Oceanographical Equipment

The Water Research Laboratory provides world-class service in the field of marine and water resources data. WRL develops and implements systems to monitor a wide range of environmental parameters including ocean and tidal currents, water levels, turbidity and water quality using leading edge techniques and equipment.

Sampling using a hired fishing boat - Yamba

Current metering and sediment plume monitoring using ADCP and Sequoia instrumentation

Marine measurements:

Workhorse Sentinel Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP)
Sontek Argonaut SW flowmeter for in-situ shallow water flow measurements
Sontek Acoustic Doppler Velocimeters (ADV) for precise in-situ velocity field monitoring
GPS drifters and drogues
A range of vented and non-vented water level sensors for tidal and wave measurements
A range of capacitance wave probes of different dimensions (0.2 to 2 m length)

(L-r) Locations of current metering transects; Hydrosurvey results - Yamba

Water quality instrumentation:

Sequoia LISST Laser 100X for in-situ suspended particle analysis
A range of turbidity probes
Seabird SBE 19plus SEACAT Profiler equipped with pH, salinity conductivity and depth recorders and a Chelsea Mini-Tracka fluorimeter
WETLabs turbidity and fluorimeter sensor
Hydrolab Minisonde for Ph, temperature, depth, dissolved oxygen and redox measurements
Thermistor strings
Water sampling devices including rosettes & Niskin bottles

WRL regularly deploys its instrumentation in open ocean and estuaries using commercial research vessels and experienced diver teams. WRL is currently undertaking the deployment of a wave follower (KNMI Wave Follower) in the Bass Strait for research purposes in the field of air-sea interaction.

Current metering output