System and method for underground wireless sensor communication

A system, comprising:

• a plurality of sensor nodes, each sensor node of the plurality of sensor nodes comprising:
• a power supply;
• and
• a communication device,
• wherein the plurality of sensor nodes includes one or more underground sensor nodes positioned below the surface of a material,
• wherein the plurality of sensor nodes includes one or more partially-exposed sensor node positioned partially below the surface of the material and partially above the surface of the material,
• wherein the plurality of sensor nodes further include one or more sensors positioned below the surface of a material to collect data regarding one or more sub-surface material characteristics, wherein the one or more sensors are located in at least some of the one or more underground sensor nodes or the one or more partially-exposed sensor nodes;
• a data gateway communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensor nodes via one or more wireless transmission pathways, wherein the data gateway is configured to:
• receive the data collected by the one or more sensors;
• and
• store the data collected by the one or more sensors;
• and
• a controller communicatively coupled to the gateway, wherein the controller is configured to:
• receive the data from the one or more sensors from the data gateway;
• and
• display at least a portion of the data associated with at least one of the one or more sub-surface material characteristics.