提供后续支持。更具体地说，我们认为，物联网技术与云计算相结合，使我们的理解和管理的自然环境在前所未有的环境变化的时候范式转变。这个项目将说明和评估物联网技术在给定的集水区，康威的潜力。通过这一点，我们将提供：1.一个集成的分布式系统基础设施，包括一个实验性的物联网，也连接到云计算环境，并实现跨所产生的复杂系统的互操作性;2.一套技术，以发现和研究在不同的实时数据流代表不同的环境方面，在潜在的不同的地理位置和不同的规模的相互依赖性;3。基于物联网/云基础设施的两个最终用户驱动的应用程序，展示了更综合的科学方法的影响，以及它如何为整体环境管理提供信息，例如土地和水资源管理。拟议的研究涉及世界级的，跨学科团队汇集了兰开斯特大学计算与通信学院和威尔士环境中心的专业知识（合并CEH和班戈尔大学）。该项目还有一个强大的利益相关者小组，包括工作的主要受益者的代表，包括：威尔士水务、威尔士自然资源（合并的威尔士环境保护局、威尔士林业委员会、威尔士农村理事会）、威尔士政府和康威CC。

The Internet of Things (IoT) represents the next major step for the Internet as it evolves from a communication substrate that connects computers to one that connects and embraces everyday objects (things). This has the potential to revolutionize many different sectors of the economy and society more generally, e.g. enabling smart cities, smart transport systems, intelligent management of energy supplies, etc, all enabled by data collection from sensors. Most research in the Internet of Things has been carried out in cities and urban areas more generally. In our view, IoT has even more potential in rural environments, providing real-time data streams to support a deep understanding of environmental inter-dependencies and the subsequent support for holistic management strategies. More specifically, we argue that the combination of IoT technology coupled with Cloud Computing enables a paradigm shift in our understanding and management of the natural environment in times of unprecedented environmental change.This project will illustrate and evaluate the potential of IoT technology in a given catchment, the Conwy. Through this, we will deliver:1. An integrated distributed systems infrastructure consisting of an experimental Internet of Things also linking to a cloud computing environment, and achieving interoperability across the resultant complex system;2. A set of techniques to discover and study inter-dependencies across disparate real-time data streams representing different environmental facets, at potentially different geographical locations and at different scales;3. Two end user driven applications based on the underlying IoT/ cloud infrastructure demonstrating the impact of a more integrative approach to science and how it can inform holistic environmental management, e.g. across land and water management.The proposed research involves a world class, cross-disciplinary team bringing together the expertise of the School of Computing and Communications at Lancaster University and the Environment Centre Wales (incorporating CEH and the University of Bangor). The project also has a strong Stakeholders Group involving representatives of key beneficiaries of the work including: Welsh Water, Natural Resources Wales (merged Environment Agency-Wales, Forestry Commission Wales, Countryside Council for Wales), Welsh Government and Conwy CC.