Patent ID: 8849630

Claim:
A method for real-time, three-dimensional analysis of environmental operating conditions in a data center comprising the steps of: obtaining three-dimensional measurements of one or more environmental variables in the data center made, at a time t 1 , using a mobile off-line surveying system which provides a snap-shot of the environmental variables in the data center at the time t 1 ; obtaining real-time measurements of the environmental variables in the data center made, at a time t 2 , wherein t 2 is later than t 1 , using a real-time sensing system that employs real-time sensors placed throughout the data center that continuously monitor the environmental operating conditions in real-time; combining the three-dimensional measurements with the real-time measurements to derive a model for the environmental variables in the data center at the time t 2 ; and using the model to predict three-dimensional distributions of the environmental variables in the data center at the time t 2 with spatial resolution greater than a spatial resolution of the real-time sensors.