During the first couple of weeks in April 2022, a new multiparametric weather station and a new precision lysimeter have been installed on the Pianosa Island as well as the completion and the activation of the hydrological and hydrogeological monitoring network. The new network includes 8 wells, the lysimeter and the weather station, and it is equipped with remote control system that allow us to receive monitoring data and to remote manage the instrumentation.
These activities belong to the PianosaAquifer Project conducted by IGG (scientific coordinator Dr. Marco Doveri) that performs research activities about hydrologic cycle and hydric resource of the island.
The following map shows the location of the wells, the new precision lysimeter and the new weather station belonging to the remote-control monitoring network.
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In details, the new remote-control monitoring network consists of:
Multiparametric probes (model CTD-Diver made by Schlumberger) installed in shallow and deep wells in order to monitor the aquifer system features;
A multiparametric weather station that measures continuously the atmospheric temperature and pressure, direction and speed of the wind, solar radiation, precipitation and relative humidity;
A precision lysimeter (installed close to another craft lysimeter operating since 2018) that is useful to study quantity and quality (chemical and isotopic composition) of the seepage water. The main instrument body is “buried” into an excavation with a section of about 200 x 200 cm e with a depth of about 100 cm. The transmission device and the power photovoltaic panel have similar characteristics and dimensions to that CTD-Diver station.
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 belonging to the new monitoring network |
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All multiparametric probes, the weather station and the lysimeter have been connected to an electronic unit useful for the data transmission toward the BRP-CNR, where a local server will allow us to receive monitoring data and to remote manage the instrumentation.