Environmental Monitoring Buoy data

Environmental Monitoring Buoy's

Salinity, turbidity and temperature buoy

Falmouth Harbour Commissioners take the environmental

condition of the harbour very seriously and as a result have

two environmental monitoring buoys continuously assessing

environmental conditions in various locations around the

estuary.

The first buoy monitors aspects of water quality by taking

salinity, turbidity and temperature readings as well as

monitoring the current speed and direction which will be

especiallyuseful in providing background environmental

data andimproving tidal stream information.

NB: Turbidity is measured by the Water Quality buoy in Nepheolmetirc Turbidity Units (or NTU) using a Nephelometer. Turbidity measures the level of cloudiness or haziness of the

water, which is caused by individual particles of suspended solids.

Wind speed, direction & air pressure buoy

The second buoy records meteorological conditions such as wind

speed, direction, and air pressure, and is helping FHC to better

understand the unique effect of wind driven currents in Falmouth.

The buoys are moved around the harbour in order to provide baseline data from a number of different locations.

To view the latest 10 data entries for the meteorlogical buoy, please select the following link:

http://www.triskelmarine.com/cgi-bin/fpuboverview.cgi

For an overview of the data recorded by the water quality buoy please select the links to the graphs below:

08/07/09 to 22/08/09