Videos

Getting Started with the HydroSurveyor-M9 and HYPACK

Join SonTek Senior Hydrologist, Daniel Wagenaar, as he walks you through the process of setting up a new project using the SonTek HydroSurveyor-M9 and HYPACK hydrographic surveying software. This 10-chapter series will help familiarize you with the HYPACK interface and pre/post processing configurations.

The NEW FlowTracker2 Lab ADV® with SonTek Engineer Adam Jackson

SonTek's Flagship Acoustic Doppler Velocimeter Technology

For the first time, the ADV’s acoustic probe and processing electronics are housed in one small, lightweight, easily-maneuverable unit, and the acoustic head has an optional, integrated pressure (depth) sensor.

Upgrade Your Irrigation Flow Monitoring Technology

Tips to Finding the Right Flow Meter for your Irrigation Canal

Take the guesswork out of outfitting your canal with water flow monitoring instrumentation and avoid data inaccuracies, lost water, over/under irrigation or compromised crop yield.

SonTek's Dylan Bedortha reviews some of the options available - whether you are looking to replace outdated equipment, or simply re-vamp your current irrigation data collection process.

Energize Your Science Class with the CastAway-CTD Lesson Plan!

Custom curriculum helps educators in the classroom

Small, handy and easy-to-use, the CastAway-CTD is a fan-favorite used by researchers, oceanographers and scientists who need quick and reliable salinity and temperature data. Today, educators have even more resources with the NEW customized lesson plan focusing on salinity measurements, now available with all CastAway-CTDs!

FlowTracker2 Training with Janice Landsfeld

[NOTE: This is a multi-chapter video series. CLICK to view YouTube expanded playlist] During this instructional video, SonTek Product Manager Janice Landsfeld will go step-by-step through the measurement process and show you all the basics of how to set up the FlowTracker2 handheld ADV, how to conduct a measurement, and how to understand the data and quality control parameters you'll be able to view--right on the instrument's color screen.

Time to upgrade your stream gauge station? Your best bet for water flow and quality data collection!

Think it might be about time to upgrade that outdated, aging gauging station? There are a number of options out there for the collection of long-term monitoring data, maintenance requirements and budget – all important considerations to help water monitoring agencies understand historical trends and make science-backed decisions.

Quantifying Flooding Events with Acoustic Data Scientific Response in a Changing Climate

Investment in flood and coastal risk management delivers many benefits. With the year 2018 seeming to culminate a trend of increasing extreme weather events and their intensity, water resource professionals are being called to question and respond appropriately in service to their constituents, both public and private, governmental and industrial. To this end, what insights do acoustic data, data analysis techniques and visualization bring us? How can we use these tools to better understand, manage, and model flooding events and their associated impacts?

What SonTek Instrument Should I Use in a River or Stream?

If you need to collect open channel flow/discharge data in a small-to-medium size river, with all the ADCP options available, it can be a little overwhelming to know just where to begin. Do you need data immediately, or continuous data over a period of time? Is the river deep or wadeable? Do you need to account for rapidly changing flow conditions? These are some of the questions SonTek Product Manager Janice Landsfeld addresses during this short overview of some of the instruments you may consider based on your site configuration and monitoring requirements.

From Coastal Shorelines to the Deep-Blue: Collecting Oceanographic Water Level and Current Data in Times of Change

The one hour online presentation gathers some of the premier minds of technology development in one “virtual” room to talk about case studies and share updates on the instrumentation being used to measure water level, tides and waves by agencies such as NOAA, USGS, and UK’s Environment Agency, all of whom have relied on this information for years to provide the ocean monitoring/research community actionable data for long-term planning, and in many cases today, emergency response.

RiverSurveyor vs HydroSurveyor: What's the Difference?

Ever heard the common Thai phrase – “Same, same but different”? Well this applies well to the SonTek RiverSurveyor-M9 and HydroSurveyor-M9, albeit literally. Same hardware, but very different firmware, software and application between the two. Join Product Manager Isaac Jones in this short video as he summarizes the main differences. If you have questions about which is the best for your application, which one to measure river velocity and discharge or map bathymetry, Isaac clears up the differences in this video.