SEAMONSTER
Welcome to the home page of SEAMONSTER, the South East Alaska Monitoring Network for Science, Telecommunications, Education, and Research. This page acts as a portal into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)-funded smart sensor web research project being conducted jointly by the University of Alaska Southeast and Microsoft Corporation. Information pertaining to current research, environmental data, and a virtual educational tour can be accessed through this portal. We hope that you find this site helpful and educational, and welcome any comments or questions regarding content, interface, or general ideas.
SEAMONSTER, besides being a cleverly crafted acronym, is currently a three-year project funded by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) program. The aim of the project is to develop a wireless sensor web which will harvest high volumes of geospatial environmental data from on and around the Juneau Icefield in Southeast Alaska, USA (see imagery to right). The smart sensor web will be used to monitor glaciological, meteorological, and hydrological phenomena occurring in this beautifully unique, dynamic, and challenging environment.
In addition to the funds provided by NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Interdisciplinary Scientific Environmental Technology Cooperative Science Center (ISET) supports this research and provides for the involvement of undergraduate students in the ongoing research. A large component of the SEAMONSTER project is the emphasis on secondary and university level education. In addition to collecting research-quality data, the project helps to raise awareness of environmental processes and to train the next generation of earth scientists.
