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- Tracking flocculation dynamics in estuarine turbidity maximaEstuarine turbidity maxima are zones where suspended sediment concentrations remain unusually high because river discharge, tidal pumping, salinity-driven…
- Groundwater profiler applications for assessing hyporheic exchangeThe hyporheic zone is the active boundary beneath and beside a river where surface water and groundwater mix through sediment. Water may enter the riverbed,…
- Integrating Optical Backscatter Sensors Into Watershed TelemetryWatershed monitoring in Australia often depends on instruments installed far from laboratories, mains power and reliable mobile coverage. An optical…
- Choosing the right turbidity or suspended-solids sensorWater-quality monitoring often begins with a simple decision: should the project measure turbidity, suspended solids, or both? The answer depends on what the…
- Optical sensor drift detection in water quality monitoringOptical instruments used for turbidity and suspended-solids monitoring can deliver stable data for months, then gradually begin to report a biased result. The…
- How Suspended-Solids Sensors Guide Dredged Material PlacementDredging creates a moving water-quality problem. Excavation loosens sediment, transport carries it away from the work face, and placement can release a plume…
- Designing a Mooring System for Turbidity Monitoring in Strong Tidal CurrentsLong-term turbidity monitoring in a tidal estuary, dredging corridor or coastal inlet is a mechanical design problem as much as an instrumentation problem. A…
- Field validation of turbidity sensors with bottle samplingTurbidity sensors provide a continuous view of changing water conditions, while traditional depth-integrated bottle samples offer a physical sample that can be…
- Estimating suspended-sediment particle size with optical sensorsSuspended sediment is rarely uniform. A river plume may contain fine clay, mineral silt, organic fragments and coarse sand, with the mixture changing as flow,…
- How Air Bubbles Distort Optical Suspended-Solids ReadingsOptical suspended-solids sensors estimate the concentration of particles in water by measuring how light is scattered or absorbed within a sensing volume. This…