Australia -- Field Work
Calibrating all of our instruments in preparation for four days of field work, with Teaching Assistant Enrique Vivoni supervising. Professor Willgoose hosted us at the Univ. of Newcastle |
Our five vehicle reseach caravan. The truck with the large antenna was our roving server. All data from handheld computers was transmitted to the server.
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Recording water quality data (pH, conductivity, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen, & turbidity) on our handheld computer field notebooks.
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Measuring water currents with a digital current meter. |
Transects of the lower Williams River were taken by students on the boat.
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Filtering water samples for E. coli and total coliform analyses.
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Professor Garry Willgoose (PhD, 1989) from University of Newcastle visiting a field site on the Williams River with Teaching Assistant Rich Camilli. |