Measuring mountain water cycle at the basin scale

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Measuring mountain water cycle at the basin scale satellite remote sensing multiple instrument clusters in a basin flux tower Instrument cluster Flux tower or meteorological station Embedded sensor network Sap flow array Stream & groundwater sensors Data & communication hub Roger Bales, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced

Embedded sensor network for mountain water cycle Sensors snow depth air temperature relative humidity solar radiation soil moisture soil temperature … Pod microcomputer data storage radio battery solar cell One node Mother pod signal/data to/from other nodes signal/data network data & control data logger & IP connection via phone, radio or direct signal/data to/from UC Merced Roger Bales, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced

Pod & snow pinger at Gin flat Roger Bales, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced

Mother pod, data logger & snow pinger at Gin flat Roger Bales, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced