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WATER QUALITY INSTRUMENTS

SFBEAMS maintains two water quality instruments at the RTC pier: 1) mounted at a fixed vertical position 1 meter below mean low tide and 2) a floating (surface following). Both instruments are configure as follows:

Conductivity, Temperature, Depth Sensor (CTD)

Seabird: model SBE 16plus SEACAT

Fluorometer (with turbidity)

Turner Designs: model SCUFA II 2000-007

Transmissometer

WETlabs: model C-star 25cm

Quantum PAR Sensor (floating CTD only)

Biospherical Instruments: model QSP-2000PD

 

WEATHER INSTRUMENTS

SFBEAMS maintains a weather (meterological) station mounted 3 meters above mean sea level. The instrument is configured as follows:

Temperature & Humidity Probe

Vaisala: model CS500

Quantum PAR Sensor

LiCore: model LI190SB-L

Pyranometer

LiCore: model LI200X-L

Barometer

Vaisala: model PTB101B

Rain Gauge 

Texas Electronics: model TE525WS-L

Anemometer & Vane 

Met One: model 034B-L

Data Logger 

Campbell Scientific: model CR10X

 

BAY CURRENTS

SFBEAMS maintains a horizontal accoustic doppler current profiler (HADCP) mounted mid-depth on the RTC pier.

HADCP

RDI: model 300 kHz Workhorse

 
 
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SF-BEAMS is operated by Romberg Tiburon Center and San Francisco State University.

Member of CICORE - Center for Integrative Coastal Observation, Research and Education (California State University) and CeNCOOS - Central and Northern California Ocean Observing System

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