AGH1333C - Maynooth University - RFT for the Supply & Delivery of Instruments for Environmental Sensing

Two (2) Automated Soil Gas Flux Chamber System are required, to automatically acquire, process, store and transmit data collected from in-field environments. The equipment should be ruggedised and weatherproof. The instruments should have the capability to communicate in (near) real time (e.g. mobile, wifi enabled) and be suitable for long term deployment at remote sites, with minimum maintenance required. The ability to remote troubleshoot issues would be beneficial.

Eight (8) x Soil Moisture Monitoring Systems are required to provide suitable systems for monitoring and measuring soil moisture (to a depth of 1 metre) and soil temperature and associated equipment. The instruments should have the capability to communicate in (near) real time (e.g. mobile, wifi enabled) and be suitable for long term deployment at remote sites, with minimum maintenance required.

Two (2) x Two-Level Weather Stations are required as meteorological monitoring systems, to obtain measurements at two levels (2m and 10m) deployed on a ~10 metre tall tower and associated cabling and data logging equipment. Their function is to automatically acquire, process, store and transmit meteorological data at research grade accuracies. Should have the capability to communicate in (near) real time (e.g. mobile, wifi enabled).

Two (2) Eddy Covariance (EC) system are required, consisting of the full sensor infrastructure (hardware and software) needed for the correct measurement and calculation of terrestrial carbon dioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) fluxes and, optionally, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O), using the EC method. The instruments should have the capability to communicate in (near) real time (e.g. mobile, wifi enabled)