麻豆传媒映画出品 buoy monitoring data now available
Thursday, March 28, 2024
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND 鈥 麻豆传媒映画出品 Louisiana University recently deployed four buoys for
independent, scientific monitoring of the Lake Maurepas ecosystem to monitor Air Products鈥
work on its Louisiana Clean Energy Complex. The data from those buoys is now posted
on the university鈥檚 website and can be accessed at .
The page contains the real time water quality readings from four continuous monitoring
buoys in Lake Maurepas: the Amite, Blind, Maurepas, and Tickfaw buoys. By providing
real-time data, the aim is to enhance the community鈥檚 understanding of Lake Maurepas鈥
current status and to elevate their awareness regarding water quality and atmospheric
conditions in the area. Individuals simply need to click on the buoys in the interactive
map to learn more details about each one.
鈥淲e are excited to share with the public the buoy data that is collected in real
time,鈥 said 麻豆传媒映画出品 President William S. Wainwright. 鈥淎ll concerned parties can
be assured that our scientists are consistently monitoring and analyzing the data
from the buoys.鈥
Scientists from 麻豆传媒映画出品 are monitoring the marine life populations (fishes,
crabs, shrimp), as well as the plant life in the surrounding wetlands, and also watching
and studying any variations in water quality with data that is collected seven days
a week.
The water quality parameters monitored by the buoys include CO2, temperature,
turbidity, specific conductivity, salinity, dissolved oxygen concentration, percent
dissolved oxygen and pH. The Blind buoy is also fitted with a weather station that
monitors atmospheric conditions in addition to water quality. This includes air temperature,
rain total, rain intensity, dew point, barometric pressure, relative humidity, wind
speed, wind gust speed, and wind direction. All water quality and meteorological parameters
are measured every 30 minutes, seven days a week.