The water quality platform deployed on Lake Koocanusa utilizes a variety of sensors to collect parameters including water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, and turbidity at regular intervals. Water depth changes over the season and the platform records data from the water surface to the bottom of the lake, regardless of what the lake's depth is.
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The water quality platform deployed on Lake Koocanusa utilizes a variety of sensors to collect parameters including water temperature, specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, pH, and turbidity at regular intervals. Water depth changes over the season and the platform records data from the water surface to the bottom of the lake, regardless of what the lake's depth is.
Sources/Usage: Public Domain.Schematic diagram of the Koocanusa Reservoir pontoon platform developed by Thomas Chapin, USGS. Monitoring components include the ServoSipper water sampling system (yellow circles), acoustic Doppler current profiler (light blue), and the automated water-quality sonde profiler (dark blue rectangle). Intake points are for sample collection. Click here to return to main Lake Koocanusa project page.