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Area of Science:

  • Coastal Engineering
  • Marine Geosciences
  • Environmental Monitoring

Background:

  • Sediment erosion and deposition dynamics are crucial for engineering, marine science, and environmental management.
  • Accurate time-series data of the sediment-water interface is vital but difficult to obtain in coastal marine environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop economical and open-source sediment level loggers for precise sediment-water interface measurements.
  • To assess the logger's utility in understanding porewater flow and improving models of submarine groundwater discharge.

Main Methods:

  • Designed and constructed sediment level loggers using microcontrollers (Circuit-Python/Arduino), photoresistors, and waterproof housing.
  • Deployed loggers with temperature sensors in coastal sediments off Charleston, SC, using heat as a porewater flow tracer.
  • Integrated logger data to accurately determine sensor depth relative to the sediment-water interface.

Main Results:

  • Achieved centimeter-level accuracy in recording sediment-water interface elevation time-series data.
  • Demonstrated that logger data improved submarine groundwater discharge modeling, reducing root mean squared errors by up to 25%.
  • Loggers proved robust for long-term deployment in challenging coastal environments.

Conclusions:

  • Economical, open-source sediment level loggers provide accurate, long-term data for coastal sediment dynamics.
  • This technology enhances the understanding of porewater flow and improves the accuracy of environmental models.
  • The developed loggers are versatile, easy to deploy, and suitable for various marine research applications.