High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network
HPWREN
Junior scientist at bioblitz June 17, 2008
HPWREN Collaborates with National Park Service for the 2008 National Geographic Bioblitz Species Inventory in the Santa Monica Mountains of Southern California

The HPWREN team participated in the annual National Geographic Bioblitz Species Inventory on May 30-31 with collaborators from the National Park Service (NPS) California Mediterranean Research Learning Center, Santa Monica Mountains Recreation Area, and the Cabrillo National Monument.

exceptionally luminous supernova explosion June 4, 2008
Super-luminous stellar explosion observed via the Palomar Observatory, possibly resulting in a quark star

Astronomers recently announced that they have found a novel explanation for a rare type of super-luminous stellar explosion that may have produced a new type of object known as a quark star.

Dedicated TP-PFO link June 2, 2008
Activation of the dedicated HPWREN backbone connection with Piñon Flats Observatory

On May 21, 2008, a dedicated HPWREN backbone connection was established between Toro Peak and the Piñon Flats Observatory.

Project IDA June 1, 2008
How Does HPWREN help the Global Seismographic Network?

Project IDA (International Deployment of Accelerometers) is currently funded by NSF via a subaward from the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) to operate 40 stations of the Global Seismographic Network (GSN).

Laboratory for Atmospheric Acoustics May 22, 2008
HPWREN and the Infrasound Project at the Piñon Flat Observatory

The Laboratory for Atmospheric Acoustics group at UCSD has used the HPWREN network since November 2004, with data coming from an array of microbarometers at the observatory.

OFIS May 20, 2008
How Does HPWREN Help the Optical Fiber Infrasound Sensor (OFIS) Development Team?

HPWREN connects OFIS facilities at the Piñon Flat Observatory in the Southern California high desert, and at Camp Elliott, located in San Diego county.

AmeriFlux May 16, 2008
AmeriFlux Intercomparison at HPWREN-connected SDSU Sky Oaks Field Station

An AmeriFlux intercomparison was conducted by Dr. Hongyan Luo at the Sky Oaks Field Station's Old Stand site from April 18th to 28th, 2008.

Reuben H. Fleet Science Center Astronomy Day
2008 May 14, 2008
HPWREN Collaborates with Reuben H. Fleet Science Center for Astronomy Day 2008: Palomar Observatory Hosts Live Interactive Virtual Exploration for Participants

On May 10, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center hosted an HPWREN Live Interactive Virtual Exploration (LIVE) activity featuring the Palomar Observatory in conjunction with their annual Astronomy Day.

Desert relay location May 13, 2008
Upgrade of the HPWREN/RoadNet capabilities between Mount Laguna and Superstition Mountain across the Anza Borrego Desert

The HPWREN/RoadNet segment between Mount Laguna and Superstition Mountain, which extends the HPWREN backbone east of Mount Laguna, was upgraded to accommodate additional capacity at a different radio frequency.

Palomar Observatory 155Mbps antenna April 4, 2008
Caltech's Palomar Observatory now upgraded to 155Mbps connectivity via HPWREN

An upgrade of major parts of the HPWREN backbone from 45 megabits per second to 155 Mbps terrestrial microwave links is now boosting the network performance of the California Institute of Technology's Palomar Observatory.

Shark tagging March 18, 2008
HPWREN collaborates in Florida

James Hale describes experiences from when he was drafted for HPWREN purposes during some of his Florida vacation time.

HPWREN summary video March 16, 2008
HPWREN creates a project summary video for NSF

The HPWREN team and its collaborators created a high-definition video, requested by the National Science Foundation, which summarizes some of the project, and its interdisciplinary and multi-institutional nature.

La Cima February 20, 2008
HPWREN camera observes more than four years of post-fire plant regrowth

An incidental benefit of a fire camp connection in 2003 is the availability of a fixed digital still camera for environmental monitoring. A time-lapse animation illustrates more than four years of post-fire regrowth behavior.

Pala and NPS/CNM February 15, 2008
Pala Native American Youth Explore Tidepools via HPWREN LIVE

The HPWREN team worked with staff at the Pala Learning Center, the National Park Service (NPS), and the NSF-funded Indigenous Earth Sciences Project for a Live Interactive Virtual Exploration (LIVE) activity.

HPWREN OC3 link January 7, 2008
HPWREN establishes its first OC3-capacity link

During the first week of January 2008, HPWREN established its first OC3-capacity (about 155 megabits per second each direction at full-duplex) wireless link across about 12 miles between the Cuyamaca and Laguna mountains in San Diego County.

Cabrillo National Monument skyline cameras for San
Diego January 1, 2008
New large-size digital images available from visibility cameras at the Cabrillo National Monument

HPWREN collaborated with Cabrillo National Monument and the California Mediterranean Research Learning Center (CMRLC) on high-resolution cameras to show the San Diego sky line from Point Loma.

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