A platform, system, method, and computer readable media is provided which is configured for monitoring water level height of one or more bodies of water. In a version the system generally comprises one or more of the following components: (a) a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node associated with a predetermined geographical location near water, wherein each sensor node comprises: (i) a detector configured to collect environmental data pertaining to changes in water surface height; and (ii) a telemetry module configured to wirelessly transmit the environmental data collected by the detector; (b) a gateway device configured to receive and route the environmental data, the gateway device comprising a gateway device processor and non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by the gateway device processor to create a gateway device application comprising: (i) a software module configured to receive the environmental data; (ii) a software module configured to apply an algorithm to the environmental data to parse, clean and aggregate environmental data; (iii) a software module configured to wirelessly transmit the environmental data; (c) a cloud based platform configured to support real-time stream processing of sensor node environmental data, the cloud based platform comprising one or more cloud based servers comprising a cloud server processor and non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by the cloud server processor to create a server application comprising: (i) a software module configured to receive the environmental data; (ii) a software module configured to apply an algorithm to the environmental data to determine an environmental trend or condition; (iii) a software module configured to generate an environmental data report comprising environmental trend or condition; and (iv) a software module configured to transmit the environmental data report when certain environmental data parameters exceed predefined thresholds in the form of an alert; and (d) a device comprising a report processor configured to provide a report application comprising a software module configured to receive and display the environmental date report.

The present disclosure relates to the field of survey and stability evaluation of a tailing fill dam, in particular to a method and system for survey and stability evaluation of an upstream tailing fill dam, wherein the method comprises the following steps: selecting a drill bit and a soil sampler for a target tailing fill dam; collecting tailing sand at different depths of the target tailing fill dam using the drill bit and the soil sampler; detecting an undisturbed soil sample of the tailing sand; setting a preset standard according to the undisturbed soil sample, and screening the tailing sand using the preset standard to obtain a tailing sand sample; detecting the particle composition of the tailing sand sample; detecting the mechanical property of the tailing sand sample; and evaluating the stability of the target tailing fill dam through the particle composition and the mechanical property.

Disclosed are an automatic stable posture seabed base and a releasing method, belonging to the technical field of ocean observation. The automatic stable posture seabed base includes an accommodating body with an inner cavity for accommodating the first observation device and a seawater, and the accommodating body has first through holes for the seawater to enter and outflow the inner cavity; plugging members blocked at the first through holes to close or semi-close the first through holes; and a buoyancy body installed at a transducer of the first observation device, and a buoyancy of the buoyancy body is larger than a mass of the first observation device, so that the first observation device may float in the cover body after the cover body is filled with water, and a posture of the transducer in the cover body always keeps vertically to the sea surface.

Disclosed are an automatic stable posture seabed base and a releasing method, belonging to the technical field of ocean observation. The automatic stable posture seabed base includes an accommodating body with an inner cavity for accommodating the first observation device and a seawater, and the accommodating body has first through holes for the seawater to enter and outflow the inner cavity; plugging members blocked at the first through holes to close or semi-close the first through holes; and a buoyancy body installed at a transducer of the first observation device, and a buoyancy of the buoyancy body is larger than a mass of the first observation device, so that the first observation device may float in the cover body after the cover body is filled with water, and a posture of the transducer in the cover body always keeps vertically to the sea surface.

An inundation depth prediction device includes: a flow speed value acquiring unit that acquires a flow speed value on the sea surface; and an inundation depth predicting unit that predicts an inundation depth on the ground by inputting the flow speed value acquired by the flow speed value acquiring unit to a learned inundation depth prediction model used for predicting the inundation depth on the ground from the flow speed value on the sea surface.

An up-down flapping wingtip is provided for a ground effect vehicle. The wingtip is positionable at an anhedral angle to control the wingtip clearance from ground. Variable wingtip clearance reduces the risk of damage due to collision with the ground or water, thereby permitting more efficient flight at lower altitude with an equivalent safety. The wingtip is positioned by a wingtip flap and an actuator. The wingtip anhedral angle is controlled by a flight control system. A sensor is included for determining whether an object lies in the path of the wingtip. The sensor communicates with the flight control system in order to vary the flapping angle of the wingtip to increase clearance from the ground or water, thus avoiding impact with the object. The wingtip anhedral angle is reduced to increase the wingspan for flight out of ground effect.

Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.

Described herein are methods and devices for improved location of any and all underwater structures or equipment installed underwater. In particular, systems are disclosed that combine optical and acoustic metrology for locating objects in underwater environments. The systems allow for relative positions of objects to be determined with great accuracy using optical techniques, and support enhanced location of devices that utilize acoustic location techniques. In addition, location information can be provided by the system even in conditions that make optical metrology techniques impossible or impractical.

A new GNSS-based real-time high-precision wave measurement method, wherein the GNSS phase, pseudo-range, Doppler frequency shift observations and broadcast ephemerides are collected by a GNSS receiver, and antenna carried by a sea surface carrier; the three-dimensional speeds of a carrier are acquired using an epoch difference of phase observations; and wave element information are then solved. The wave element information can also be obtained by integrating the speeds for a certain duration and removing a linear trend term to obtain a time-dependent displacement variations. No additional precise differential correction is needed, thereby saving on service costs and communication costs of precise differential corrections. High-precision wave element information is obtained in real time, and locally stored in a buoy or periodically returned by communication, thereby expanding the working range of GNSS-based ocean wave measurement.

The present invention relates to a device, a system and a method for monitoring river flow velocity based on differential pressure measurement, comprising: a hull floating on a water surface with an aspect ratio of the hull being greater than one, characterized in that pressure sensors are respectively provided on an upstream face of a front end and a downstream face of a rear end below the floatation line of a ship; an electronic instrument is provided in the hull, and the electronic instrument comprises an acquisition module connected to the two pressure sensors, the acquisition module being connected to a data processing module with a memory, and the data processing module being connected to a satellite positioning module and a wireless communication module. According to the present invention, the flow velocity of water flow is measured based on the difference between the the simulated measured upstream face pressure at the bow and the simulated measured downstream face pressure at the stern by an unpowered measuring ship drifting on the water surface. The measured data is transmitted to the data processing center on the ground via the wireless communication network. The present invention enables the flow data to be measured in presence of poor satellite positioning signals and public network signals or no signals, achieving data transmission independent of satellite positioning and public communication networks.