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Near-real-time environmental monitoring and large-volume data collection over slow communication links
Misha B. Krassovski
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, TN 37831-6290, USA
Glen E. Lyon
Campbell Scientific, Inc., 815 W 1800 N, Logan, UT 84321-1784, USA
Jeffery S. Riggs
Integrated Operations Support Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory,
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6290, USA
Paul J. Hanson
Climate Change Science Institute, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak
Ridge, TN 37831-6290, USA
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