| Examining the challenges and design approaches of energy-neutral meteorological stations |
| Paper ID : 1197-NICAME1402 |
| Authors: |
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Hamed Mokhtarzadeh Khaneghahi1, Shiva Gorjian *2, saeed minaee2 1Biosystem Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Tehran, Iran 2Biosystems Engineering Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran |
| Abstract: |
| The demand for modular, robust, and uninterrupted weather stations has increased as climate change is strongly affecting agriculture. Average changes in temperature, rainfall and wind parameters like speed and direction and humidity strongly affect the yield of the product. Basically, if the farmer is equipped with accurate local weather forecasts, it is possible for him to directly reduce his costs. Internet of Things (IoT) based weather stations are a promising solution to achieve uninterrupted operation of the weather station which is affected by constrained energy availability. This research provides ideas to overcome the energy challenge of a weather station as well as insights to develop an energy-neutral weather station. The primary requirements of a weather station for precision agriculture are explored and each component-level challenges are presented. A novel development life cycle of an IoT-based energy-neutral weather station is also presented for the developers and the best practices are discussed. |
| Keywords: |
| Collecting local weather data, Internet of Things, Sensors of environmental quantities, Telemetry, Life cycle analysis |
| Status : Paper Accepted (Poster Presentation) |
