An Autonomous Earth-Observing Sensorweb

  • Authors:
  • Steve Chien;Benjamin Cichy;Ashley Davies;Daniel Tran;Gregg Rabideau;Rebecca Castano;Rob Sherwood;Dan Mandl;Stuart Frye;Seth Shulman;Jeremy Jones;Sandy Grosvenor

  • Affiliations:
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;Goddard Space Flight Center;Goddard Space Flight Center;Goddard Space Flight Center;Goddard Space Flight Center;Goddard Space Flight Center

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Intelligent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

A network of sensors are linked by software and the Internet to an autonomous-satellite-observation-response capability. This system of systems has a flexible, modular, architecture to facilitate expansion in sensors and customization of trigger conditions and responses. Researchers have used this system to implement a global-surveillance program of science phenomena including volcanoes, flooding, cryosphere events, and atmospheric phenomena.