Wireless Sensor Networks for Climate Data Management Systems

Abstract: This paper presents a framework for wireless sensor networks designed to capture and monitor micro-climates in a crop field. Recent developments and advances in wireless technology as well as affordability give rise to this emerging field in the realm of precision agriculture. The main purpose of this research is to develop an efficient telemetry system for measuring and storing micro-climates and environmental data. The data collected is to be used for building various models that could enhance our understanding about the effects of climate change on grapevine growth and wine quality within major wine regions in several countries being studied in the initial research. We propose a system architecture for wireless sensor networks and a database model for handling and storing sensor data streams in real-time. This architecture utilises Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) located in several vineyards in three continents. It collects data from WSN and continuously transmits physical or environmental conditions at different locations to a remote central data server. A web based application developed to enable remote online access to WSN data with interactive data retrieval and visualization functionalities