Students Learn How to Set Up Flow Measurement Instrumentation on a Dock Prior to Its Deployment in Mission Bay, San Diego to Determine Flow Across the Boat Launch Area.

Students Examine a Sediment Sample Collected From the Rio Grande River in Las Cruces, NM and Put Together a Description of the Physical and Biological Features They Observed.

This practical, hands-on introductory field course teaches you how to: select optimal locations for sample collection to ensure that data generated satisfy the objectives of the investigation; effectively select the most appropriate sampling device (there are more devices out there than using the sample container!); incorporate elements of field Quality Assurance and Quality Control into the sample collection and field sample analysis program to ensure defensibility of data and samples generated; select and operate instrumentation for in-situ measurement of field parameters such as DO, Temperature, pH, ORP, Turbidity and others; determine flow velocities and patterns; select effective equipment cleaning methods; and document field activities in a defensible manner.

This field course includes one half-day field session which is designed to permit attendees to collect surface water and sediment samples using a variety of sampling devices, to generate water-quality data using a variety of field analytical instrumentation, and to measure flow in surface-water bodies.

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