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Articles Tagged: data buoys
Total Suspended Solids From Dredging
Tetra Tech
Tetra Tech engineers track total dissolved solids in discharge from a CDF during the Avalon Back Bay Maintenance Dredging Project.
Buffalo River Shipping Channel Cleanup
Ryba Marine Construction
Many government and nonprofit agencies have worked to dredge and clean up the Buffalo River after years of industrial use.
Developing Alaska Buoy Platform
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing a monitoring network in the Arctic to coincide with expected expansion and increased travel.
Bermuda North Channel Dredging
CH2M HILL
Officials in Bermuda are monitoring dredging efforts as ports are being expanded to accommodate larger cruise ships.
Algae Bloom Monitoring Network
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Officials with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board plan to deploy a data buoy network to track possible algal blooms and protect visitors to Grand Lake.
New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site Dredging
Battelle
New Bedford Harbor is fed by the Acushnet River from the north and drains into the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Its steady flow is one of the reasons so many industrial plants set up shop along the harbor in the early 1900s.
Tracking Lake Erie Hypoxia
LimnoTech
Conditions in the middle of a great lake are hard to predict. Wave actions can vary and weather can change in a flash. For those reasons, engineers with LimnoTech chose a NexSens CB-450 Data Buoy for the project.
Great Lakes Buoy Networks
University of Wisconsin
There are many different networks out there, which are largely supported by government agencies and universities. Maintaining these networks, including servicing old buoys or launching new ones, is a big and important job.
Buffalo River Dredge Turbidity Monitoring
Sevenson Environmental
After dredging the Buffalo River, Sevenson was tasked with dredge turbidity monitoring around operations to minimize negative effects to aquatic life.