Environmental Data Collected with Automated Field Station at the Upper Blakeley Island Disposal Area, Mobile, Alabama

This report describes the system of instruments and the automated field station used by the WES for the acquisition of environmental data in support of field experiments on methods of densifying dredged material in containment areas at Upper Blakely Island near Mobile, Alabama. Examples of data coll...

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Main Authors: Smith,Margaret H, Floyd,Herman M, West,Harold W
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ALABAMA
ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
AUTOMATION
CONTAINMENT(GENERAL)
DATA ACQUISITION
DREDGED MATERIALS
ENVIRONMENTS
EVAPORATION
FIELD CONDITIONS
ISLANDS
METEOROLOGICAL DATA
METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
Meteorology
RAIN
RAINFALL
SOILS
SOLAR RADIATION
TEMPERATURE
Upper Blakeley Island(Alabama)
WASTE DISPOSAL
WIND VELOCITY
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Summary:This report describes the system of instruments and the automated field station used by the WES for the acquisition of environmental data in support of field experiments on methods of densifying dredged material in containment areas at Upper Blakely Island near Mobile, Alabama. Examples of data collected from 18 December 1975 through 12 May 1976 are presented. Included in the report is a comparison of wind speeds measured by the field station instruments with wind speed measured by a Meteorology Research, Inc., weather station. As a result of favorable comparisons in both laboratory and field tests, wind speeds measured by the automated station instruments are deemed accurate and reliable measurements of wind speeds at the containment area on Upper Blakely Island. In addition to wind speed, other data collected by the automated instrumentation include rainfall, wind direction, solar radiation, air and soil temperature, and pan evaporation. (Author)