Peter Watchorn

We’re out measuring the river flow on the River Calder and River Aire this morning, pictures are from Methley Bridge just outside Castleford. Understanding river flows help us better #warn & #inform in the future.

Levels are still high in many parts of the country. Hydrometry teams are out capturing vital data used for flood warning and mitigation measures. In Warwick on the R.Avon the remote boat measured 114m3/s at the peak. Keep up to date with local levels -tinyurl.com/238bk5es

Great to hear more about the good work being conducted by @UK_CEH using the @hrwallingford #ARCboat. We don’t always get to hear about the actual work with which the ARCboat is involved in with the end-user so this is always nice to see. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Thank you very much for the hospitality shown by Survey-Engineer InterTech and the Royal Thai Navy during recent #ARCboat training in Bangkok. The boat performed well on the Chao Phraya River equipped with #CEEHydroSystems CEEScope Lite and #Dynautics E-Boat E autonomous control.

A bit of remote boat action at Polson In Cornwall area during an ADCP training session with one of our suppliers🚤 Deploying ADCP devices in remote boats enables us to capture critical flow data in all conditions in places that are inaccessible on foot. #Hydrometry @envagencySW

@Nick_Everard @HJackmanEA @EnvAgencyYNE @teeswhitewater Yep, the new boat is there in the video. Cruises well 👍

Here's some great footage of an HR Wallingford manufactured ARCboat working hard for @DOWLengineers in Alaska. Look how stable it is, even in these fast flows. ARCboats are remote-controlled survey vessels used to deploy a wide range of instruments. hrwallingford.com/expertise/equi…

Local hydrometry teams are out using the remote ARC boat in West Midlands area today on the River Trent in Burton, resulting in the largest ever measured instantaneous flow in WMD-East with 365m3/s. This high flow data will help build and corroborate flood flow models.

As the River Trent becomes tidal at Cromwell, we deployed the @EnvAgencyMids @ARCboat & @SonTek_Xylem M9 to measure flood peak as it reached #Newark this afternoon.

@HydrometryEA @EnvAgencySE Great looking transect, #ARCboat rock solid!

Hydrometry teams are still busy quantifying high flows. Kent & South London team have been using the remote boat gauging downstream of Lucifer Bridge, & the Leigh Flood Storage Area, on the River Medway. Another important modelled data point calibrated ✅ @envagencyse

Great to be out on the river with the @ARCboat. Training with @SwanseaUni and measuring flow (what there was anyway!) with a @NortekNews Signature 1000 ADCP.

Water quality sensors on my @UK_CEH #ARCboat! A YSI EXO and a spectrometer plus depth sounder…! For @NERCscience Greenhouse Gas Aqua project. Too busy driving to get an action video, but all seemed to work…! Huge potential for mapping water quality & pollution as well as GHG

@Nick_Everard @UK_CEH @NERCscience @ames_e_p @DrEllie_Mackay @P_Rameshwaran Looks great @Nick_Everard. Let us know if you want a couple of glands in the hatch to route cables through.

@DronesXpress please can you update me as to the status of my order: #13225

@ArnoudCuppens @ARCboat @EnvAgencyMids This looks to me like an experienced operator manually driving the boat. I find autopilots are great running grids but transects are better done manually to cope with shearing effect of water of different velocity, especially at those speeds!

@PeterWatchorn @ARCboat @EnvAgencyMids That looks a challenging flow to measure. Is the boat automatically moving across the section? All the best there to coop with the floodings...

Great to see the @ARCboat in action and helping to provide the @EnvAgencyMids critical information during these flood events

@VeryHelpers Hi David, thank you but I can’t DM as your twitter handle (@veryhelpers) doesn’t come up. Do you have an email address?

@PeterWatchorn Hi Peter, Can you please follow us - as we now follow you. Then DM us the full query, and any related information such as your confirmation email. Thanks, - David H

@VeryHelpers In my recent PS5 order it also included PSN or PS plus membership. I couldn’t find any information on this when my order arrived.

This week our @BrunelUni #summerschool students visited @WestWycombeNT. The students successfully #surveyed the park’s lake using our @ARCBoat. They were impressed with the sensitivity of the @ARCboat and were excited to analyse their data. @EnvAgency

@hrwallingford @ZacNashResearch @BangorUni @KESS_Central @wefowales Great work @ZacNashResearch! Happy to be able to support you!

How can we understand the impact of offshore developments on marine life? @ZacNashResearch of @BangorUni is using our #ARCboat to autonomously track marine life to understand their movements in a collaboration with @KESS_Central and @wefowales. Long read: bit.ly/ARCboat