Microclima e comfort al Bosco Integrale

Project description

Open-data dashboard for microclimate monitoring in Bosco Integrale “Caterina Novi”, Cento (FE), Italy. An environmental Meshtastic/LoRa sensor (Sensirion SHT-45) records temperature and relative humidity inside the woodland every 30 minutes; readings are compared with data from the municipal weather station of Cento (temperature, humidity, solar radiation).

The platform shows current values, historical charts, a thermal comfort index, and the forest–town temperature difference. Everything is freely accessible and downloadable as CSV, JSON, and JSON-LD; OGC SensorThings API v1.1 endpoints are available for research and data reuse.

The project is promoted by Fondazione Caterina Novi as part of the Bosco Integrale initiative: making peri-urban forest microclimate observable in near real time and showing how it differs from the municipal context, for citizens, schools, NGOs, and research.

Objectives

• Monitor temperature and relative humidity in Bosco Integrale continuously and transparently.
• Compare forest microclimate with readings from the municipal weather station, highlighting differences and seasonal trends.
• Calculate and communicate an environmental comfort indicator and the forest–town temperature delta in a way accessible to non-specialists.
• Provide open data (dashboard, exports, SensorThings API, and Linked Data) for outreach, education, journalism, and research.
• Support knowledge of the local area and the value of the woodland as a peri-urban environmental asset, in line with Fondazione Caterina Novi’s mission.
• Encourage reuse of the data by schools, environmental groups, and developers, without technical or financial barriers.