Temperature Monitoring Instructions
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lewiscreekInstructions for Monitoring Temperature Lewis Creek Watershed
Methods: Air Temperature: Proceed to the edge of the channel at your stream site, preferably to a location shaded from direct sunlight. Read the temperature on the thermometer. Ideally, collect this reading before you measure the water temperature, because the thermometer has had time to adjust to the surrounding air on your walk to the stream, and is not in the process of re-adjusting to air temperature, having recently been immersed in the cooler water of the stream. Water Temperature: If possible, find a location along the channel relatively shaded from direct sunlight. Wade into the channel and find a deeper spot along the cross section of the river, where there is a noticeable current of stream flow. Try to avoid the shallow backwater areas along the edge of the stream. Fully submerge the thermometer in the deepest part of the channel. Hold it there for at least a minute. Then remove it from the current and read the temperature. Record: Site Location Date Time Air Temperature Water Temperature Report: We have several ways to send in your monitoring results to Lewis Creek Association. With help from Kevin Behm at Addison County Regional Planning, we are using a technology called crowd-sourcing, where citizens can report valuable information to a centralized web site. Kevin has developed a crowd-sourcing web site for our use to receive and compile temperature measurements from the Lewis Creek. We will place a link to this web site on the Lewis Creek Association website, www.lewiscreek.org. Questions? Call Marty at 802 425 2002. However, you do not have to log on to this website to report your data. There are a few convenient ways to send your data in from the field. Once you have recorded temperature data at your site(s), you can choose from the following methods to send that information in to our temperature monitoring website. 1. Text the data in by sending your information to this phone number: 802-234-1527 2. Send the data in an email to [email protected] 3. Tweet the data by sending a message with the hashtag/s #LewisCreekVT If you prefer, you may access the crowd-sourcing website and file a formal report of the data, following instructions on the web page. You can also later access the webpage to see all of the temperature data that has been sent in by volunteers. Temperatures can be recorded in either Fahrenheit or Celsius; please be sure to record an F or C next to the temperature reading, accordingly. LCA has provided Celsius thermometers to some volunteers. F = (C x 9/5) + 32 --------------- C = (F-32) x 5/9
