Conference article

Monitoring Suspended Solids and Total Phosphorus in Finnish Rivers

Mauno Rönkkö
Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Okko Kauhanen
Department of Environmental Science, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland

Jari Koskiaho
Finnish Environment Institute,Helsinki, Finland

Niina Kotamäki
Finnish Environment Institute,Helsinki, Finland

Teemu Näykki
Finnish Environment Institute,Helsinki, Finland

Markku Ohenoja
Control Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Finland

Esko Juuso
Control Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, Finland

Maija Ojanen
VTT Technical research Centre of Finland, VTT, Finland

Petri Koponen
VTT Technical research Centre of Finland, VTT, Finland

Ville Kotovirta
VTT Technical research Centre of Finland, VTT, Finland

Download articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3384/ecp1714219

Published in: Proceedings of The 9th EUROSIM Congress on Modelling and Simulation, EUROSIM 2016, The 57th SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling SIMS 2016

Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings 142:3, p. 19-24

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Published: 2018-12-19

ISBN: 978-91-7685-399-3

ISSN: 1650-3686 (print), 1650-3740 (online)

Abstract

Monitoring of water quality should not be solely based on laboratory samples. Such activity, although producing reliable results, cannot provide an accurate enough temporal coverage for water quality monitoring. The Finnish Environment Institute, SYKE, has therefore established numerous online water monitoring stations that continuously monitor water quality. The problem with the automatic monitoring, however, is that the recorded values are not reliable as such and need to be subject to quality control and uncertainty estimation. Here, as the main contribution, we present a computational service that we have implemented to automate and integrate the water quality monitoring process. We also present a case study regarding the river Väänteenjoki and discuss the obtained uncertainty results and their implication.

Keywords

environmental measurements, quality control, uncertainty estimation, computational service, river

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