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E-tracers: Development of a low cost wireless technique for exploring sub-surface hydrological systems

Bagshaw, Elizabeth ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8392-1750, Burrow, Stephen, Wadham, Jemma L., Bowden, James, Lishman, Ben, Salter, Mike, Barnes, Richard and Nienow, Peter 2012. E-tracers: Development of a low cost wireless technique for exploring sub-surface hydrological systems. Hydrological Processes 26 (20) , pp. 3157-3160. 10.1002/hyp.9451

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Abstract

This briefing describes the first deployment of a new electronic tracer (E-tracer) for obtaining along-flowpath measurements in subsurface hydrological systems. These low-cost, wireless sensor platforms were deployed into moulins on the Greenland Ice Sheet. After descending into the moulin, the tracers travelled through the subglacial drainage system before emerging at the glacier portal. They are capable of collecting along-flowpath data from the point of injection until detection. The E-tracers emit a radio frequency signal, which enables sensor identification, location and recovery from the proglacial plain. The second generation of prototype E-tracers recorded water pressure, but the robust sensor design provides a versatile platform for measuring a range of parameters, including temperature and electrical conductivity, in hydrological environments that are challenging to monitor using tethered sensors.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Earth and Environmental Sciences
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISSN: 0885-6087
Last Modified: 27 Oct 2022 08:39
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63003

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