Field measurement station in Pyhäjärvi Lake

Water level scale in the water. Photo: AbobeStock
 

Continuous water quality and weather monitoring in buoy and weather station.  

  • Research: real-time water quality monitoring, eutrophication studies, impact assessment for restoration measures, model calibration
  • Main parts: Buoy for water quality measurement with sensors and data logger (OMC-7006 Buoy by Observator), Automatic weather station with data logger (Vaisala WXT)
  • Features: Field measurement platform for online lake water quality and weather data
     
  • Environment condition: Lake during open water season (May-October)
  • Sensors: Lake buoy: water temperature, turbidity, DOC, chlorophyll-a for algae, and phycocyanin for blue-green algae; weather station: wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, air temperature, precipitation
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  • Data: Cloud service, real-time data Lake Pyhäjärvi water quality station, Username: pyhajarvi. Monthly validation samples by Pyhäjärvi Institute, Palmukari sampling station.
  • Data analysis too: m-script for calibration, outliers
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  • Location: Säkylä, Lake Pyhäjärvi
  • User requirements: Maintenance by Luode Consulting and Järvipelastajat (installation, maintenance, cleaning, anchoring and storage during winter)
  • Contacts
    Laura Härkönen, Finnish Environment Institute (Syke), laura.harkonen@syke.fi, +358 295 251 005
Published 2024-09-27 at 10:55, updated 2024-09-27 at 10:26

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