Almost everything here started as an obstacle in my dissertation. A sensor that cost too much, a datalogger that did not log the right things, a forcing dataset that took a week to assemble by hand. Building the tool turned out to be the more interesting problem in most cases.
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slurm_metforcing_download
A multi-stage HPC pipeline that assembles meteorological forcing bundles for cross-validating seven evapotranspiration models.
PythonSLURMHPCNEON
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A Modular UAS Datalogger
Custom airborne instrumentation for atmospheric boundary layer profiling â wind, radiation, temperature, humidity and imagery on one payload.
KiCADZephyrRTOSMicroPythonDJI M600 Pro
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Dangermond Digital Twin
A full-stack, real-time web map of the field transect showing the live status of individual trees.
PythonJavaScriptWeb mapping
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UCSB.sapflow v1.5.2
Custom sapflow sensor hardware â a Beslity et al. (2022) Jsâµ derivative, built because commercial units cost more than the budget allowed.
KiCADArduinoMicroPythonSensor calibration
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A LoRa/Starlink Field Observatory
An autonomous telemetry network streaming met, soil moisture and sapflow data off a remote coastal preserve in near real time.
LoRaStarlinkMicroPythonZephyrRTOS