The public can now access Apalachicola
Bay water quality and weather data in real time.
Four new, real-time monitoring platforms have been
constructed in Apalachicola Bay to upgrade current data-collection sites
operated by the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve.
In addition to water-quality parameters, such as temperature
and salinity, these four new stations collect water level and weather data
every 15 minutes.
The four new water-quality and weather data stations are
located within East Bay, the Little St. Marks distributary, Dry Bar and Pilot’s
Cove.
Construction of the platforms was funded through the Gulf of
Mexico Alliance and instrumentation of the station was completed by the Florida
Department of Environmental Protection.
There are also plans to upgrade the monitoring station on
Cat Point to include water level data, weather data and telemetry.
That should be done this year.
The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve has
been collecting water- quality data continuously in Apalachicola Bay since 1992
as part of a System-wide Monitoring Program.
To see the data – just follow the link we’ve posted on this
story at oysterradio.com and on the Oyster Radio facebook page
http://fldep-stevens.com/
http://live.oysterradio.com/
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