MoodySabre
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after Monday then you will see this amazing contraption anchored near the Thirslet. The technician did try to explain to me in some detail all the things it will be measuring - umpteen chemical elements. It is to be anchored at four corners so they see the tidal flow. The data will upload via telemetry and will eventually appear on a website somewhere. A computer will cross-reference this with satellite images.
This is a mega expensive project involving 4 universities and boffins galore. It will be in the Blackwater for a prolonged test. The estuary is a SSSI and very complex in composition. Eventually this thing will end up in Venice where they have real water quality problems.
This has been included in the East Coast Pilot website news and here is a pic taken in the berth next to me at Bradwell where they have been working on it.
Not often you meet a chest freezer when you are out sailing /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
This is a mega expensive project involving 4 universities and boffins galore. It will be in the Blackwater for a prolonged test. The estuary is a SSSI and very complex in composition. Eventually this thing will end up in Venice where they have real water quality problems.
This has been included in the East Coast Pilot website news and here is a pic taken in the berth next to me at Bradwell where they have been working on it.
Not often you meet a chest freezer when you are out sailing /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif