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SUMMARY:Open source wireless instruments for real-time field glaciology - 
 Mike Prior Jones\, Cardiff University
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CONTACT:Dr Alex Bradley
DESCRIPTION:Collecting data from the field is a key part of glaciological 
 research\, and is often hampered by the complex logistics of making measur
 ements in remote locations. It’s still extremely common for research dat
 a to be collected on data loggers and retrieved physically during a “ser
 vicing visit”. By contrast\, remote sensing data often arrives within da
 ys of being collected and can be analysed immediately. In this seminar\, D
 r Mike Prior-Jones from Cardiff University (a former BAS communications en
 gineer)  will present his future plans for a system of wireless instrument
 s that can be used by glaciologists to collect data in real time from loca
 tions in snowpack\, in supraglacial streams\, in englacial boreholes and s
 ubglacial water channels. These will use a wireless link technology capabl
 e of sending data over kilometres of range both on the surface and within 
 the ice. This vision is funded though a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship whi
 ch Mike will start work on in January\, and builds on his existing work on
  the Cryoegg project with Dr Liz Bagshaw and others. The intention is to m
 ake this whole system of wireless instruments\, the satellite link interfa
 ce\, and the data-handling infrastructure all open source\, so that the wh
 ole community can benefit from the instruments themselves and the technolo
 gy that they contain. Mike is keen to encourage collaborations with scient
 ists and engineers who may choose to take elements of his design and spin 
 them off to suit their own work\, creating an ecosystem of related\, compa
 tible instrumentation that’s proven to work in the polar environment.\n\
 nContact organizer for zoom link
LOCATION:BAS Cambridge Conference Room (and online)
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