Environmental Monitoring Station

Environmental Monitoring Station

The Environmental Monitoring Station in Schmeeckle Reserve collects real-time environmental data for use in classes and research. Several environmental conditions are being monitored and recorded. Current and past data can be viewed as graphs and downloaded into tables for further processing.


Click here to view and download environmental data

Accessing the Data

Real-time and past monitoring data can be accessed through the following web interface: http://schmeec1.uwsp.edu/vdv/

The web interface is run with a program called Vista Data Vision. The program updates a database every 10 minutes with new monitoring data and displays the information in graphs. Users can define the timeframe of data to view, and download the raw data as a text file for importing into another program.


Location

The Environmental Monitoring Station is a 30-foot (10-meter) tall tower located in a small woodland plot just southeast of the Schmeeckle Reserve Visitor Center. Its location is indicated by the red pointer below. The GPS coordinates are: +44° 32' 26.05", -89° 33' 51.73".




Installed Sensors

The following sensors are installed on the monitoring station.

Air Temperature & Relative HumidityHumidity Probe

​Type ​Model
 ​Installed Height
Temperature Probe​ ​107 (CS) ​25 cm
​Temperature and Relative Humidity Probe ​HMP45C (CS) ​2 m


Wind Speed and DirectionWind Speed

​Type Model​ ​Installed Height
​Wind Speed Sensor:
Anemometer		 ​Met One 014A ​5 m
​Wind Speed / Direction Set:
Anemometer / Vane
 ​Met One 034B ​10 m


PrecipitationPrecipitation

​Type Model
​Installed Height
​Tipping Bucket Rain Gage (12" funnel, heating element does not work)
 Met One Model 385C ​1 m


Solar (Sun-Plus-Sky) RadiationSolar Sensor

​Type ​Model
 ​Installed Height
​Silicon Pyranometer ​LI200X (CS) ​2 m


Leaf WetnessLeaf Moisture

​Type Model
 ​Installed Height
​Dielectric Leaf Wetness Sensor ​Decagon Devices LWS ​2 m


Soil TemperatureSoil Temp

​Type ​Model
 ​Installed Height
​Temperature Probe ​107 (CS) ​-5 cm
​Temperature Probe ​107 (CS) ​-25 cm
 


Soil Water PotentialSoil Water Potential

Type​ ​Model
 ​Installed Height
​Soil Matric Potential Block
 ​257 (CS) ​-5 cm
​Soil Matric Potential Block
 ​257 (CS) ​-25 cm
 

 

Datalogger

Dataloggers are devices that measure the installed sensors (above) and store the information in digital files. A program tells the datalogger what measurements should be collected and when. Data Logger

​Type ​Model
 ​Power Supply ​Communications
​Datalogger ​CR1000 (CS) ​12 V (constant from visitor center)
 ​Ethernet over UWSP network