The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources
Water resources are under unprecedented strain. The combined effects of population growth, climate change, and rural industrialization have led to greater demand for an increasingly scarce resource. Ensuring that communities have adequate access to water—an essential requirement for community health...
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| author | G. W. Eidson S. T. Esswein J. B. Gemmill J. O. Hallstrom T. R. Howard J. K. Lawrence C. J. Post C. B. Sawyer K.-C. Wang D. L. White |
| author_facet | G. W. Eidson S. T. Esswein J. B. Gemmill J. O. Hallstrom T. R. Howard J. K. Lawrence C. J. Post C. B. Sawyer K.-C. Wang D. L. White |
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| description | Water resources are under unprecedented strain. The combined effects of population growth, climate change, and rural industrialization have led to greater demand for an increasingly scarce resource. Ensuring that communities have adequate access to water—an essential requirement for community health and prosperity—requires finegrained management policies based on real-time in situ data, both environmental and hydrological. To address this requirement at the state level, we have developed the South Carolina Digital Watershed, an end-to-end system for monitoring water resources. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the core system components: (i) in situ sensing hardware, (ii) collection and uplink facilities, (iii) data streaming middleware, and (iv) back-end repository and presentation services. We conclude by discussing key organizational and technical challenges encountered during the development process. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30c576057a9d43dca744be1202f986512023-08-02T04:18:21ZengHindawi - SAGE PublishingInternational Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks1550-14772010-07-01610.1155/2010/970868The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water ResourcesG. W. Eidson0S. T. Esswein1J. B. Gemmill2J. O. Hallstrom3T. R. Howard4J. K. Lawrence5C. J. Post6C. B. Sawyer7K.-C. Wang8D. L. White9 Restoration Institute, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA School of Computing, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Computing and Information Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Forestry and Natural Resources, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Electrical and Computer Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USA Computing and Information Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634, USAWater resources are under unprecedented strain. The combined effects of population growth, climate change, and rural industrialization have led to greater demand for an increasingly scarce resource. Ensuring that communities have adequate access to water—an essential requirement for community health and prosperity—requires finegrained management policies based on real-time in situ data, both environmental and hydrological. To address this requirement at the state level, we have developed the South Carolina Digital Watershed, an end-to-end system for monitoring water resources. In this paper, we describe the design and implementation of the core system components: (i) in situ sensing hardware, (ii) collection and uplink facilities, (iii) data streaming middleware, and (iv) back-end repository and presentation services. We conclude by discussing key organizational and technical challenges encountered during the development process.https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/970868 |
| spellingShingle | G. W. Eidson S. T. Esswein J. B. Gemmill J. O. Hallstrom T. R. Howard J. K. Lawrence C. J. Post C. B. Sawyer K.-C. Wang D. L. White The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks |
| title | The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources |
| title_full | The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources |
| title_fullStr | The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources |
| title_full_unstemmed | The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources |
| title_short | The South Carolina Digital Watershed: End-to-End Support for Real-Time Management of Water Resources |
| title_sort | south carolina digital watershed end to end support for real time management of water resources |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1155/2010/970868 |
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