Temporary expanding integrated monitoring network

A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

• installing a plurality of sensors;
• coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;
• integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from pre-existing sensors to form integrated data;
• interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation;
• and
• generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation,
• wherein said plurality of sensors includes a first array of sensors and a second array of sensors which collectively receive inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a first and a second physical stimuli signature of said environment, and
• wherein said system being monitored is a hydrocarbon processing monitoring system.

A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

• expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:
• installing a plurality of sensors;
• coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;
• integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from Dre-existing sensors to form integrated data;
• interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation;
• generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation;
• and
• receiving user inputs regarding which of said plurality of sensors are to be activated and at which times said plurality of sensors are to be operational,
• wherein said plurality of sensors includes a first array of sensors and a second array of sensors which collectively receive inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a first and a second physical stimuli signature of said environment.

A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

• installing a plurality of sensors;
• coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;
• integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from pre-existing sensors to form integrated data;
• interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation;
• and
• generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation,
• wherein said plurality of sensors includes a first array of sensors and a second array of sensors which collectively receive inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a first and a second physical stimuli signature of said environment, and
• wherein said plurality of sensors include:
• at least one physical sensor;
• and
• at least one virtual sensor that corresponds to a model of a phenomenon.

A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

• installing a plurality of sensors;
• coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;
• integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from pre-existing sensors to form integrated data;
• interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation;
• and
• generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation,
• wherein said plurality of sensors includes at least one array of sensors which receives inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a physical stimuli signature of said environment,
• wherein said interpreting comprises:
• generating a model of a phenomenon;
• storing, as a storage module, said model of a phenomenon;
• applying, as an application module, said model to said integrated data;
• and
• generating a descriptor of a state of a phenomenon using said storage and said application modules.

A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

• expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:
• installing a plurality of sensors;
• coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;
• integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from pre-existing sensors to form integrated data;
• interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation;
• generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation;
• and
• receiving user inputs regarding which of said plurality of sensors are to be activated and at which times said plurality of sensors are to be operational,
• wherein said plurality of sensors includes at least one array of sensors which receives inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a physical stimuli signature of said environment.

A method of expanding a pre-existing monitoring system, comprising:

• installing a plurality of sensors;
• coupling said plurality of sensors with said pre-existing monitoring system;
• integrating data from said plurality of sensors with data from pre-existing sensors to form integrated data;
• interpreting said integrated data to form a data interpretation;
• and
• generating an indication of a current status for a system being monitored using said data interpretation,
• wherein said plurality of sensors includes at least one array of sensors which receives inputs from an environment which said pre-existing monitoring system is monitoring, to respectively produce a physical stimuli signature of said environment, and
• wherein said plurality of sensors include:
• at least one physical sensor;
• and
• at least one virtual sensor that corresponds to a model of a phenomenon.