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Lake Diagnostic System (LDS)

The Lake Diagnostic System is a tool for long-term reservoir water quality monitoring and management, measuring water column temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity and chlorophyll-a stratification and meteorology above the water surface. The data is transmitted to the shore station, where it is displayed on the web in pseudo real-time. Visit OLARIS on the main menu to see the real-time data from LDS installed around the world. The LDS has been commercialised by Precision Measurement Engineering (PME). The LDS is particularly well known for its fast response and high resolution thermistor chain, allowing complete measurement of the water column stratification in <5s.