Innovative technologies for field measurements: high-tech 'Low Power Wide Area Sensor Networks' for distributed environmental data collection across scales

该研究项目将测试和改进一种新的创新无线传感器技术。这项技术**将用于环境测量和监测部署。通常，有效的环境监测需要定期测量不同条件（湿与干）和季节（夏季与冬季）下的环境变量。然而，在偏远和/或难以定期访问的地方，这并不总是可能的。在这个研究项目中正在开发、测试和改进的新的无线网络技术应该允许我们在大范围内同时监控许多位置。**这项新技术在实际现场部署中的性能尚未得到评估。这个研究项目的主要目标是了解有多少不同的因素会影响新技术的性能，这样我们就可以调整设计，更好地预测未来可能出现的挑战。**最终，该项目的成果将提高学术界、政府和私营企业的环境科学研究人员和实践者的环境测量和监测能力**。

This research project will test and improve a new and innovative wireless sensor technology. This technology**will be used for environmental measurement and monitoring deployments. Typically, effective environmental**monitoring requires regular measurements of environmental variables under different conditions (wet vs dry)**and seasons (summer vs winter). However, this is not always possible in locations that are remote and/or**difficult to access on a regular basis. The new wireless network technology being developed, tested and**improved in this research project should allow us to monitor many locations simultaneously across large areas.**The performance of this new technology in a real-world field deployment has not yet been evaluated. The main**goal of this research project is to understand how much different factors affect the performance of the new**technology so we can adjust the design and better anticipate challenges that might arise in the future.**Ultimately, the outcomes of this project will improve environmental measurement and monitoring capabilities**for environmental science researchers and practitioners across academia, government and private industry.