The “SAMPLE system”, a new concept of benthic station

Author

Jestin, H. ; Le Hir, P. ; Bassoullet, Y.

Author_Institution

IFREMER, Plouzane, France

Volume

3

fYear

1994

fDate

13-16 Sep 1994

Abstract

In order to measure hydrodynamical forcings and sediment transport in muddy dominant environments, a self-contained device has been specifically designed to be used in shallow waters. The developed system is of small weight and size enough for easy handy deployments on intertidal areas, but it can also be placed in a frame for profiling the water column. Sensors are exchangeable. A high-performance data logger assumes independent programming on nine channels, a sampling rate up to 5 Hz and a large data storage. Attention has been paid to reduce electric consumption. The device has been applied to investigate the vertical structure of fluid mud in an estuary as well as the sediment resuspension on intertidal mudflats under wave and current forcings

Keywords

data acquisition; data loggers; oceanographic equipment; sediments; Systeme Autonome de Mesures Programmables pour le Littoral et les Estuaires; benthic station; current forcings; data storage; deployment; electric consumption; fluid mud; high-performance data logger; hydrodynamical forcings; independent programming; intertidal areas; intertidal mudflats; muddy dominant environments; sediment resuspension; sediment transport; self-contained device; shallow water; vertical structure; water column; wave forcings; Contracts; Frequency; Instruments; Memory; Probes; Resumes; Sampling methods; Sea measurements; Sediments; Stress;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

OCEANS '94. 'Oceans Engineering for Today's Technology and Tomorrow's Preservation.' Proceedings

Conference_Location

Brest

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2056-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OCEANS.1994.364209

Filename

364209