Watershed Hydrology Lab
The Watershed Hydrology lab contains instrumentation for laboratory analysis of the chemistry of natural waters and for collecting field measurements. The lab is well-equipped with several refridgerators for sample storage, fume hoods, drying ovens, mass balances, adjustable pipettors, and volumetric glassware.
Major instrumentation includes:
- Dionex Reagent Free Ion Chromatography System, ICS-2000, with autosampler (for measuring anion concentrations, such as chloride, sulfate, and nitrate, among others)
- Lachat Quikchem 8500 FIA System (Autoanalyzer), with autosampler (for measuring nutrient concentrations, such as ammonium, TKN, and others)
- Barnstead NANApure DIamond Ultrapure Water System (for water deionization)
- Access to ESF's Analytical and Technical Services Facilities, which includes a Perkin-Elmer DIV 3300 inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrophotometer (for measuring concentrations of metals)
Field instrumentation includes:
- Sokkia 530R Reflectorless Total Station (and accessories)
- Portable WTW pH/specific conductance/dissolved oxygen probes
- Opti-sciences GFL-1 flow-through field fluorometer
- Marsh-McBirney flow meters
- Topcon Auto-level (and accessories)
- Handheld GPS units
Hydrology Graduate Student Offices
Graduate students in Forest Hydrology and Watershed Management reside in the hydrology graduate student offices, where they have access to computing facilities, printers, the internet, private cubical space, group meeting space, refridgerators and more. The space is designed to provide a collegial working atmosphere for graduate students and to provide access to resources needed for their graduate work.