A High-Resolution Sensor Network for Monitoring Glacier Dynamics
- Submitting institution
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The University of Sheffield
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 2645
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1109/JSEN.2014.2348534
- Title of journal
- IEEE Sensors Journal
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- First page
- 3926
- Volume
- 14
- Issue
- 11
- ISSN
- 1530-437X
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of publication
- August
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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9
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- A novel dual diversity, self-configuring, wireless sensor network (WSN), which interconnected 20 GPS nodes, collected precise spatial-temporal measurements of the flow rate of Greenland's Helheim glacier at the calving front. By deploying four base stations, two either side of the 6km wide glacier, the WSN achieved complete and continuous RF coverage of the harsh ice-pinnacle landscape. Positioning analysis discovered that reverse glacial motion causes glacial earthquakes, enabling the measurement of glacial ice melt attributed to climate change by remotely monitoring their signature. The WSN design helped secure the follow-on grant (EP/L026147/1).
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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