H41J:
The MacGyver Session: The Place for Novel, Exciting, Self-Made, Hacked, or Improved Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Data Transmission Solutions to Understand the Geosphere I Posters

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Session ID#: 24807

Session Description:
This 9th edition of the MacGyver session focuses on the Data & Emerging Technologies theme of the Fall Meeting. All geoscientists are invited to present

  • new sensor systems, using technologies in novel or unintended ways
  • new data storage or transmission solutions sending data from the field with LoRa, WIFI, GSM, or any other nifty approach
  • started initiatives (e.g., Open-Sensing.org) that facilitate the creation and sharing of novel sensors, data acquisition and transmission systems.

Connected a sensor for iPhone to an Arduino or Raspberri Pi? 3D printed an automated water quality sampler? Or build a Cloud Storage system from Open Source Components? Show it! New methods in hydrology, plant physiology, seismology, remote sensing, ecology, etc. are all welcome. Bring prototypes and demonstrations to make this the most exciting Poster Only (!) session of the Fall Meeting.

This session is co-sponsered by MOXXI, the working group on novel observational methods of the IAHS.

Primary Convener:  Rolf Hut, Delft University of Technology, Water Management, Delft, Netherlands
Conveners:  Pete Marchetto, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States and Theresa Blume, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany
Chairs:  Pete Marchetto, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Bioproducts and Biosystems Engineering, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Rolf Hut, Delft University of Technology, Water Management, Delft, Netherlands, Andrew D Wickert, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany and Theresa Blume, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Hydrology, Potsdam, Germany
OSPA Liaison:  Rolf Hut, Delft University of Technology, Water Management, Delft, Netherlands
Co-Organized with:
Hydrology, Biogeosciences, and Cryosphere

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • ED - Education
Index Terms:

0452 Instruments and techniques [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
0794 Instruments and techniques [CRYOSPHERE]
1895 Instruments and techniques: monitoring [HYDROLOGY]
3394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Design and Deployment of a General Purpose, Open Source LoRa to Wi-Fi Hub and Data Logger (221030)
Thomas Craig DeBell1, Chet Udell2, Marissa Kwon3, John Steven Selker2 and Jose Manuel Lopez Alcala2, (1)Oregon State University, Biological & Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Electrical Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Inexpensive, Low Power, Open-Source Data Logging hardware development (243811)
Chad Timothy Sandell, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Earth Sciences, Minneapolis, MN, United States, Bobby Schulz, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States and Andrew D Wickert, University of Minnesota, Saint Anthony Falls Laboratory and Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Minneapolis, United States
Turning a $10 Computer into a Powerful DIY Data Logger (Invited) (228678)
Bart Schilperoort, Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands
Communication and logging hub for rapid prototyping of environmental sensors: presenting the Smartphone. (228356)
Rolf Hut, Delft University of Technology, Water Management, Delft, Netherlands
Development of an Open Source, Air-Deployable Weather Station (241353)
Alex Krejci1, Jose Manuel Lopez Alcala2, Mitch Nelke3, James Wagner1, Chet Udell1, Chad W Higgins4 and John Steven Selker1, (1)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Corvallis, OR, United States, (3)Oregon State University, Mechanical Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (4)College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Designing wireless sensor networks for hydrological and water resource applications: A purpose-oriented approach (258314)
Feng Mao1, Prof. David M. Hannah, PhD2, Stefan Krause1, Julian Clark2, Wouter Buytaert3 and Boris F Ochoa-Tocachi4, (1)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, B15, United Kingdom, (2)University of Birmingham, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Birmingham, United Kingdom, (3)Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering & Grantham Institute - Climate Change and the Environment, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (4)Imperial College London, Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom
Low-cost embedded systems for democratizing ocean sensor technology in the coastal zone (295532)
Brian T Glazer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, United States and Hou In Lio, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology, Honolulu, United States
Using a terrestrial laser scanner to measure spatiotemporal surface moisture dynamics (251197)
Jasper Donker1, Yvonne Smit1 and Gerben Ruessink2, (1)Utrecht University, Faculty of Geosciences, Department of Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)Utrecht University, Physical Geography, Utrecht, Netherlands
Examining the Effectiveness of Hacked, Commercial, Self-Tuning RFID Tags to Passively Sense the Volumetric Water Content of Soil (227807)
Brett Shawn Stoddard1, Chet Udell2 and John Steven Selker2, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Construction and Deployment of Tilt Sensors along the Lateral Margins of Jarvis Glacier, Alaska to improve understanding of the Deformation Regime of Wet-Based Polythermal Glaciers (233534)
Ian Lee1, Robert L Hawley2, Clemens-Sewall David3, Seth W Campbell4, Mike Waszkiewicz5, Steven Bernsen4, Christopher C Gerbi4, Karl J Kreutz6 and Peter Ortquist Koons4, (1)Pennsylvania State University, Department of Geosciences, University Park, United States, (2)Dartmouth College, Department of Earth Sciences, Hanover, NH, United States, (3)Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH, United States, (4)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences, Orono, ME, United States, (5)University of Wisconsin Madison, Ice Drilling Design and Operations (IDDO), Madison, WI, United States, (6)University of Maine, School of Earth and Climate Sciences and Climate Change Institute, Orono, ME, United States
Multi-Fibre Optode Microsensors: affordable designs for monitoring oxygen in soils under varying environmental conditions (272690)
Tatjana Milojevic1, Fereidoun Rezanezhad2, Christopher Parsons3, Christina M. Smeaton1 and Philippe Van Cappellen4, (1)University of Waterloo, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (2)Ecohydrology Research Group, University of Waterloo, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Waterloo, ON, Canada, (3)Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada Centre for Inland Waters, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Burlington, ON, Canada, (4)University of Waterloo, Ecohydrology Research Group, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Characterization and Calibration of an Accelerometer via a Novel, Low-Cost, Acoustic Method (280041)
Hanna Lin, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Saint Paul, MN, United States and Dr. Peter Marchetto, PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, United States
DIY Weights and Measures: Developing Your Own Calibration Methods Using Available Materials (225532)
Dr. Peter Marchetto, PhD, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, United States
Using HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Sensor to Adjust Nozzle Height in Center Pivot Irrigation System. (257729)
Hadi AL-agele, Oregon State University, Biological &Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States and Chad W Higgins, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Use of an UROV to develop 3-D optical models of submarine environments (272421)
William David Null, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States and Blake J Landry, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States
Measurements of soil, surface water, and groundwater CO2 concentration variability within Earth’s critical zone: low-cost, long-term, high-temporal resolution monitoring (236351)
Joshua M Blackstock1, Matthew D Covington2, Sarah Gayle Whitehead Williams3, Joseph M Myre4 and Josue Rodriguez1, (1)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, United States, (2)University of Arkansas, Geosciences, Fayetteville, United States, (3)University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, United States, (4)University of St. Thomas, Saint Paul, MN, United States
The OPEnSampler: A Low-Cost, Low-Weight, Customizable and Modular Open Source 24-Unit Automatic Water Sampler (226139)
Mitch Nelke1, John Steven Selker2 and Chet Udell2, (1)Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States
Adapting Ground Penetrating Radar for Non-Destructive In-Situ Root and Tuber Assessment (299996)
Brody Lynn Teare1, Dirk Boudreaux Hays2, Alfredo Delgado1, Iliyana Dancheva Dobreva3, Michael Peter Bishop3, Ronald Lacey4, Da Huo5 and Xing Wang6, (1)Texas A&M University College Station, Molecular and Environmental Plant Sciences, College Station, TX, United States, (2)Texas A&M University College Station, College Station, TX, United States, (3)Center for Geospatial Science, Applications and Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States, (4)Texas A&M University College Station, Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College Station, TX, United States, (5)Texas A&M University College Station, Geography, College Station, TX, United States, (6)Texas A&M University College Station, Computer Science and Engineering, College Station, TX, United States
Counting Raindrops and the Distribution of Intervals Between Them. (Invited) (224936)
Nick Van De Giesen1, Marie-Claire Ten Veldhuis2, Rolf Hut2 and Jan Jaap Pape3, (1)Delft University of Technology, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft, Netherlands, (2)Delft University of Technology, Water Management, Delft, Netherlands, (3)Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
An Open-Source Arduino-based Controller for Mechanical Rain Simulators (278603)
Keiran Kye Cantilina, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN, United States
Development of a self-made framework for the acquisition and communication of real-time precipitation data (255710)
Adrián Pedrozo-Acuña, Jorge A Magos-Hernández, Juan A Sánchez-Peralta, Jorge Blanco-Figueroa and Jose A Breña-Naranjo, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Institute of Engineering, Mexico City, Mexico
A High Precision $3.50 Open Source 3D Printed Rain Gauge Calibrator (225509)
Jose Manuel Lopez Alcala1, Chet Udell2 and John Steven Selker2, (1)Oregon State University, Electrical Eningeering, Corvallis, OR, United States, (2)Oregon State University, Biological and Ecological Engineering, Corvallis, OR, United States

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