Term Definition Status
Accelerometer A sensor that measures the amount and direction of its velocity change and by derivation distance travelled. ACCEPTED
Acoustic doppler current profiler An acoustic doppler current profiler (ADCP) is a hydroacoustic current meter similar to a sonar, used to measure water current velocities over a depth range using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from particles within the water column. ACCEPTED
Airflow meter An air flow meter is a device similar to an anemometer that measures air flow. REJECTED
Air quality sensor - ACCEPTED
Air sampler A device used on a moving platform such as an aircraft that, when quickly opened and closed, captures a representative sample of the atmosphere. ACCEPTED
Air-temperature and -humidity sensor Sensor for meaurement of temperature and relative humidity in air (standard meteorological probe) PENDING
Albedometer - ACCEPTED
Altimeter An altimeter or an altitude meter is an instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above a fixed level. ACCEPTED
Anemometer - ACCEPTED
Antenna An electrical device that converts electric power into radio waves and vice versa. ACCEPTED
Atmospheric gas analyzer In-situ instruments that can determine the proportion of one or more gaseous components of the atmosphere. ACCEPTED
Barcode scanner A barcode reader or barcode scanner is an optical scanner that can read printed barcodes, decode the data contained in the barcode to a computer. ACCEPTED
Barometer An instrument that measures atmospheric pressure. ACCEPTED
Battery A device consisting of one or more electrochemical cells that convert stored chemical energy into electrical energy. ACCEPTED
Cable Two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted, or braided together to form a single assembly. ACCEPTED
Camera A device used to create photographic images ACCEPTED
Ceilometer A ceilometer is a device that uses a laser or other light source to determine the height of a cloud ceiling or cloud base ACCEPTED
Charge regulator An electroinic device that limits the rate at which electric current is added to or drawn from electric batteries. ACCEPTED
Cloud Camera Imager for the continuous tracking and forecasting of the cloud cover REJECTED
Condensation Particle Counter A particle counter that detects and counts aerosol particles by first enlarging them by using the particles as nucleation centers to create droplets in a supersaturated gas. PENDING
Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor (CRNS) A cosmic-ray neutron detector that monitors the number of epithermal and thermal neutrons in the environment. It also logs air humidity, air pressure, and air temperature. The data can be used to derive integrated water content in a radius of 100-200 m around the sensor and in depths between 0 and 80 cm with hourly to daily time resolution. Example products are soil moisture or snow water equivalent. ACCEPTED
CRS Detector - REJECTED
Datalogger An electronic device that records data over time or in relation to location either with a built in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. ACCEPTED
Dendrometer - ACCEPTED
Device case - ACCEPTED
Dewpoint hygrometer An instrument for determining the dewpoint temperature. The most widely used systems employ a small polished-metal reflecting surface, cooled and heated electrically using a Peltier-effect device, and a small temperature sensor embedded on the underside of the mirror. An electro-optical system is used to detect the formation of condensate and to provide the input to the servo-control system to regulate the temperature of the mirror. The specular reflectance of the bare mirror decreases with dew layer thickness; a preset threshold defines a specific constant dew layer thickness that is maintained by the optical servo-control. The mirror temperature equals the dewpoint. PENDING
Distrometer - ACCEPTED
EC meter - ACCEPTED
EEM sensor - ACCEPTED
Electronic Compass Digital Compass Sensor is actually a magnetometer that can measure the Earth’s magnetic field. With the use of ‘Hall Effect’ and by calculating the ultralow frequency signals coming from the North or South direction, this sensor can calculate the orientation and direction. A compass is a device that shows the cardinal directions used for navigation and geographic orientation. It commonly consists of a magnetized needle or other element, such as a compass card or compass rose, which can pivot to align itself with magnetic north. ACCEPTED
Electronic device A generic electronic device ACCEPTED
Electrophoresis Electrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to separate DNA, RNA or protein molecules based on their size and electrical charge. ACCEPTED
Emission spectroscope - ACCEPTED
Fluorometer A device used to measure paramters of flouroescence, including its intensity and wavelength distribution of emission spectrum after excitation by a certain spectrum of light. ACCEPTED
fluorometers Instrument that measures the amount of stimulated electromagnetic radiation produced by pulses of electromagnetic radiation emitted into the water column. PENDING
Fluxmeter - ACCEPTED
Foobar - REJECTED
Frequency/Time Domain Reflectometer A time-domain reflectometer (TDR) is an electronic instrument used to determine the characteristics of electrical lines by observing reflected waveforms. ACCEPTED
Gas analyser In-situ instruments that can determine the proportion of one or more gaseous components PENDING
Gateway A gateway is a piece of networking hardware or software used in telecommunications networks that allows data to flow from one discrete network to another. ACCEPTED
Global positioning system (GPS) receiver A device that accurately calculates geographical location by receiving information from Global Positioning System satellites. ACCEPTED
GPS Receiver GPS receiver: satellite navigation device, user equipment that uses one or more of several global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) to calculate the device's geographical position and provide navigational advice REJECTED
Gravimetry Physical weighing on an analytical balance. ACCEPTED
Heat flux plate - ACCEPTED
Hydrostatic pressure meter - ACCEPTED
Hygrometer - ACCEPTED
Ice Nucleating Particle Counter - PENDING
Inverter - PENDING
Leaf wetness sensor - ACCEPTED
Level staff A graduate wooden, fiberglass, or aluminum rod used to determine differences in elevation. ACCEPTED
Lidar An instrument combining a pulsed laser transmitter and optical receiver (usually a telescope) with an electronic signal processing unit used for the detection and ranging of various distant targets in the atmosphere, analogous to the principles of operation of microwave radar. ACCEPTED
Liquid handler A device for automated liquid handling and pipetting, like pipette robots or dispenser systems ACCEPTED
Lysimeter - ACCEPTED
Manometer - ACCEPTED
Microfluidics cell sorter Single-cell sorting provides a method for sorting a heterogeneous mixture of cells based on intracellular and extracellular properties. Single-cell methods enable understanding of cellular properties that may be obscured or non-evident. There are several methods for sorting single cells. ACCEPTED
Ombrometer - ACCEPTED
Optical particle counter An optical particle counter (OPC) measures the size and number concentration of aerosol particles in a limited size range by means of light scattering by single particles. ACCEPTED
Particulate matter sensor Sensor for measurements of different types of dust and other particles (e.g. to determine air quality) ACCEPTED
Passive Cloud Cover Detector - PENDING
Penetrometer A penetrometer is a device to test the strength of a material. ACCEPTED
Personal computer A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. ACCEPTED
pH Meter - ACCEPTED
Photometer - ACCEPTED
Power supply An electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load. The primary function of a power supply is to convert one form of electrical energy to another (e.g., solar to chemical). ACCEPTED
Power supply A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load. ACCEPTED
Pressure transducer A sensor that measures pressure, typically of gases or liquids. ACCEPTED
Profiler In general, a remote sensing device that receives electromagnetic (or acoustic) waves transmitted through, emitted by, or reflected from the atmosphere in order to produce a vertical profile of one or more atmospheric quantities. PENDING
Pump A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic energy. PENDING
Pyranometer - ACCEPTED
Pyrgeometer - ACCEPTED
Pyrometer A pyrometer, or radiation thermometer, is a type of remote sensing thermometer used to measure the temperature of distant objects. In the modern usage, it is a device that from a distance determines the temperature of a surface from the amount of the thermal radiation it emits, a process known as pyrometry, a type of radiometry. ACCEPTED
Quantum sensor Sensor for measuring photosynthetic active radiation (PAR) ACCEPTED
Radio A device that transfers information via electromagnetic signals through the atmosphere or free space. ACCEPTED
Radiometer - ACCEPTED
Rain gauge Any instrument designed to measure rain amount; includes recording, nonrecording, and rain-intensity gauges. ACCEPTED
Real -Time PCR Device for the application of PCR that measures the products generated during each cycle of the polymerase chain reaction process in order to determine the starting amount of template in the reaction. ACCEPTED
Reflectometer - ACCEPTED
Router A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. ACCEPTED
Sampler A device used to collect specimens for later ex situ analysis. ACCEPTED
Sap flow sensor - PENDING
Scale A scale or balance is a device used to measure weight or mass PENDING
Sensor A device that detects events or changes in quantities and provides a corresponding output, generally as an electrical or optical signal. ACCEPTED
Sensor platform A sensor platform is a basic device for connecting any sensor technology. The sensors are usually managed as additional devices. ACCEPTED
Sequencer A sequencer is a scientific instrument used to automate the sequencing process (RNA, DNA, ...) ACCEPTED
Server In computing, a server is a piece of computer hardware or software (computer program) that provides functionality for other programs or devices, called "clients". ACCEPTED
Soil moisture and temperature sensor Sensor for determining the soil temperature and soil moisture for installation in the subsoil ACCEPTED
Solar panel A photovoltaic module that is electrically connected and mounted on a supporting structure. Used to generate and supply electricity. ACCEPTED
Sonic ranging sensor - ACCEPTED
Spectrometer - ACCEPTED
Tensiometer A tensiometer in soil science is a measuring instrument used to determine the matric water potential (soil moisture tension) in the vadose zone. ACCEPTED
Thermal cycler An instrument that is capable of repeatedly altering and maintaining specific temperatures for defined periods of time. ACCEPTED
Thermometer - ACCEPTED
Total station An electronic and optical instrument used in modern surveying and building construction. A total station is an electronic theodoloite integrated with an electronic distance meter to read slope distances from the instrument to a particular point. ACCEPTED
Turbidimeter A water quality sensor that monitors light reflected off the particles suspended in water. ACCEPTED
Uninterruptible power supply An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or uninterruptible power source is a type of continual power system that provides automated backup electric power to a load when the input power source or mains power fails. ACCEPTED
Voltmeter - ACCEPTED
Water gauge - ACCEPTED
water quality sensor - PENDING
Water quality sonde A water quality monitoring instrument having multiple attached sensors. ACCEPTED
water temperature sensor An instrument that measures the temperature of the water with which it is in contact. PENDING