John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences

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The ESSP buoy was deployed in Devils Lake for the summer season

The buoy system for measuring water quality and weather information was deployed in Devils Lake, North Dakota, yesterday, May 28 2019.

ESSP students deploying the buoy in Devils Lake. Photo courtesy of Mr. Mojtaba Shahabi, ESSP Ph.D. student.

This is the 8th season the buoy was deployed. This year again it will record data every 10 minutes and transmitted the data to a server every 30 minutes for public access at https://v2.wqdatalive.com/public/179. The data measured includes: air temperature, atmospheric pressure, wind speed and direction, water temperature, dissolved oxygen in water, chlorophyll concentration, cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) concentration, salinity, and turbidity.

ESSP Buoy deployed in Devils Lake. The buoy measures water quality and weather information. Photo courtesy of Mr. Mojtaba Shahabi, ESSP Ph.D. student.