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A novel high-frequency groundwater quality monitoring system

This paper describes a novel autonomous groundwater quality monitoring system which samples multiple wells to evaluate temporal changes and identify trends in groundwater chemistry. In this aquifer system, nitrate and specific conductance are increasing in the shallow aquifer, while invariant changes in deep groundwater chemistry likely reflect relatively slow groundwater flow.The stability of the deeper aquifer over the monitoring period was leveraged to develop estimates of measurement system uncertainty, enabling the identification of subtle variability in water chemistry that may have otherwise been missed.

Clearing the waters: Evaluating the need for site‐specific field fluorescence corrections based on turbidity measurements

In situ fluorescent dissolved organic matter (fDOM) measurements have gained increasing popularity as a proxy for dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentrations in streams. One challenge to accurate fDOM measurements in many streams is light attenuation due to suspended particles. Given that field fDOM corrections for particle interference under turbid conditions are a critical component in generating accurate DOC estimates, we describe a way to develop site‐specific corrections.