Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charge_controller Power component Charge regulator An electroinic device that limits the rate at which electric current is added to or drawn from electric batteries. Observation platform 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. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod Tripod A device that accurately calculates geographical location by receiving information from Global Positioning System satellites. Global positioning system receiver Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_navigation_device Electronic device A generic electronic device Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_logger Datalogger 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 Peripheral component Cable 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. 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 Solar panel Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel Power component A photovoltaic module that is electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure. Used to generate and supply electricity. Power component Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity) A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. Battery Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio Radio A device that transfers information via electromagnetic signals through the atmosphere or free space. Communications component Platform An enclosure used to protect electronic equipment used for stormwater sampling. Storm box Measurement tower A free standing tower that supports measuring instruments or sensors. Observation platform Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_tower Sensor A device that detects events or changes in quantities and provides a corresponding output, generally as an electrical or optical signal. Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument 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. Instrument 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 Instrument Automatic level A sensor that measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids. Sensor Pressure transducer Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_sensor Interface A device used to couple multiple other devices. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_station Instrument 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. A pole that supports sensors, instruments, or measurement peripherals. Mast Observation platform Sensor A water quality monitoring instrument having multiple attached sensors. Water quality sonde Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonde_(electronics) Multiplexer A device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line. 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 Enclosure Platform A cabinet or box within which electrical or electronic equipment are mounted to protect them from the environment. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure_(electrical) Sensor A water quality sensor that monitors light reflected off the particles suspended in water. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephelometer Turbidimeter Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna_(radio) Antenna An electrical device that converts electric power into radio waves and vice versa. Communications component A device used to create photographic images Camera Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_staff A graduate wooden, fiberglass, or aluminum rod used to determine differences in elevation. Level staff Instrument ODM2 Equipment Type Controlled Vocabulary ODM2 Working Group A vocabulary for describing types of equipment used for making observations. Examples include sensors, batteries, radios, dataloggers, samplers, etc. A device used to collect specimens for later ex situ analysis. Sampler Sampling device