Community Monitoring
There are a number of parameters that need to be monitored within catchments. The Haltwhistle Burn project is encouraging members of the public to take part in 'community-based monitoring' (citizen science) activities - this involves taking observations and submitting their results. There are numerous benefits associated with this approach, including knowledge exchange, raising awareness of catchment processes and issues, education, creates a bottom-up approach (members of the local community take charge!) and anyone can take part (mass participation = lots of data to understand the catchment!.
What has been monitored by the community so far?
Harvesting observations from Twitter... aka 'crowd-sourcing' real-time information:
Observations sent in via our 'community river and weather' Android app:
All river level and rainfall data observed by the Haltwhistle Burn community (up to ~December 2014):
You can view all of the data collected and processed so far using the interactive maps and plots below. Hover your mouse over the map or graph, look for the '+' signs and then click on them for points of interest. Use Google Chrome on a computer for best results (rather than a smaller mobile device).
1. View river levels and rainfall data by location across the Haltwhistle Burn catchment:
2. View river levels and rainfall data over time (for 2014):
