Beacon Institute and Clarkson University are collaborating on the River and Estuary Observatory Network (REON) on deployment of four types of sensing platforms along the Hudson River and other water bodies in New York:

1) Fixed robotic (B1, B2):  An automated profiler system vertically moves a suite of sensors within the water column for continuous measurements in a fixed location. This platform is self-powered through solar PV panels. Sensors installed on this platforms measure wide variety of environmental parameters such as chlorophyll A, water movement, colored dissolved organic matter, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature, depth, particle size distribution, water current and meteorological variables including temperature, wind, barometric press, etc.

2) Mobile robotic (mobile monitoring research cruises): A suite of sensors (similar to those on the fixed robotic platform) is towed behind a research vessel via an undulating tow-body to provide a longitudinal view of the river.

3) Fixed Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP): An ADCP sensor captures the vertical/horizontal profile of water current.

4) Remote high frequency radar: High frequency (HF) radar system can measure surface currents on the river.

Click the red « at each sensor/platform location to see the data measured.