Spice Autonomous and Connected Snow Depth Measurement Station

Spice – Overview Snow depth Temperature Humidity Atmospheric pressure Wireless communication LoRaWAN Quick and easy set-up 5-year+ autonomy 3.6V Lithium battery Local storage SD card Online access

Spice – Specifications Temperature-compensated acoustic snow gauge Snow depth: • Range: 50 cm to 5 m • Accuracy: ± 10 mm • Resolution: 1 mm Temperature: • Range: -40/+65 °C • Accuracy: ± 0.8 °C • Res

Spice – Success story EDF embeds A2 Photonic Sensors’ know-how Electricité de France, world’s largest producer of electricity, relies on A2 Photonic Sensors’ Spice for monitoring the snow cover of their hydroelectric basins. The collected information provides a better knowledge of the spatial and temporal variability of snow, leading to an optimized and safer operation of the hydroelectric facilities. From « 360 R&D n°26 » - January 2020 https://www.france-innovation.fr/magazin

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