Toward a Greener Planet Through IoT JOI_20230426_eBook | Page 122

CONTENTS
Overview ........................................................................................................................... 119 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................... 119
2 Current Landscape ........................................................................................................ 122
2.1
NASA Imaginary using Satelite ........................................................................................ 122
2.2
NOAA ’ s Climate Prediction .............................................................................................. 122
2.3
Air Patrols ....................................................................................................................... 122
2.4
Infrared Technology ......................................................................................................... 122
2.5
Fire Lookout Towers ........................................................................................................ 122
2.6
Predictive Services ........................................................................................................... 123
3 Proposed Solution ......................................................................................................... 124
4 Potential Challenges ...................................................................................................... 126
4.1
Business Challenges ......................................................................................................... 126
4.2
Technical Challenges ........................................................................................................ 127
5 Solution Insight ............................................................................................................. 128
5.1
Solution Conceptual View ................................................................................................ 128
5.2
Solution Detailed View ( Logical ) ..................................................................................... 130
5.3
Environmental Measurements ......................................................................................... 130
5.3.1
DLR ................................................................................................................................... 132
5.3.2
Power Lines ...................................................................................................................... 132
6 Outlook ......................................................................................................................... 133 7 Conclusion .................................................................................................................... 133 8 Acknowledgements ....................................................................................................... 134
FIGURES
Figure 1-1 : Wildfire statistics – US . Source : NOAA . ................................................................................... 119 Figure 1-2 : Carbon emissions from wildfire , continental U . S . Source : World Resources Institute ........... 120 Figure 1-3 : Wildfire – Climate feedback loop published in World Resources Institute . .......................... 121 Figure 3-1 : UAV-based power line and forest surveillance . ...................................................................... 125 Figure 3-2 : IoT Device mesh-based transmission line and forest surveillance . ........................................ 126 Figure 5-1 : Solution view - Enterprise conceptual ( indicative ). ................................................................ 129 Figure 5-2 : Solution View – Logical ( Indicative )......................................................................................... 130 Figure 5-3 : Vegetation management . Source : IBM . .................................................................................. 131 Figure 5-4 : DLR - Dynamic line ratings conceptual representation . Source : DoE . .................................... 132