2025 Field Surveying Season Concludes
The 糖心直播's (UTRCA) 2025 field surveying season has come to an end as the snowy weather settles in. Beginning in early June, the team of surveyors used a high-accuracy Global Positioning System (GPS) to gather over 18,000 point elevations for the flood modelling team to use in building flood models. Over 1,000 cross sections were collected from bank to bank to better understand the shape, size, and depth of creeks and drains across the watershed. The surveyors also compiled data for 430 bridges and culverts to determine how much water could flow through or under them before flooding would occur.听
We were lucky to have another excellent crew this year, including Julia Newton, Emily Crunican, Julian Herrell, and Anastasiya Kubrak. Arshan Shah joined us for the fall to help us finish the season strong. The team collected reservoir depths using the rowboat and acoustic doppler current profiler this year. They also assisted in using a drone to measure bed depths in Lake Victoria during the summer low-water event. The team persevered through tough field conditions, dense bush, mud, insects, and difficult weather to accurately gather key data. Their efforts are hugely appreciated!听
Thank you, Julia, Emily, Julian, Arshan, and Anastasiya!听
