EARLY WARNING DETECTION AND NOTIFICATION NETWORK FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS

摘要

An Internet-based global network for retrieving, storing and displaying real-time environmental data comprising a plurality of remotely located environmental sensors (15a-c) having a communications uplink (80a-c) to one or more earth orbiting satellites (20) or other wireless transmission means, a downlink interface (110) to a data base server (40) having one or more data tables holding environmental data and a communications interface between the database server (40) and the Internet (60) wherein the sensors periodically upload environmental condition data to the satellite (20), the satellite (20) downloads the condition data to the data base server, the communications interface provides access to the condition data through the Internet (60). End-users (70) access the system through the Internet (60) and retrieve real-time data on various environmental conditions based on a database query. The query results may be grouped by the geographic region, the type of environmental data or a combination of both. End-users (70) may also employ preset trigger levels for certain environmental conditions. When the trigger levels are exceeded, the end-user is notified by email (170a), pager (170c), automated voice response (170d) or the like.