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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2025
Filed:
May. 21, 2021
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (US);
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (US);
Forrest J. Masters, Gainesville, FL (US);
Pedro L. Fernandez-Caban, Potsdam, NY (US);
Brian M. Phillips, Gainesville, FL (US);
Christopher C. Ferraro, Gainesville, FL (US);
Britt Raubenheimer, Woods Hole, MA (US);
Wei-Ting Lu, Gainesville, FL (US);
Joseph Alex Esposito, Shalimar, FL (US);
University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY (US);
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes various embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods of monitoring wind and water properties. For one such weather monitoring system, a weather monitoring station comprises an upper mast section having an instrumentation package, wherein the instrumentation package includes an orientation sensor, communications circuitry, a wind velocity sensor, and a control unit that is configured to at least receive sensor data and transmit communication data via the communications circuitry. The weather monitoring station further includes at least one lower mast section that is coupled to the upper mast section, and an anchoring system that is coupled to the lower mast section, wherein the anchoring system includes at least one subsurface anchor for inserting into a ground surface within a littoral zone of a coastal area. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods are also provided.