A graduate wooden, fiberglass, or aluminum rod used to determine differences in elevation. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_staff Level staff Instrument Communications component Radio Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio A device that transfers information via electromagnetic signals through the atmosphere or free space. Power component A photovoltaic module that is electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure. Used to generate and supply electricity. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel Solar panel Datalogger Datalogger Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_logger An electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location either with a built in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. An electronic and optical instrument used in modern surveying and building construction. A total station is an electronic theodoloite integrated with an electronic distance meter to read slope distances from the instrument to a particular point. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_station Instrument Total station Interface A device used to couple multiple other devices. Camera A device used to create photographic images A device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line. Multiplexer Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity) Battery Power component A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Antenna Communications component An electrical device that converts electric power into radio waves and vice versa. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_(radio) Power supply An electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load. The primary function of a power supply is to convert one form of electrical energy to another (e.g., solar to chemical). Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply Power component ODM2 Equipment Type Controlled Vocabulary A vocabulary for describing types of equipment used for making observations. Examples include sensors, batteries, radios, dataloggers, samplers, etc. ODM2 Working Group Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod Observation platform Tripod A portable, three-legged frame used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. Typically used as a data collection platform to which sensors are attached. Charge regulator An electroinic device that limits the rate at which electric current is added to or drawn from electric batteries. Power component Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_controller Platform An enclosure used to protect electronic equipment used for stormwater sampling. Storm box Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorometer Fluorometer A device used to measure paramters of flouroescence, including its intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. A sensor that measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_sensor Pressure transducer Sensor A device that accurately calculates geographical location by receiving information from Global Positioning System satellites. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_navigation_device Sensor Global positioning system receiver Peripheral component Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable Two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted, or braided together to form a single assembly. Cable Laboratory instrument Any type of equipment, apparatus or device designed, constructed and refined to use well proven physical principles, relationships or technology to facilitate or enable the pursuit, acquisition, transduction and storage of repeatable, verifiable data, usually consisting of sets numerical measurements made upon otherwise unknown, unproven quantities, properties, phenomena, materials, forces or etc. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument Instrument Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_tower Measurement tower A free standing tower that supports measuring instruments or sensors. Observation platform Turbidimeter Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephelometer Sensor A water quality sensor that monitors light reflected off the particles suspended in water. Platform Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure_(electrical) Enclosure A cabinet or box within which electrical or electronic equipment are mounted to protect them from the environment. Sensor Sensor A device that detects events or changes in quantities and provides a corresponding output, generally as an electrical or optical signal. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor A pole that supports sensors, instruments, or measurement peripherals. Mast Observation platform A device used to collect specimens for later ex situ analysis. Sampler Sampling device A generic electronic device Electronic device A survey level that makes use of a compensator that ensures the line of sight remains horizontal once the operator has roughly leveled the instrument. Instrument Automatic level Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelling A water quality monitoring instrument having multiple attached sensors. Sensor Water quality sonde Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonde_(electronics)