The CUGB-CS48DAS data acquisition system was primarily designed for seismic purposes. However, we tried to integrate the acquisition circuit for electrical purposes and implemented hardware improvements as well as software updates. Moreover, technology including narrow-band internet of things QC monitoring was also introduced. After a few field tests, the system was proven to be stable and easy to use and has a good application effect in engineering geology, mineral geology, and energy geology.

We present the development of the RIPLE platform that is designed for the monitoring at high temporal frequency (~ 10 min) of water discharge, solid fluxes (bedload and suspended load) and properties of fine particles (settling velocity) in mesoscale rivers. Many instruments are integrated into this single centralized device, which is autonomous in energy and connected to the 2G/3G network. A user-friendly interface has been developed enabling us to visualize the data collected by the platform.

Towards the complex observation requirements of Fengyun-4 (FY-4) satellites, a new generation of geostationary meteorological satellites from China, instrument observation strategies are proposed on which the instruments' in-orbit daily observations must be based. The strategies have been successfully used in FY-4A in-orbit tests for more than a year. Both the simulation results and in-orbit application results are given to demonstrate the validity of the strategies.

Climate change studies are growing and related experiments are getting bigger and more complex. They are often conducted in remote areas where communications are limited. In cases like that the data can be transferred via a satellite connection, but these types of connections are slow. We found that by using the little known possibilities of LoggerNet software (the most popular data logger software in environmental science) it is possible to transfer quite a large amount of data.

This paper introduces a hands-on, low-cost device (German industrial property right no. 20 2014 106 048.0) that uses common adapters to mount p-ED-XRF devices so that these can provide bulk-sedimentary chemistry data from non-destructive measurements at the surface of a split sediment core or from other solid samples. The strength of combining p-ED-XRF analyses with this new sample chamber is demonstrated by exemplary sediment cores from an archaeological research project.