Coastal Observer | SPOTTERON for Android

11 things about Coastal Observer | SPOTTERON

1. Educators can utilize the app to teach reading water levels or using a Secchi Disk to increase environmental awareness in students, while also providing the opportunity to express feelings about water and weather events.

2. If there are no installed, fixed gauges, you can report a value from a nearby automated gauge at the time of your observation, or simply take a picture to document the water level visually.

3. The Coastal Observer App encourages citizens to become active in monitoring weather and water locally, and will help researchers build a pathway for a sustainable future.

4. 3) water level to document where the water levels are and how this might impact infrastructure, life, or property.

5. If there is an installed and fixed water level gauge near you, feel free to use that gauge to enter your water level.

6. As tides rise and storms intensify, humans will be forced to adapt to the changing environment and increase resiliency by learning more about local impacts of rising tides and intensified storms.

7. NOTE - Never attempt to measure water levels during unsafe conditions or without proper training.

8. 4) water quality to document how our environment is impacted by human practices.

9. Users may use a Secchi Disk to make manual observations of water clarity.

10. 2) weather observations to document the current weather and its impacts.

11. 1) basic environmental observations by sharing how the current setting makes you feel.