Design of sensor network for urban micro-climate monitoring

This paper presents a novel sensor network design and implementation for advanced urban micro-climate monitoring and environment modeling for future adaptation of urban infrastructure. We present an appropriate framework for monitoring, modeling and ultimately manipulating the urban microclimate for efficient adaptation of future urban infrastructure. We validate/calibrate the various types of sensors (temperature, humidity, thermal camera, wind sensors) and install multiple sensor nodes throughout city at different locations to collect and stream data. The nodes has its own communication module which is capable of communicating over Internet. Thereby incorporating the ideas of Internet-of-Things. We explore various sensor-network and data-processing architectures to support microclimate modeling through assimilation of recorded and analyzed data while minimizing the cost of sensors, their deployment and necessary communication and power infrastructures.