 Satlantic’s new complete turnkey water quality monitoring system, the LOBO (Land/Ocean Biogeochemical Observatory), addresses the need for routine, robust and accurate water quality measurements, particularly in sensitive and diverse ecological areas such as estuaries and inland waters. Developed in collaboration with MBARI, the LOBO is designed to create a real time sensor network for aquatic systems.
The LOBO comes complete with instrument frame, optional floating platform, power and wireless telemetry system, integrated sensor suite, automated processing software and web based data visualization/display software.
Parameters measured by the LOBO include:
Physical: temperature, depth, salinity (optional), current profiler (optional) and turbidity.
Chemical: chromophoric dissolved organic matter (CDOM), nitrate, and dissolved oxygen.
Biological: chlorophyll fluorescence with options for additional ancillary pigments.
System Features:
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Easy to install and operate for both rapid and long term deployments.
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LOBOviz software package for real-time and archived data viewing through a simple web based interface, PDA or Google Earth (see example at http://lobo.satlantic.com).
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Highly robust, accurate and stable sensor packages with fully integrated and proven anti-biofouling systems.
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Floating platform available in shallow (RiverLOBO) and deep water (BayLOBO) configurations.
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Platforms also available for attaching to fixed structures (DockLOBO) or placing directly on the bottom (BenthicLOBO).
Read a recent paper presented at OCEANS 2007 that describes the LOBO and shows data from an on-going deployment in Nova Scotia.
The Satlantic team invites you to talk to us about your applications and how this exciting new system can help solve your monitoring requirements.
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Feb 18, 2008
