Term Definition Status
Building A fabric or edifice that is constructed, such as a house, church, etc. ACCEPTED
Buoy A floating platform used in operations and research to collect meteorological and oceanographic data for forecasting, describing environmental conditions, and research, as well as for navigational purposes. ACCEPTED
Drone - ACCEPTED
Enclosure A cabinet or box within which electrical or electronic equipment are mounted to protect them from the environment. ACCEPTED
Interface A device used to couple multiple other devices. ACCEPTED
Lysimeter A type of evaporation gauge that consists of a tank or pan of soil placed in a field and manipulated so that the soil, water, thermal, and vegetative properties in the tank duplicate as closely as possible the properties of the surrounding area. ACCEPTED
Mast A pole that supports sensors, instruments, or measurement peripherals. ACCEPTED
Measurement tower A free standing tower that supports measuring instruments or sensors. ACCEPTED
Meteorological observatory A scientific establishment devoted to making particularly precise and detailed meteorological, geophysical, and related astronomical phenomena. ACCEPTED
Multiplexer A device that selects one of several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input into a single line. ACCEPTED
Pontoon Pontoons are airtight hollow structures, similar to pressure vessels, designed to provide buoyancy in water. Their principal applications are in watercraft hulls, aircraft floats, floating pier, pontoon rhinos, pontoon causeways, and marine engineering applications such as salvage.. ACCEPTED
Room - REJECTED
Satellite - ACCEPTED
Station - ACCEPTED
Storm box An enclosure used to protect electronic equipment used for stormwater sampling. ACCEPTED
Tripod A portable, three-legged frame used as a platform for supporting the weight and maintaining the stability of some other object. Typically used as a data collection platform to which sensors are attached. ACCEPTED
Vehicle - ACCEPTED
Vessel - ACCEPTED