Data Collection

Today we did data collection out in the field. We spent time looking for bays because we felt that we were more likely to find groundwater discharge in these areas. We traveled on some rough roads, and once we got out in the areas where we were doing our data collection, we set things up. You learn the importance of proper knot tying techniques and duck tape when you are setting up. One we set up the Loggers and tied them properly to the long boards, Ali and I got the GPS units situated in dry bags and paddled out in the bay to gather temperature and conductivity data. It was a pretty windy day and I drank a little bit of sea water, but I think we collected some very important data.

At the next bay we changed up our technique. Kelley and Alison collected the data holding onto the loggers and the GPS units as they went snorkeling through the bay. It was a long day out in the sun so tomorrow we will be taking the new data into the lab to work on some data processing.