SCUBA divers as oceanographic samplers: The potential of dive computers to augment aquatic temperature monitoring.

Autor:	Wright S; Centre for Environment, Fisheries &Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK., Hull T; Centre for Environment, Fisheries &Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK., Sivyer DB; Centre for Environment, Fisheries &Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK., Pearce D; Centre for Environment, Fisheries &Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK., Pinnegar JK; Centre for Environment, Fisheries &Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK.; School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ, UK., Sayer MD; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK.; NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK., Mogg AO; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK.; NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK., Azzopardi E; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK.; NERC National Facility for Scientific Diving, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK., Gontarek S; Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunbeg, Oban, Argyll PA37 1QA, UK., Hyder K; Centre for Environment, Fisheries &Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory, Pakefield Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0HT, UK.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Scientific reports [Sci Rep] 2016 Jul 22; Vol. 6, pp. 30164. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Jul 22.
DOI:	10.1038/srep30164
Abstrakt:	Monitoring temperature of aquatic waters is of great importance, with modelled, satellite and in-situ data providing invaluable insights into long-term environmental change. However, there is often a lack of depth-resolved temperature measurements. Recreational dive computers routinely record temperature and depth, so could provide an alternate and highly novel source of oceanographic information to fill this data gap. In this study, a citizen science approach was used to obtain over 7,000 scuba diver temperature profiles. The accuracy, offset and lag of temperature records was assessed by comparing dive computers with scientific conductivity-temperature-depth instruments and existing surface temperature data. Our results show that, with processing, dive computers can provide a useful and novel tool with which to augment existing monitoring systems all over the globe, but especially in under-sampled or highly changeable coastal environments.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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