EAGLE RIVER FLATS FY 00
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By visually inspecting the daily retrieved images from the remote imaging
systems, project managers could monitor the effectiveness of the pumping
remediation efforts. Retrieving images from ERF proved to be difficult dur-
ing the 1999 field season. We analyzed the shortcomings and designed a
new robust image retrieval system from the bottom up. The new system,
based on wireless technology, was deployed in two ponded areas under
treatment.
The retrieved images were successfully used throughout the 2000 field
season to monitor the conditions of the pumping remediation efforts. The
images that were retrieved and posted to the ERF Web site proved to be
invaluable. The images allowed project managers to view the effects of the
pumping remediation operations, the drying of soil, the tidal activity, and
the flooding events at the Flats. It is apparent that a variety of new applica-
tions are possible with the success of the remote imaging system.
IV-1. EAGLE RIVER FLATS DATABASE AND
ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE MONITORING
Charles Racine
We entered into the database the locations and white phosphorus con-
centrations for all sediment samples obtained during 2000 so that the data-
base now includes all samples analyzed for white phosphorus from the
beginning of the project in 1991 to September 2000. This includes over 3000
point samples and 300 composite samples. During the past year the entire
database was transferred to the USARAK GIS, a large database used by the
Ft. Richardson DPW environmental branch to manage contamination and
clean-up efforts on the U.S. Army facilities in Alaska. During 2000 we de-
veloped a CD that contains all of the telemetry data from 1996 to 1999. (In
2000 no telemetry took place.) We also produced maps to show additional
erosion of the ditch draining the Bread Truck Pond.
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