In-situ Monitoring

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In-situ Monitoring

• Marco Antonellini

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Introduction

• The purpose of this presentation is to introduce
  the in-situ hydrometric monitoring instruments
  and the monitoring networks currently used in ER
  and in other countries.

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Topics of Discussion

• In-situ hydrometric monitoring instruments
• Hydrometric monitoring networks

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Monitoring Instruments

• Rain gages
• Flowmeters
• Automatic samplers
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Rain Gages
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Flowmeters and Hydrometers
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River mouths with tidal effects
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ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler
Slow moving streams
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Automatic Samplers
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Hydrometric Monitoring Networks

• Real-time and recording
• Civil protection and water resources quantity and
  quality control
• Examples from ER, Piedmont and USA

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Hydrometric Real-Time Monitoring
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Pluviometric networks
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Hydrometric networks
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Networks classification
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Ecological status of rivers
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Groundwater monitoring network
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Piezometric Trend
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Water origin
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Radar coverage in ER
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NEXRAD doppler radar

• Rainfall and wind velocity
• Base reflectivity
• Composite reflectivity
• Hourly rainfall
• Total event rainfall
• Local radar web pages or anonymous ftp

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Radar Images
Base reflectivity
Composite reflectivity
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What This Means

• Networks need to be integrated
• Standardization is an important issue
• Timing and data availability

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Next Steps

• LETs GO!