Power component An electroinic device that limits the rate at which electric current is added to or drawn from electric batteries. Charge regulator Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_controller Total station 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 A water quality sensor that monitors light reflected off the particles suspended in water. Turbidimeter Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephelometer Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_sensor A sensor that measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids. Sensor Pressure transducer A device that transfers information via electromagnetic signals through the atmosphere or free space. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio Communications component Radio An enclosure used to protect electronic equipment used for stormwater sampling. Platform Storm box 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. Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorometer Enclosure A cabinet or box within which electrical or electronic equipment are mounted to protect them from the environment. Platform Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure_(electrical) 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) Antenna Communications component Sensor A device that accurately calculates geographical location by receiving information from Global Positioning System satellites. Global positioning system receiver Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_navigation_device Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_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. Laboratory instrument Instrument Observation platform Tripod Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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. A photovoltaic module that is electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure. Used to generate and supply electricity. Solar panel Power component Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel A pole that supports sensors, instruments, or measurement peripherals. Observation platform Mast 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 supply Power component Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_tower A free standing tower that supports measuring instruments or sensors. Observation platform Measurement tower 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. Datalogger Datalogger Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_logger Battery Power component A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity) 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. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelling Automatic level Instrument Cable 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. Sampler A device used to collect specimens for later ex situ analysis. Sampling device A device used to create photographic images Camera 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) A generic electronic device Electronic device A device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line. Multiplexer Sensor Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor A device that detects events or changes in quantities and provides a corresponding output, generally as an electrical or optical signal. A device used to couple multiple other devices. Interface Level staff Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_staff Instrument A graduate wooden, fiberglass, or aluminum rod used to determine differences in elevation. 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