 The
Sonoma Valley is famous for its wine grape production. The
wines of Sonoma Valley are known and respected across the
nation. High demand for water in this rich agricultural area
makes the study of the Sonoma Creek watershed invaluable for
the future of the area. We installed probes at Sonoma Creek
to monitor water depth, turbidity, water and air
temperature, and rainfall. An OWL2e999, protected in a
louvered shelter, records data from these
instruments. |
Sonoma Ecology Center, California |
 Seagrass
growing near shore on the sandy bottom under the waters of
Puget sound provides shelter for numerous small creatures
and fish, and it stabilizes the substrate and is at the base
of a nutrient chain. An OWL2 there monitors light levels at
different locations, as well as standard weather variables
that could affect the proliferation of seagrass. |
Port of Anacortes, Washington State |
The
Gump Biological Station is part of the Natural Reserve
System of the University of California. It is a teaching
laboratory in tropical island ecology, ethnology and marine
biology and a facility for serious research. The OWL2
station monitors standard weather variables and also
ultraviolet UVA & UVB radiation that may be involved in
the effect of coral bleaching.
Gump Biological Station,
Moorea, French Polynesia
 The
Kern River flows through a beautiful canyon , which is used
both for power generation and also for recreation by river
runners and fisherman. The river supports a rich aquatic
ecology that depends of adequate water flow and temperature.
The power company monitors weather variables to help assess
the health of the river system. |
Kern Canyon, California(photo: Guy Lumsden) |
 After
a fire devastated wide areas of the park, an
interdisciplinary team of biologists and geologists set out
to discover how the fire and its aftermath would affect the
soil, the plants and the animals. Data loggers kept a record
of the stream stage as runoff from the bare, unprotected,
and fire hardened slopes caused the flow in the stream to
swell up rapidly after winter storms and led to rapid
erosion. The return of vegetation restabilized the slopes,
but a permanent significant change had been made in the
shape of the land. |
Point Reyes National Seashore, California |
 Monarch
butterflies return in a great migration every fall to groves
of trees along the Monterey coast in California, as well as
to groves in Mexico. In the summer they spread out over the
North to feed on milkweed and to reproduce. An OWL2 in a
public park in Pacific Grove monitors the temperatures,
light levels and wind around the branches favored by the
butterflies. This is an ongoing project to maintain
favorable habitat. |
Pacific Grove, California |
 Water
from the Nile is a precious resource that is shared by Egypt
and its neighbors upriver. The OWL stations monitor weather
variables and parameters in an Egyptian program to promote
more efficient irrigation. |
Nile River Agricultural Project, Egypt(photo: Art Loya) |
 A
project funded by the German organization, GTZ, aims to
increase the efficiency and sustainability of cotton and
soybean production in Nicaragua. Technicians visit the far
flung stations on farms to offload data relating to soil
moisture and transevaporation. |
Proyecto Algodonero de Asistencia Tecnica, Nicaragua(photo: Fernando Agedelo-Silva) |
 An
agricultural project attempts to cut down on the use of
pesticides on cotton and other crops, by means of integrated
pest management (IPM) and close monitoring of weather
parameters in the field. |
|
 A
pilot project for commercial aquaculture of filimentatious
algae. The OWL2c monitored water conditions and controlled
water flow through the production tanks. |
|
 Part
of the Natural Reserve System of the University of
California, the reserve is home to classes and ongoing
research on the ecology of the California coastal mountains.
The South Fork of the Eel River runs through the preserve,
and the watershed of Elder Creek is entirely within the
park, one of the largest completely protected watersheds in
the State. The OWL station monitors the stage (depth) of the
Eel river, as well as the water temperature and other
weather parameters. |
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