Start of the Fieldwork
On the 22nd and 23rd of September the field experiment Aeolex 2015 started with the deployment of the permanent measurement devices and the placement of a shipping container. After the container was placed we started building the cross-shore array of groundwater wells. This required the creation of deep wells in the beach, for which the technical team has created a special drill (see photo). At the seaward side of the array of ground water wells a pressure sensor was positioned in the sea. It was close to neap tide; to ensure the sensor remains submerged during low water at spring tide also the sensor was placed deep in the sea (see movie). This was a serious test for our raingear. The jacked of Technician Chris failed this test. More shoreward in the array, a weather station was mounted on top of one of a beach pole (see photo).
On the 22nd and 23rd of September the field experiment Aeolex 2015 started with the deployment of the permanent measurement devices and the placement of a shipping container. After the container was placed we started building the cross-shore array of groundwater wells. This required the creation of deep wells in the beach, for which the technical team has created a special drill (see photo). At the seaward side of the array of ground water wells a pressure sensor was positioned in the sea. It was close to neap tide; to ensure the sensor remains submerged during low water at spring tide also the sensor was placed deep in the sea (see movie). This was a serious test for our raingear. The jacked of Technician Chris failed this test. More shoreward in the array, a weather station was mounted on top of one of a beach pole (see photo).
The second setup day was a bit rainy, that gave some time to organize the shipping container. Our experiment requires has a lot of equipment that is to be placed parallel to the wind direction. This means it has to be placed on the fly when there is a aeolian transport. The container is ideal to store the equipment for rapid deployment. Later during the day some additional meteorological measurement stations were placed. In two days we have put a lot of equipment on the beach, now it's time to measure! How and what we measure will be explained in future blogs...
Jasper
Questions or suggestions about the field campaign? Send an e-mail to: aeolex2015 [at] gmail.com
Questions or suggestions about the field campaign? Send an e-mail to: aeolex2015 [at] gmail.com