Universal environmental surveillance system with instrument cloud technology

Environmental surveillance system is significant for environmental researches by means of providing abundant physical information around the target environment. In this article, a universal environmental surveillance system that utilizes the instrument cloud technology is presented for any kinds of outdoor or indoor monitoring applications. The architecture of the universal environmental surveillance system is consisted of three main components, including multi-sensors module, data management processor and cloud server. Based on the hierarchical relationship, the system facilitates the process of data transmission. Moreover, the unique data format and the device management list prompt an overwhelming advantage of flexibility on device management during operation. All sensor data are stored in a discrete database referring to the corresponding sensor ID and accessing time. Owing to the cloud technology, researchers can access the data archives everywhere after logging in the website to share the valuable information with one another.