Continuous Data

Data Collection

Pressure transducers are deployed to record surface elevation, temperature, pressure, date and time at one hour frequencies. The data recorded by the transducers are being correlated with discharge measurements to help SRBC project rating curves for the four stations. Rating curves are used by environmental agencies to determine discharge and water depth relationships (see sample to right). These projections are then used to estimate discharge measurements at high levels where sampling is unattainable.

Dataloggers are used to monitor physical and chemical variables. Each logger samples the water at specific time intervals over the course of three weeks. The dataloggers are currently equipped to monitor; dissolved oxygen, pH, depth, temperature, turbidity, fluorescence, and specific conductivity.The graph below displays a typical rise in turbidity during a storm event.
The above graph displays a typical rise in turbidity during a storm event.