EWS VWT Devices were deployed at a site near San Diego, California to log and transmit data from vibrating wire piezometers over the Iridium satellite network. The area had poor cellular coverage and data was critical for near real-time monitoring of soil pore pressure values that directly impacted the slope stability.
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