Design and deployment of a robust remote river level sensor network

Abstract

This paper evaluates an automated river level monitoring network. This network contains multiple nodes on which measuring modules are installed. These modules collect raw data and transmit them periodically to a central monitoring system. This monitoring system contains a database that processes the raw data and extracts information. Based on this information, various approximations are made such as water level rise rate, time remaining to exceed the critical level etc. The whole network is implemented as a prototype which yielded satisfactory result.