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Mission:
Integrate local remote sensing with satellite
remote sensing technology to enable a systems understanding of the linkages
in the Biosphere.
The function of the REAL is to
process, analyze, and disseminate environmental data to assist environmental
assessment. REAL includes computing facilities and field equipment.
One thrust of REAL is in the arena of environmental acoustics. We have
developed a real-time environmental monitoring system comprising of
a computer system designed to automatically collect and process acoustic,
meteorological, and image observations in near real time and deliver
statistics, sounds and visualizations to the www
(http://www.cevl.msu.edu).
We are in process of linking environmental acoustics with satellite
images to link the souncdscape with landscape properties.
Infrastructure:
The REAL computing facilities
include an array of workstations linked by a high-speed internal network
that provides access to printers, tape devices, and on-line and near-time
file systems. In addition to these computing facilities, we have the
state-of-the-art hand held spectra-radiometers, sensor calibration devices,
canopy analyzer and other equipment necessary for landscape characterization.
REAL facilities also include field soil moisture sensors, infrared thermometers,
and chlorophyll meters. The REAL will be used to process the sound files
at near real time and process satellite images for landscape characterization
to link the soundscape with landscape properties. The REAL has acquired
and deployed bi-directional satellite communications, wireless weather
stations, acoustic monitoring and processing and communications software
to transmit environmental data to a high capacity server dedicated to
serve acoustical observations. Associated with this server is a terabyte
disk array (raid storage); 250 Gigabytes of CD accessible on-line storage;
relational database systems and web development tools.
Current research projects
Muskegon River Watershed Assessment:
http://envirosonic.cevl.msu.edu
Sequoia National Park Soundscape Assessment:
http://seki.cevl.msu.edu
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