Observation platform Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement_tower Measurement tower A free standing tower that supports measuring instruments or sensors. Datalogger 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. 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 Global positioning system receiver Pressure transducer Sensor A sensor that measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure_sensor 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 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 Power supply Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_supply Power component 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). Water quality sonde A water quality monitoring instrument having multiple attached sensors. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonde_(electronics) Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_(electricity) Power component Battery A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. ODM2 Working Group A vocabulary for describing types of equipment used for making observations. Examples include sensors, batteries, radios, dataloggers, samplers, etc. ODM2 Equipment Type Controlled Vocabulary 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 Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_instrument Electronic device A generic electronic device Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levelling 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 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 Power component Solar panel Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_panel A photovoltaic module that is electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure. Used to generate and supply electricity. 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. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod 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 Total station Instrument A pole that supports sensors, instruments, or measurement peripherals. Observation platform Mast Sensor 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. Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorometer Fluorometer 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. Platform 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 A graduate wooden, fiberglass, or aluminum rod used to determine differences in elevation. Level staff Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_staff Instrument 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 Sensor Sensor Sensor Definition adapted from Wikipedia. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephelometer Turbidimeter A water quality sensor that monitors light reflected off the particles suspended in water. Interface A device used to couple multiple other devices. A device used to create photographic images Camera Multiplexer A device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line. An enclosure used to protect electronic equipment used for stormwater sampling. Platform Storm box Sampling device Sampler A device used to collect specimens for later ex situ analysis.