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Coastal & Estuary

Measurement of water quality in coastal regions and estuaries is critical in the characterization of hypoxic ‘dead zones’ as a result of nutrient loading and algal blooms in the water bodies. Sediment loading analysis through turbidity measurement is also important for coastal trend identification and modeling. Hydrolab and Sea-Bird Scientific offer a variety of multiparameter water quality instrumentation and nutrient sensors for long-term coastal applications. Sea-Bird Scientific water quality multiparameter sondes are developed to provide accurate data in environments with salt water and biologically rich environments. Developed for longterm deployments.

Certain OTT level sensors (OTT RLS, OTT SE 200) are effective for sea level and tide level monitoring with radar and float pulley technology. Additionally, certain OTT groundwater level sensors can measure salinity and conductivity for detection of saltwater intrusion in freshwater coastal aquifers.

 

Sea-Bird Scientific Suna

Sea-Bird Scientific SUNA Optical Nitrate Sensor

High accuracy in-situ nitrate measurement

The Sea-Bird Scientific SUNA V2 UV nitrate sensor with technology by Satlantic is the ultimate chemical-free solution for autonomous monitoring in estuarine and freshwater environments.

  • Attended Unattended
  • Nitrate
  • High-accuracy, chemical-free, in-situ nitrate measurement
  • SDI-12, RS-232
superior long-term monitoring water quality SBC WQM

Sea-Bird Scientific WQM

Water Quality Monitor for Maximum Deployment Times

The Sea-Bird Scientific WQM X with technology by Sea-Bird Electronics and WET Labs is designed specifically for long-term moored operations in biologically rich water.

  • Unattended
  • Conductivity, pressure, chlorophyll, temperature, dissolved oxygen, turbidity
  • Designed specifically for extended deployment in biologically rich waters
  • RS-232
Seabird Scientific HydroCat water quality

Sea-Bird Scientific HydroCAT

For longterm water quality monitoring with proven anti-fouling technology

The Sea-Bird Scientific HydroCAT with technology by Sea-Bird Electronics (SBE) is ideally suited for extended deployments in remote, biologically rich environments.

  • Unattended
  • Temperature, Pressure, Dissolved Oxygen, Conductivity
  • Ideally suited for extended deployments in remote, biologically rich environments
  • SDI-12, RS-232, RS-485 (optional)
Sea-Bird Scientific hydrocat water quality sonde

Sea-Bird Scientific HydroCAT-EP

Long-term Deployment Water Quality Sonde

The newest member of the HydroCAT family of water quality Sondes can also measure pH, turbidity and chlorophyll.

  • Unattended
  • Temperature, Pressure, Dissolved Oxygen, Conductivity, pH, Turbidity and Chlorophyll
  • Designed specifically for long-term deployments of up to three months
  • SDI-12, RS232
New water quality sonde platform: ease of use, meta-data, reliability

Hydrolab HL4 Multiparameter Sonde

New Hydrolab Platform: Reliability, Ease-of-use, Metadata

The Hydrolab HL4 is the next generation multiparameter water quality sonde from OTT Hydromet. Its reliability, ease-of-use, and metadata produce water quality data you can trust.

  • Attended Unattended
  • Temperature, Conductivity, Depth, pH, Dissolved Oxygen (LDO), Turbidity, ORP, Clorophyll a, Blue-green algae, Rhodamine, Ammonium, Nitrate, Chloride
  • The next generation multiparameter water quality instrument
  • SDI-12, RS-485, RS-232, TTY, USB
With integrated sensor and datalogger for longterm monitoring

OTT CTD Sensor

Pressure sensor for longterm measurement of conductivity, temperature and water level

The OTT CTD is an integrated sensor and datalogger for measurement of water level, temperature, and conductivity in groundwater and surface water applications.

  • Surface water Groundwater
  • Vented pressure cell and 4-electrode graphite conductivity cell
  • Waterlevel, Temperature, Conductivity
  • Measures and stores water level, temperature, and conductivity data
  • Water level: 0 … 4, 10, 20, 40, and 100 m Conductivity: 0.001…2.000 mS/cm, 0.10…100.00 mS/cm
  • ±0,05 % FS
  • Yes
Buoy Solution to measure and transmit water quality parameters

OTT Water Quality Buoy

Buoy used to measure water quality parameters

OTT Water Quality monitoring buoy with remote data transmission for rivers, lakes and near coastal applications. Designed to operate with HYDROLAB HL7 or HL4 multiparameter sondes.

  • Stand-alone water quality measurement buoy solution
  • Temperature, Conductivity, Depth, pH, Dissolved Oxygen (LDO), Turbidity, ORP, Blue-Green Algae, Chlorophyll a
  • Cellular
Water Quality Solutions Overview Video
WET Labs WQM Video
OTT RLS Overview Video
In-Situ Nutrient Monitoring Article
Chester River Nutrient Monitoring Article
Whitepaper: Turbidity measurements
Turbidity Whitepaper
Hydrolab HL4 Overview Video
Hydrolab HL4 Overview Video
Leaflet Hydromet Cloud EN
Application Notes - Nutrients FL
White Paper - Algae Measurement - In Vivo Fluorescence
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