Monthly Archives: October 2016

I installed my first wireless logger to replace a broken weather station logger at Temple Ambler.  Now the data can be checked online!  The URL is https://www.hobolink.com/p/5d3befc35fa8777268a5cd604b62564c Help from IT at Temple Ambler was much appreciated during the set up.

I set up stormwater samplers at the College Settlement site in the headwaters of the Pennypack.  The samplers are above and below a large retention basin that captures runoff from neighborhoods along Welsh Road.  Villanova has extensive water budget monitoring … Continue reading →

We repeated our longitudinal sampling in the Wissahickon from the headwaters to the Philly border.  Postdoc Sarah Ledford organized five of us to sample different segments and we met to collect samples in the center of the watershed within 15 … Continue reading →

I tried out a new sediment sampler with grad student Alex Nawotke.  The Helley-Smith sampler uses a net to catch suspended fines. We used it to collect fines in the bedload by kicking them up to create a suspension.  Alex … Continue reading →