| Abstract: | Over half of California‘s water supply comes from high elevations in the snowmelt-dominated Sierra Nevada. Natural climate fluctuations, global warming, and the growing needs of water consumers demand intelligent management of this water resource. This requires a comprehensive monitoring system across and within the Sierra Nevada. Unfortunately, because of severe terrain and limited access, few measurements exist. Thus, meteorological and hydrologic processes are not well understood at high altitudes. However, new sensor and wireless communication technologies are beginning to provide sensor packages designed for low maintenance operation, low power consumption and unobtrusive footprints. A prototype network of meteorological and hydrological sensors has been deployed in Yosemite National Park, traversing elevation zones from 1,200 to 3,700 m. Communication techniques must be tailored to suit each location, resulting in a hybrid network of radio, cell-phone, land-line, and satellite transmissions. Results are showing how, in some years, snowmelt may occur quite uniformly over the Sierra, while in others it varies with elevation. ?? Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003. |
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| Citation Author: | Lundquist, J. D.; Cayan, D. R.; Dettinger, M. D. |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Meteorology and hydrology in Yosemite National Park: A sensor network application; 2003; Article; Journal; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Lundquist, J. D.; Cayan, D. R.; Dettinger, M. D. |
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| Citation Volume: | 2634 |
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| Text: | Meteorology and hydrology in Yosemite National Park: A sensor network application; 2003; Article; Journal; Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Lundquist, J. D.; Cayan, D. R.; Dettinger, M. D. |
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