A team from the Atmospheric Science Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville tested wireless sensors in an active landslide zone. The goal of the study was to estimate the potential information that these sensors can provide concerning the probability of a possible landslide.
These instruments are low cost and they utilize technology found in cell phones, robotics or irrigation systems, such as motion detectors and sensors which inform the user when the soil is saturated. Eric Anderson, a research associate in UAH's Earth System Science Center, who first came up with the concept, was inspired by the use of similar sensors in airborne instruments that measured soil moisture. The sensors have been also used for flood monitoring and warnings by the NASA/USRA team.
Source: UAH
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