13.3. Linux in Environmental Research

Courtesy of Wade Hampton: Linux is ideally suited for use as a research tool for environmental experiments. There are small embedded Linux solutions that can be used for remote monitoring or telemetry. There are VERY small Linux implementations from PC-104 systems to embedded systems like the [MDN Docs: Firewall] [SQLite Questions] uCsimm. Linux even flew on the shuttle controlling biological experiments.... Linux has been used for weather research on NOAA's Hurricane Hunter aircraft. .:: definedictionarymeaning.com ::.

Linux is also an ideal platform for researching ecological and environmental information via the Internet using standard WWW-based tools like Netscape.

Linux may even be used to model complex biological and environmental processes. .:: www.just.edu.jo ::. .:: podcasts.apple.com ::. beowulf clusters have been used to run complex simulations of environmental processes, for example Earthdome, listed in the Beowulf projects page.