Environmental Damage Assessment with YSI Multiparameter Sonde and Argonaut-XR

Fall, 2002 - Four Endeco/YSI EMM700 buoys were delivered to Kuwait as integrated systems (left). Three of the four buoys are deployed within 3 to 15 miles off shore along the Kuwaiti coast, the fourth buoy is 10 miles east of Failaka Island.

These buoys are outfitted with two YSI Multiparameter Sondes for both bottom and surface measurements, as well as a full array of meteorologic sensors. A SonTek Argonaut-XR (right) was used for current and wave monitoring. The data is being telemetered in real time and is being used by a consortium of international companies to help assess environmental damage done to the Kuwaiti waters in the early 1990's.

• Argonaut-XR
• YSI Multiparameter Sondes