A Quantitative Investigation into IoT-Based Weather Stations

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) is a rapidly expanding market that incorporates a variety of sectors such as smart cities, smart farming, and environmental monitoring. This study aims to identify and present currently available IoT-based weather stations, as well as implement and evaluate our own proposed weather station connected to a LoRaWAN in collaboration with Kristianstad municipality. To address our objectives, a literature study was performed to establish previous research regarding existing IoT-based weather systems and to evaluate the effectiveness of using these stations within the field of agriculture. Then, three practical experiments were performed to test system functionality, placement to record local weather, and power consumption of an IoT-based system. The literature review showed that IoT-based solutions provide value through their high adaptability depending on the need. Experiment results showed that placement is of high importance for a portable IoT solution in terms of both transmission and sensor reliability while optimizing system standby showed to be the most important factor in terms of overall power consumption. Proposed improvements include the addition of solar power for prolonged deployment, upgraded hardware for more flexible placement, and the production of several weather stations to allow for other experiments.

Date of Award	2022-Jun
Original language	English
Supervisor	Fredrik Frisk (Supervisor) & Qinghua Wang (Examiner)