Pictures from the TIMBERS field campaign

During the field campaign for the STEREO project TIMBERS on the 13^th of April, scientists from VLIZ and VITO measured and visualized turbidity in a selection of stations in the Eastern part of the Belgian North Sea.

The researchers measured turbidity of the surface layer with a wide range of techniques:

• Spectral measurements were performed with help of an ASD spectrometer;
• At the same location turbidity (in NTU) was measured with a portable turbidimeter and Niskin water samples were collected, from which Suspended Particulate Matter concentrations (in mg/L) will be derived.
• Furthermore, drone images captured the large-scale dimensions of the turbidity plumes from above.