Sounding Out the River: Monitoring and Modelling Sediment Transport for Risk Management

Designing, developing and testing audio systems for monitoring and modelling sediment transport for risk management with Mark Naylor’s team at the School of Geosciences, University of Edinburgh. Supported through an EPSRC Collaborative Impact Accelerator Award.

This fun project combines low cost electronics, digital fabrication, underwater audio recording, data analysis, fieldwork and listening. Images below from hydrophone field testing at the Water of Leith, Edinburgh and data retrieval from long term monitoring sites in Glen Feshie, Cairngorms National Park.

(Images: Karen Mair and Mark Naylor)