US 12,292,545 B2
In situ measurement station for monitoring wind and water properties in extreme hydrodynamic conditions
Forrest J. Masters, Gainesville, FL (US); Pedro L. Fernandez-Caban, Potsdam, NY (US); Brian M. Phillips, Gainesville, FL (US); Christopher C. Ferraro, Gainesville, FL (US); Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole, MA (US); Wei-Ting Lu, Gainesville, FL (US); and Joseph Alex Esposito, Shalimar, FL (US)
Assigned to University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US); Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (US); and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (US)
Filed by University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US); Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (US); and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (US)
Filed on May 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/327,148.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/113,478, filed on Nov. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0155484 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G01W 1/04 (2006.01); E04H 12/18 (2006.01); G01W 1/00 (2006.01); G01W 1/10 (2006.01); G06N 5/04 (2023.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01); E02D 5/56 (2006.01); E02D 27/16 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); H04Q 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G01W 1/04 (2013.01) [E04H 12/18 (2013.01); G01W 1/10 (2013.01); G06N 5/04 (2013.01); G06N 20/00 (2019.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); E02D 5/56 (2013.01); E02D 27/16 (2013.01); G01W 2001/006 (2013.01); H04N 7/183 (2013.01); H04Q 9/00 (2013.01); H04Q 2209/40 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weather monitoring system comprising:
at least one weather monitoring station, wherein the weather monitoring station comprises:
an upper mast section having at least one elongated post equipped with an instrumentation package, wherein the instrumentation package at the upper mast section includes an orientation sensor to detect an orientation of the upper mast section relative to the earth surface's coordinate system, communications circuitry that is configured to establish a communications network with a network base station, at least a wind velocity sensor, and a control unit that is configured to at least receive sensor data and transmit communication data via the communications circuitry;
at least one lower mast section including at least one elongated post equipped with a lower instrumentation package that is coupled to the upper mast section, wherein the lower instrumentation package includes at least a water depth sensor and a wave direction sensor; and
a helical anchoring system that is coupled to the lower mast section, wherein the helical anchoring system includes at least one subsurface helical anchor for inserting into a ground surface within a littoral zone of a coastal area.