Le Temps
SensorScope for Davos Vertical2010-01-31T00:00:00031 January 2010
SensorScope and SLF supported Davos Vertical skitour race with data from SensorScope stations as part of the public outreach programme.
Changes to metadata system2008-09-12T00:00:00012 September 2008
Major changes to the metadata infrastructure have been made to make it more intuitive. This infrastructure is ready to use.
CCES defence presentations2009-01-18T00:00:00018 January 2009
Two presentations produced for the CCES SwissEx defence.

The first link is to a long one, detailing the complete current position of SwissEx and the second is a short one for the defence itself.
3G Wireless Access Point2010-08-07T00:00:0007 August 2010
Information on how to build your own low power 3G wireless access point has been added here
Infrastructure workshop2008-09-17T00:00:00017 September 2008
SwissEx hold a successful infrastructure workshop with valuable feedback.
Auto monitoring of sensors2009-04-01T00:00:0001 April 2009
Automatic monitoring of GSN for sensor dropouts to be available in the next week. Please contact sofiane.sarni@epfl.ch for info.
SensorMap paper at ICDE2008-10-07T00:00:0007 October 2008
Paper on SensorMap technologies accepted in ICDE 2009.
Wannengrat SensorScope deployment2009-10-14T00:00:00014 October 2009
First SensorScope stations deployed on Wannengrat

• 
• 
• 
• 
  First SensorScope stations received2009-07-06T00:00:0006 July 2009
  First SwissEx SensorScope stations received and testing started.

PermaSense node health visualisation2008-11-27T00:00:00027 November 2008
A new and simple tool for visualizing node health is online on the PermaSense Live Data Viewer.
SensorMap download interface2008-11-02T00:00:0002 November 2008
Download interface now available in SensorMap
Project management tool2010-04-15T00:00:00015 April 2010
We've spent a fair amount of time recently setting up a simple project management tool. We've integrated it with the wiki so that all of your information can be made available in one place.

Take a look at the Project management page, or, to see what's possible, check out the project plan for SwissEx at PMprojectde1eb4a.
EPFL open house2009-05-02T00:00:0002 May 2009
Very well perceived SwissEx and SensorScope demonstration at the EPFL open house day with around 100 visitors from the general public. Some impressions
Visually arresting charts2010-06-03T00:00:0003 June 2010
Just found some really interesting and attention-grabbing plots online at the Economist online - see their 'daily charts'. I guess plots don't always have to be black, white and boring! See the link for details.
PERMOS demo2009-04-27T00:00:00027 April 2009
4 PERMOS boreholes added to GSN and SensorMap as a demo.
Nuit de la Science, 10-11 July 20102010-07-06T00:00:0006 July 2010
Sensorscope will hold a stand at the Nuit de la Science in Geneva next week-end. (http://www.ville-ge.ch/culture/nuit/)

Among others, the LTS2/EPFL laboratory will demonstrate their new 3D technology camera. The Energy Center will simulate the power supply of Switzerland in 2035. Visitors will also be able to play with the sniffer robots of the DISAL/EPFL laboratory in order to detect toxic vapors. Sensorscope will demonstrate how environmental risks can be prevented thank to their cutting-edge wireless sensor network technology.
SwissEx officially starts!2008-09-01T00:00:0001 September 2008
The SwissEx project will run for 4 years from today (funding is currently being pursued for a follow up project).
GSN conference2010-05-30T00:00:00030 May 2010
A GSN developers conference will be held at SLF, Davos on July 9th. See here for details

ABSTRACTS REQUIRED BY 4th JUNE
Project Management System2010-05-31T00:00:00031 May 2010
This wiki now contains an integrated project management system, in use for all of the SwissEx (Technology and Science) tasks. The project management and blog systems are full integrated with the user profile templates, such that the user gets an overview of the latest state of the project as it relates to them from their user profiles.
SwissEx on TV2009-08-17T00:00:00017 August 2009
Nick and Vanessa (SLF) filmed in a 'SensorScope installation' setting for programme intros on SF1/TVR from November.

ICDE demonstration2009-03-31T00:00:00031 March 2009
Successful demonstration of the joined SwissEx/MSR demonstration "Environmental Monitoring 2.0" at ICDE 2009 in Shanghai, China.
Snow saltation code posted2010-05-07T00:00:0007 May 2010
After a few requests from colleagues, I've finally cleaned and documented the snow saltation code. It's available on the wiki at Science:Saltation_model.

If you make any changes, please share them and document them on the 'talk pages'.
ISSW posters2009-09-25T00:00:00025 September 2009
ISSW posters.

• SwissEx General - File:SwissEx issw.pdf
• Radar and disdrometer - File:ISSW LTE.pdf,
• Infrastructure - File:ISSW LSIR.pdf
• Hydrosys: mobile visualisation - File:Hydrosys issw.pdf
• APUNCH - File:Finger 2009 Poster ISSW.pdf
• SensorScope - File:ISSW SensorScope.pdf.
  All IMIS online2009-04-17T00:00:00017 April 2009
  All 240 IMIS/ENET stations now in SensorMap
  SwissEx in the Swisscom magazine2010-05-25T00:00:00025 May 2010
  SwissEx appear in this month's swisscom magazine - see the link below!
  SwissEx in MRI newsletter2008-09-19T00:00:00019 September 2008
  SwissEx appears in the newsletter of the Mountain Research Initiative.
  Biglink SensorScope installed2009-07-23T00:00:00023 July 2009
  Biglink SensorScope stations installed at Damma glacier forefield. http://sensorscope.epfl.ch/climaps/map/view
  SwissEx news overhauled2010-05-31T00:00:00031 May 2010
  This news feed is now brought to you through a blogging system, fully integrated as part of the SwissEx project management system.
  PermaSense WLAN2009-07-17T00:00:00017 July 2009
  PermaSense installed a Wireless LAN link from the precipitation radar on Klein Matterhorn to the field site on Hoernligrat/Matterhorn. The link to Hoernlihuette is running at 21 Mbps since yesterday evening. After abandoning the installation of the new WLAN capable base station on the ridge due to a thunderstorm yesterday morning we weathered out in the hut today and hope to finish our work tomorrow.

NOAA data in SensorMap?2009-04-14T00:00:00014 April 2009
In talks with the Russian Academy of Science (fellow Microsoft Research collaborators) about the provision of NOAA NCEP/NCAR, NCDC and SPIDR data over SensorMap.
Latsis Symposium 2010-08-02T00:00:0002 August 2010
Learn more about SwissEx at the Latsis Symposium in Zurich, 15th - 17th November 2010
SensorScope commercial partnership2009-02-18T00:00:00018 February 2009
SensorScope developers waiting on a firm price from commercial partner before decisions can be made on what hardware is available to SwissEx partners
GSN remote wrapper2009-04-07T00:00:0007 April 2009
GSN remote wrapper now working across GSN instances. Please contact Sofiane for details.
Hydromon network fully deployed2008-07-10T00:00:00010 July 2008
Hydromon network fully deployed. Discussions are underway on how to make the data public.
2 months of Matterhorn data2008-09-27T00:00:00027 September 2008
PermaSense celebrates 2 months of continuous data from the Matterhorn site: View it live here
New SensorMap version2008-09-18T00:00:00018 September 2008
New SensorMap version released including metadata taken from the revised metadata structure.
Sensorscope 2.3 almost ready ...2010-07-15T00:00:00015 July 2010
The new Sensorscope 2.3 data-logger is almost ready. We have successfully tested several prototypes, and it will be available by the end of the summer. The main features / improvements with respect to 2.0 version are:

- Improved energy management: it will allow base-stations to be powered by regular AA batteries instead of the current 12V battery.

- Improved connectors: plastic connectors will be replaced by more robust metal connectors.

- Increased robustness and electrical isolation: lightning protection, RF isolation
SVN server online2009-03-13T00:00:00013 March 2009
The subversion server is ready to use. Click here to learn how to use it to upload large files.
Submission Deadline Extended2010-06-04T00:00:0004 June 2010
Submission Deadline Extended to 12th June 2010
GSN email processing class2010-05-17T00:00:00017 May 2010
Tim has completed a GSN email processing class to add to your virtual sensors. It emails when a specified condition is met. I have just tested it and put the example on the examples page
Nagios monitoring2009-03-16T00:00:00016 March 2009
http://montblanc.slf.ch:3000 (SLF data), http://montblanc.slf.ch:22001 (CCES public data) and http://montblanc.slf.ch:22002 (CCES protected data) now monitored using Nagios http://www.nagios.org/
GSN XML examples2010-05-17T00:00:00017 May 2010
I have started to add examples of the GSN XML configuration files to the wiki. This page is linked from the main GSN page
PermaSense back on the Matterhorn2009-03-19T00:00:00019 March 2009
After 5 months PermaSense was back on the Matterhorn site to check on the equipment and install a few more nodes higher up on the ridge.

Last week we deployed 16 Sensorscope stations in the subcatchment of La Drance de Ferret, Valais. The Sensorscope stations within the study area were determined by selecting the most representative morphological features of the catchment in terms of slope, aspect, and elevation.
Site restructuring2008-10-07T00:00:0007 October 2008
Site currently being restructured slightly to make navigation easier, mainly using map based navigation instead of menu navigation and consolidating pages. A linked picture extension has also been added (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:LinkedImage).
Biodiversity plugin2010-06-04T00:00:0004 June 2010
We have decided that the Web GIS type functionality of the Fieldsite database would be perfect for recording biodiversity. We are therefore developing a template which can be plugged into any Fieldsite or measurement location page. If you have a requirement for this and want to be involved in specifying what goes on to the form, please mail Nick Dawes.
Query GSN from LabVIEW2010-03-18T00:00:00018 March 2010
LabVIEW tools to query GSN released. See Data Access Tools for beta versions of LabVIEW tools to retrieve data from GSN
PermaSense webcams online2009-09-11T00:00:00011 September 2009
QGIS mapserver tutorial at GIScience 20102010-07-27T00:00:00027 July 2010
You can register for the QGIS mapserver tutorial at GIScience 2010 (14th of September 2010, Zurich, Switzerland).
Manually sampled data system2008-08-01T00:00:0001 August 2008
Throughout August and September, EAWAG and LSIR will be working on a system to record manually sampled measurements
SensorMap2008-07-10T00:00:00010 July 2008
New version of Microsoft Sensormap to be available online in the next few days.
www.swissex.ch2010-02-26T00:00:00026 February 2010
www.swiss-experiment.ch is now also available via www.swissex.ch
SwissEx Science Workplan2010-05-15T00:00:00015 May 2010
The SwissEx Science workplan is taking shape. We're in the process of submitting a finalised version to CCES based on the project proposal that was approved almost a year ago. The delay has been caused by the need to recruit staff and get a workplan defined that suits both collaborators at SLF and EPFL, as well as delivering lasting results. As we've gained more experience with the SwissEx infrastructure, the plans have modified slightly.

The project plan is going to be taking shape at Science:PMprojectb979c7f over the next few days.
GSN conference2009-02-17T00:00:00017 February 2009
Successful GSN Developers conference held at DERI in Galway. Presentations can be found here
Wannengrat SensorScope deployment over2010-06-10T00:00:00010 June 2010
The Wannengrat winter SensorScope deployment has now been removed, leaving only 6 stations to measure ablation rate. The deployment was very successful and 3 sensorscope stations were found to be still in perfect working order after being buried in avalanches for 3 months (apart from broken wind sensors which can be cheaply repaired). A credit to the SensorScope engineers.
PermaSense v2 network deployment2008-07-10T00:00:00010 July 2008
PermaSense to deploy new sensor network on the Matterhorn next week.
Dischma transect deployed2009-08-17T00:00:00017 August 2009
Dischma transect completed using Sensorscope stations. Some of these stations are communicating from one side of the valley to the other. These stations will remain until the end of September, before they will move to produce a transect of Wannengrat.