Developing micro underwater gliders to eliminate temporal and spatial bias in lake water quality monitoring. #gliders #lakeglider #waterquality #underwater #PhD
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Very pleased to say that I passed my PhD viva today (with minor corrections). Whilst I have really loved doing a PhD, I am also very relieved that it is now (almost) over.
ALT and Chris Blenkensop (my internal examiner). Dan McGinnis (external examiner not shown as the viva was part in person and part via Teams)
James Rand (automating lake water monitoring) retweeted
Seems to be only thing the Govt listen to. So a TV drama about sewage and definitely one is needed about #excludedscandal An absolute travesty what happened to @ForgottenLtd @OfficialEUA #ExcludedUK
Good on you Chris (and good luck at the University of Bath)
Very much looking forward (before the general election ) to giving my verdict on the last 14 years of Tory Government.
BBC News - Chris Skidmore: Tory MP quits over new oil and gas licences
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
I know there are bigger issues in the world at the moment.....
Wychwood and now Ringwood brewery - big brewing companies are destroying regional beers.
BBC News - Ringwood Brewery to close after no buyer found
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-ha…
This is an interesting affect that I had not thought about.
Clean air zones pushing the problem to different locations.
Need to tackling the root problem and not just the symptoms !
BBC News - Air pollution rises in Westbury after Bath CAZ begins
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wi…
Testing my underwater micro-glider yesterday (at a top secret location).
I know that I shouldn't be amazed but, after looking at the data this morning, I see that the flight path was very similar to the modelling work.
😁
@bathenganddes
@PaulWhitehouse
@RealBobMortimer
James Rand (automating lake water monitoring) retweeted
Poignant as fuck 🩰👣😭
From a friend at the Roskilde festival:
“where Denmark’s most famous ballerina got up on stage and performed the dance of the dying swan, while slowly being covered with crude oil
😭 genuinely devastating”
#ballet #oil #art #JustStopOil #selfProtest
Having re-written the journal paper ...
- which necessitated me altering the model
- which necessitated me modifying the prototype
I am now ready for the final (I really do hope so !) underwater micro-glider prototype testing.
Ballasting today and then, a deep lake ...
River levels low on the Bristol Avon (@BristolAvonRT ) so had to ballast the underwater micro-glider in the disgust-erous Keynsham lock.
Just been doing a bit of preliminary river catchment research and I found these great UK map resources (in addition to GIS).
gridreferencefinder.com/ - whatever map reference system onto whatever map.
maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side… - compare historical and current maps side by side
ALT Idilic-looking River Boyd near Wick, northeast of Bristol. Don't be fooled, to the right is a Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) that continually discharges (est 5m^3/hr at present) into the river.
James Rand (automating lake water monitoring) retweeted
The river Garw which runs through Bryngarw Country Park near Bridgend.
It a wildlife haven.
You will see dippers and kingfishers diving for their supper.
It is also just a couple of miles from the 2 most overused combined sewer overflows in Wales.
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James Rand (automating lake water monitoring) retweeted
They call themselves patriots. But they are trashing all that is good and beautiful about our country. Nothing symbolises this gleeful destruction more powerfully than the state of our rivers.
My latest film for @DoubleDownNews
doubledown.news/watch/2023/j…
Getting ready for the festivalofnature.org.uk by road testing the augmented reality sand table (with the help of my "big kids").
This Sunday in Bath - tickets at the website.
Hope to see you there.
#FON23
I'm excited to be part of this year’s Festival of Nature at the Apex City of Bath Hotel on Sunday, 11 June.
Book your tickets today (festivalofnature.org.uk) and join me for augmented reality water discovery.
@festofnature
#FON23
ALT Augmented reality sand table - used to explore water in the landscape
Heading to Jersey (via Pompey and as a bonus checking out my old employers) to do some reservoir sediment and water sampling.
So, the headline issues with lake science (so far...) appears to consist of managing lots of plastic bottles, having a consistent labelling convention and sneaking the sampling equipment into your hotel room to give it a shower (to prevent invasive species transfer) after use.
This looks a really cool event (and not too late in the day for Europeans to actively participate).
Are you interested in #limnology #hydrology #oceanography #ecology #rstats #EarthEngine #remotesensing #python? Register for #AEMONJ Hacking Limno Workshops & #DSOS23 Virtual Summit for #DataScience #OpenScience. Its free & will run 24-29 July.
aquaticdatasciopensci.github…
