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Methods for installation, removal, and downloading data from the temperature profiling probe (TROD)

Open-File Report 2019-1066
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https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191066

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Abstract

This document provides a brief method overview on the deployment and removal of the temperature profiling probe developed by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in 2015 and referred to as SensorRod or temperature rod (TROD). The TROD is suitable for short- to long-term deployments (days to years) for evaluating thermal gradients in soils and sediments beneath surface water. Applications include evaluating exchange between groundwater and surface water, seepage losses in agricultural canals, infiltration on hillslopes, and timing of snowmelt and runoff. The temperature sensors inside the TROD are iButtons and are meant to be replaceable when needed. The housing is water tight and is made of schedule 80 PVC pipe. Sensor intervals are flexible and can be built to specific applications.

A joint patent (U.S 10/180,360.) and license agreement between the USGS and Alpha Mach for the TROD design was obtained in 2019, and a paper in Water Resource Research describes the design and testing (Naranjo and Turcotte, 2015).

Suggested Citation

Naranjo, R.C., 2019, Methods for installation, removal, and downloading data from the temperature profiling probe (TROD): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2019–1066, 14 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr20191066.

ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Common Type of Temperature Tracing Approaches
  • Challenges of Monitoring Sediment Temperature
  • TROD Components
  • TROD Calibration
  • Materials Needed for Installation
  • Installation
  • Removal
  • Retrieving Data from TRODs
  • WeeButton Software
  • Data Integrity
  • For Applications, Updates, and New Information
  • Selected References
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Methods for installation, removal, and downloading data from the temperature profiling probe (TROD)
Series title Open-File Report
Series number 2019-1066
DOI 10.3133/ofr20191066
Year Published 2019
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Nevada Water Science Center
Description Report: iv, 14 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
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