Internet-of-things-based four-dimensional high-density electrical instrument for geophysical prospecting

Zhou, Keyu; Zhang, Qisheng; Liu, Yongdong; Wu, Zhen; Lin, Zucan; Zhao, Bentian; Jiang, Xingyuan; Li, Pengyu

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-10-141-2021

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-10-141-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-10-141-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 2

14 Jul 2021

| 14 Jul 2021

Internet-of-things-based four-dimensional high-density electrical instrument for geophysical prospecting

Keyu Zhou, Qisheng Zhang, Yongdong Liu, Zhen Wu, Zucan Lin, Bentian Zhao, Xingyuan Jiang, and Pengyu Li

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Final revised paper (published on 14 Jul 2021)
Preprint (discussion started on 11 Mar 2021)

Interactive discussion

Status: closed

RC1:
'accepted subject to minor revisions', Anonymous Referee #1, 07 Apr 2021
This manuscript describes the technical realization of the IoT-based 4-dimensional high-density electrical instrument for geophysical prospecting, which is used for geophysical exploration. The paper explains that the instrument developed in the study successfully addresses a number of shortcomings of high-density electrical instruments currently available on the market for use in shallow geophysical prospecting, including bulkiness, weight, limitations in data acquisition accuracy, and difficulty of connecting to the Internet for remote monitoring. The experimental part shows that the accuracy is within 1/1000 and the system can be applied to perform actual field measurements. I have attached below comments arising from the manuscript, which might be helpful to further improve the quality of the paper.

The references need to be enriched;

Wireless communication technology is used between a control center and a high-density electrical instrument, how far does it support transmission?

Complete AB front-end resistance channel in Figure4;

Complete the remote interface of Figure 12 and provide the details of the remote interface;

I recommend enhancing the Conclusions by mentioning limitations of the instrument developed in your study or potential barriers to its use.
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2021-1-RC1
- AC1:
  'Reply on RC1', Qisheng Zhang, 09 Apr 2021
  Dear editor:
  Thank you for your comments. Reply to your question as follows:
  Some references have been added;
  
  Through 4G Internet, there is no distance limit to connect to the server. The serial port connects with your device and transfers data to your server. As long as you can stay in the network, unlimited transmission distance. Therefore, as long as there is a base station nearby, it can be operated anywhere with a network.
  
  Modified to Figure 8.
  
  Modified to Figure 12.
  
  Limitations of the instrument have been added;
  
  Thank you.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2021-1-AC1
RC2:
'Comment on gi-2021-1', Anonymous Referee #2, 22 Apr 2021
I have attached below comments.

Figure 13 do not indicate the position of three survey lines clearly, replace Figure 13 with a map or contour map.

A 4G module is employed to provide a real-time remote control and data acquisition monitoring system based on the cloud platform, can the instrument save the data itself?

The instrument developed in your study has optimized the high-density electrical instruments currently available on the market, but does it have any limitations or shortcomings?

This manuscript has unique and innovative ideas. It has optimized the high-density electrical instruments currently available on the market. It is strongly recommended to make minor modifications to be accepted.
Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2021-1-RC2
- AC2:
  'Reply on RC2', Qisheng Zhang, 22 Apr 2021
  Dear editor:
  Sincerely appreciate for your comments. Reply to your questions is as follows:
  Modified to Figure 13.
  
  The instrument can save the data as rtf and txt files because a SD card is designed in this instrument.
  
  The instrument developed in this study has optimized the high-density electrical instruments currently available on the market, but it still has some shortcomings, for example, it does not have a GPS module and there is only one channel on the channel board. We still need to continue improving it.
  
  Thank you.
  
  Citation: https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-2021-1-AC2

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Qisheng Zhang on behalf of the Authors (26 May 2021) Author's response Author's tracked changes Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (07 Jun 2021) by Alessandro Fedeli

AR by Sarah Buchmann on behalf of the Authors (11 Jun 2021) Author's response

ED: Publish as is (18 Jun 2021) by Alessandro Fedeli

Short summary

This paper describes the development of a new multifunctional four-dimensional high-density electrical instrument based on remote wireless communication technology, for use in shallow geophysical prospecting. We carried out a lot of tests. Our design successfully addresses a number of shortcomings of such instruments currently available on the market, including bulkiness, weight, limitations in data acquisition accuracy, and difficulty of connecting to the Internet for remote monitoring.