SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT04: Deploying and Retrieving HOBO Pro v2 Temperature Loggers—Version 1.1

South Florida/Caribbean Network. 2020. SFCN Water Temperature Monitoring Standard Operating Procedure WT04: Deploying and Retrieving HOBO Pro v2 Temperature Loggers—Version 1.1. National Park Service

This standard operating procedure (SOP) describes the process for collecting data from loggers using the HOBO® Optic USB Base Station. The base station is a device used to connect the HOBO® loggers directly to a PC or laptop and transfer data between the computer and the data logger. The base station is typically used as an alternative to the HOBO® waterproof shuttle to launch or retrieve data from loggers on the surface; the base station can’t be used underwater. Note: When retrieving loggers, it is preferred that they are downloaded with the HOBO® waterproof shuttle before retrieving them to the surface (See SOP WT03 HOBO® Temperature Pro v2 Field Data collection using the HOBO® Waterproof Shuttle - U-DTW-1 [SFCN2020a]). This will save QA/QC time by preventing post-deployment temperature spikes and minimizes the loss of data if a logger accidently floats away or otherwise is lost.

Type
Standard Operating Procedure
Authors
South Florida/Caribbean Network
Date of Issue
2020-12
Publisher
National Park Service
Units
BISC , BUIS , DRTO , SARI , SFCN , VIIS
Keywords
Biscayne National Park, Buck Island Reef National Monument, Caribbean, Coral Reef Water Temperature, Dry Tortugas National Park, Logger, National Park Service, Reef Depth, Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve, South Florida, South Florida/Caribbean Monitoring Network, Standard Operating Procedure, Temperature, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virgin Islands National Park, Water, Water Temperature
Subjects
Ecological Framework: Biological Integrity | Focal Species or Communities | Marine Communities

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