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Explore advanced river monitoring technologies improving data collection, storage, and analysis. Enhance water quantity and quality assessments in various environments. Benefits include continuous monitoring, low risk of theft, and near-real-time data retrieval for better decision-making. Contact d.m.hannah@bham.ac.uk or c.bradley@bham.ac.uk for more information.
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David M. Hannah • Professor of Hydrology, University of Birmingham • Head of School, Geography, Earth & Env. Sci. • UK National Representative for International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) • Vice President IAHS-International Comm. for Surface Water • UNESCO-International Hydrology Programme (FRIEND) • Editorial boards: Hydrological Processes, Ecohydrology • >19 years experience of developing new approaches to monitor, analyse and model water-dependent system • >130 publications (>90 international journal papers) • Research cited >2,200 with h-index = 29 d.m.hannah@bham.ac.uk
Chris Bradley • MA University of Cambridge, UK; MA Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada; PhD, University of Leicester, UK • Senior Lecturer, University of Birmingham • School Head of Quality Assurance • Universitas-21 Water Futures Committee • UK National Committee of British Hydrological Society (BHS) • >20 years research experience, specialising in developing integrated approaches to monitoring and modelling freshwater systems • >50 publications (including Hydrological Processes, Hydrological Sciences Journal, Journal of Hydrology, Quaternary Science Reviews, Remote Sensing of the Environment) c.bradley@bham.ac.uk
Water quality: large river systems Applications of environmental fluorescence in UK & South Africa
New river monitoring technologies Telemetry technology Wireless sensor network field observation telemetry near-real time data retrieval warning system old technology NEW technology
Advantages of new river monitoring technologies • High reliability secure data collection and storage • Small and discrete installation very limited visibility low risk of human damage/ theft • Continuous monitoring better characterise events • Zero time-drift synchronised network to atomic clock • Low power consumption avoid data loss • Radio or GPRS signals not dependent on network access • Smart triggering of samplers in response to events at a site • Communication between sampling locations trigger monitoring at other sites (e.g. to capture downstream pollution plumes) • Near-real time data display of data on PC or mobile device • Data access from any internet connection to near-real time and archived information (for unlimited users) • Near-real time local and remote alarms = phone voice message, SMS text messages, loudhailer, flashing signals or other hardware