A new temperature profiling probe for investigating groundwater-surface water interaction

Water Resources Research
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Abstract

Measuring vertically nested temperatures at the streambed interface poses practical challenges that are addressed here with a new discrete subsurface temperature profiling probe. We describe a new temperature probe and its application for heat as a tracer investigations to demonstrate the probe's utility. Accuracy and response time of temperature measurements made at 6 discrete depths in the probe were analyzed in the laboratory using temperature bath experiments. We find the temperature probe to be an accurate and robust instrument that allows for easily installation and long-term monitoring in highly variable environments. Because the probe is inexpensive and versatile, it is useful for many environmental applications that require temperature data collection for periods of several months in environments that are difficult to access or require minimal disturbance.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A new temperature profiling probe for investigating groundwater-surface water interaction
Series title Water Resources Research
DOI 10.1002/2015WR017574
Volume 51
Issue 9
Year Published 2015
Language English
Publisher American Geophysical Union
Publisher location Washington, D.C.
Contributing office(s) Nevada Water Science Center
Description 8 p.
First page 7790
Last page 7797
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