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A microcontroller‐based data‐logger design for seasonal hydrochemical studies
Author(s) -
Davis Jerry D.,
Davis Glenn A.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
earth surface processes and landforms
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.294
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9837
pISSN - 0197-9337
DOI - 10.1002/esp.262
Subject(s) - data logger , karst , snow , surface runoff , precipitation , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater recharge , sampling (signal processing) , meteorology , geology , groundwater , ecology , computer science , geography , geotechnical engineering , aquifer , telecommunications , paleontology , detector , biology , operating system
Detailed studies of seasonal patterns of karst processes are rare in remote regions with limited winter access. An important aspect of erosional and environmental processes is how these change over time, and how they relate to annual cycles of temperature, precipitation and runoff. Such measurements have consistently proved difficult in remote alpine areas, resulting in a paucity of continuous data from these environments. An automated data‐logger installation designed to perform under difficult conditions, including limited sunlight for solar recharge, heavy snowfall and disturbance by bears, has provided four years of data at a 2‐hour sampling interval of electrical conductivity (used to predict solute concentration), water level (used to predict discharge) and temperature, at the Marble Mountains karst resurgence, California, USA. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.