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Real time physical data acquisition through a remote sensing platform on a polar lake
Citation
Palethorpe, B and Hayes-Gill, B and Crowe, J and Sumner, M and Crout, N and Foster, M and Reid, T and Benford, S and Greenhalg, C and Laybourn-Parry, J, Real time physical data acquisition through a remote sensing platform on a polar lake, Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, 2 pp. 191-201. ISSN 1541-5856 (2004) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.4319/lom.2004.2.191
Abstract
We describe the design and installation of environmental monitoring equipment on a large freshwater Antarctic lake (Crooked Lake, 68°37′S, 78°23′E). The system recorded ice thickness and photosynthetically active radiation (PAR), ultraviolet (UVB) radiation, and temperature at a range of depths in the water column. The data were accessed remotely at Davis Station (15 km distant) by telemetry. The remote sensing platform produced continuous quasi real-time data, enabling the development of accurate detailed models, e.g., ice heat budget models during seasonal melt out. The prototype system has the capacity for the addition of further instrumentation, for example, fluorimeters. Here we present an illustrative preliminary data set derived during the summer immediately prior to ice-cover break up and after winter redeployment of the platform. © 2004, by the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Inc.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Biological Sciences |
Research Group: | Microbiology |
Research Field: | Microbial ecology |
Objective Division: | Environmental Management |
Objective Group: | Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments |
Objective Field: | Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments |
UTAS Author: | Laybourn-Parry, J (Professor Johanna Laybourn-Parry) |
ID Code: | 49460 |
Year Published: | 2004 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 11 |
Deposited By: | Research Division |
Deposited On: | 2007-12-12 |
Last Modified: | 2011-11-18 |
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