Collaborative Research-BES: FerryMon, unattended water quality monitoring for large estuarine ecosystems utilizing advanced environmental sensing

合作研究-BES：FerryMon，利用先进环境传​​感对大型河口生态系统进行无人值守水质监测

• 批准号: 0606940
• 负责人: Tammi Richardson
• 金额: $ 5.12万
• 依托单位: University South Carolina Research Foundation
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-09-01 至 2009-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0606940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; BES; FerryMon; unattended

0606940RichardsonThis project describes a test-bed environmental observatory program that involves collection of continuous water-quality data capitalizing on regular ferry crossings in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina. FerryMon was instituted around 2000 in response to major tropical storm systems that had caused massive flood and water-quality problems on the NC coast. Since its inception, the basic data-gathering program has been supported by state and local agencies. This project provides funds to: (1) equip FerryMon for rapid water quality assessment following major hydrological and other disturbances and (2) develop and perform data management schemes for the large data sets obtained from continuous monitoring. In light of projected increases in tropical storm activity, with implications for coastal water quality, FerryMon and like programs are potentially valuable assets for coastal environmental observatories. This test-bed project builds upon an existing research program that will help distinguish the roles of nutrient loading and climatic drivers of algal blooms in the estuary and bay. Instrumentation to be installed on the ferries and a buoy represents cutting-edge technology to measure hydrodynamic conditions in the shallow estuary and determine algal pigment composition. The latter will help to identify major classes of algae, including those considered harmful and toxic. The PIs have been leaders in the development of this kind of environmental observatory, and the test bed will provide potential links to operational observatory efforts such as IOOS. Education impacts are targeted at graduate, undergraduate, and high school aged students, and substantial student involvement is proposed, including undergraduates from groups traditionally under-represented in science. Posters and pamphlets will be prepared about the FerryMon program, displayed on a ferry, and distributed to teachers.

这个项目描述了一个试验台环境观测项目，包括利用北卡罗莱纳州帕姆利科湾的定期渡轮过境点收集连续的水质数据。FerryMon是在2000年左右建立的，是为了应对在北卡罗来纳州海岸造成大规模洪水和水质问题的主要热带风暴系统。自启动以来，基本数据收集项目得到了州和地方机构的支持。该项目提供的资金用于：(1)为ferymon提供在重大水文和其他干扰后进行快速水质评估的设备；(2)为从连续监测中获得的大型数据集制定和执行数据管理方案。考虑到预计热带风暴活动的增加，以及对沿海水质的影响，FerryMon和类似的项目对沿海环境观测站来说是潜在的宝贵资产。这个试验台项目建立在一个现有的研究项目上，该项目将有助于区分河口和海湾中藻华的营养负荷和气候驱动因素的作用。在渡轮和浮标上安装的仪器代表了测量浅河口水动力条件和测定藻类色素组成的尖端技术。后者将有助于确定藻类的主要类别，包括那些被认为有害和有毒的藻类。这些项目一直是发展这种环境观测站的领导者，试验台将为IOOS等实际观测工作提供潜在的联系。教育影响的目标是研究生、本科生和高中年龄的学生，并建议大量的学生参与，包括来自传统上在科学领域代表性不足的群体的本科生。将制作有关“费里蒙”计划的海报和小册子，展示在渡轮上，并分发给教师。