REON Data Visualization
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View real-time observational data streaming from the B1: Beacon, B2: Fort Edward and B3: Waterford advanced monitoring stations, as well as fixed sensor arrays (use + icon to zoom in on map to click on individual stations).
There are also fixed sensors near the USGS station at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and at the site of Dutch Apple Cruises in Albany.
Mobile monitoring capabilities (below the map) provide a longitudinal view of the river.
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Mobile Monitoring Cruise Data
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 8/22/11
West Point to New Hamburgh
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 7/22/10
Catskill to Kingston
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 7/21/10
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 7/20/10
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 7/17/10
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 6/01/10
New Hamburg to Tarrytown
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 6/02/10
Tarrytown to Newburgh-Beacon Bridge
Mobilie monitoring research cruise data 9/24/09
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 10/21/09
Mobile monitoring research cruise data 8/26/09
REON B1/B2/B3 Sensor Technology
- Conductivity (salinity), Temperature and Depth (CTD): These basic hydrologic parameters that are important alone, but when coupled with others, provide scientists with important information about the water in the river.
- Laser In-Situ Scattering and Transmissometery (LISST): A narrow red laser beam shone into the water can measure the amount of particles in the water and their size range.
- Three-Channel Fluorimeter (FL3): A unique instrument that provides biological, physical and chemical data.
- Chlorophyll A (biological) measures the presence of algae, which can be a food source at certain levels, but overabundance can be detrimental to ecosystem.
- Fluorescein (physical) is a harmless green dye that, when placed in the water, can be used to track water movement in the river. This can be useful for modeling and predicting where pollutants can flow.
- Color Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) (chemical) is of interest as a natural water mass tracer. Dissolved organic matter can affect how organic contaminants and metals distribute themselves in the environment.
- Optical Oxygen Sensor: This new kind of sensor uses optical fluorescence technology to detect the amount of oxygen in the water. Oxygen is another important indicator of ecological health.
Meteorological sensors measure wind direction, flow and speed, as well as air temperature and barometric pressure.
Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) to measure water current and flow rate—fundamental information to set a baseline for other hydrologic parameters.
Computer controlled autonomous robotic profiler with multiple sensors to take a series of measurements of the river at several depths and/or locations:
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