{"id":2198,"date":"2015-06-24T10:35:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-24T14:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environment\/?page_id=2198"},"modified":"2026-02-13T13:36:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:36:17","slug":"lake-auburn-water-quality","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/lake-auburn-water-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake Auburn Water Quality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light\" style=\"min-height:215px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"272\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2205\" alt=\"buoy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/files\/2015\/06\/buoy.jpg\" style=\"object-position:50% 26%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"50% 26%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/files\/2015\/06\/buoy.jpg 780w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/files\/2015\/06\/buoy-400x139.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/environmental-studies\/files\/2015\/06\/buoy-200x70.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\">Lake Auburn Water Quality<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The water quality buoy collects and transmits data on temperature and dissolved oxygen in Lake Auburn during the ice-free season. &nbsp;Every 10 minutes, temperature and dissolved oxygen sensors at depths ranging from 0.5-32 m (1.6-105 feet) report to a data logger that radios the information to a base station.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<script>\n\t\tif ( typeof window.bates_graph_dygraphs === 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\twindow.bates_graph_dygraphs = {\n\t\t\t\tconfigs: [],\n\t\t\t\tdygraphs: {},\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t}\n\t\twindow.bates_graph_dygraphs.configs.push({\n\t\t\tid: 'dygraph_0',\n\t\t\tlabels: [\"Record Date\",\"Temp @ 1 meter\",\"Temp @ 8 meters\",\"Temp @ 16 meters\",\"Temp @ 30 meters\"],\n\t\t\tserviceUrl: 'https:\/\/apisix.rigel.bates.edu\/labuoy\/v1?content-type=plain&columns=record_date%2CAvg_temp_C_1m_C%2CAvg_temp_C_8m_C%2CAvg_temp_C_16m_C%2CAvg_temp_C_30m_C&start_date=3+years+ago&end_date=tomorrow',\n\t\t\tprops: {title: \"Temperature\",\nylabel: \"Temp\",\nxlabel: \"Temperature\",\nwidth: \"620\",\nheight: \"450\",\ngridLineColor: \"#dddddd\",\nstrokeWidth: \"2\",\nfillGraph: \"1\",\nstackedGraph: \"0\",\ndrawGrid: \"1\",\nlegend: \"always\",\nlabelsSeparateLines: \"1\"},\n\t\t});\n\t<\/script>\t<div class=\"dygraph-wrap \">\n\t\t<div id=\"dygraph_0\" class=\"dygraph-chart dygraph-loading\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"dygraph-tools\" >\n\t\t\t<button\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"dygraph-changer\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-graphid=\"dygraph_0\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-action=\"unzoom\"\n\t\t\t\t>Unzoom\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Temperature in the Lake Auburn water column. 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