User's Guide for 8210 Bubbler Water Level Gauge for Hydrographic Surveying Applications (Installation and Operation), February 2001 (Paperback)

The 8210 Hydrographic Water Level Gauge was developed to replace the 8200 Digital Water Level Gauge. The new gauge consists of a Sutron 8210 Data Collection Platform (DCP) with a GOES transmitter and a built-in pressure manifold and flow meter assembly and is incased in a Pelican model 1200 equipment case. The new gauge is designed to allow the lid to be opened in an inclement weather without endangering the electronics inside the case. The 8210 is equipped with a GOES radio transmitter to transmit tidal data to NOS headquarters at Silver Spring, Maryland, via GOES satellite through the National Environmental Satellite and Data Information Service (NESDIS) facility at Wallops Island, for quality control and analyses. The development of the 8210 hydrographic water level gauge is a continuing improvement process of development of Sutron 8200 gauges which were used in the past for the hydrographic survey applications, and cooperative efforts from the Requirements and Development Division (RDD) at Silver Spring, Maryland, the Pacific Regional Office (PRO) at Seattle, Washington, of the Field Operations Division (FOD), both of the Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services (CO-OPS), the NOAA Ship Rainier, and the Sutron Corporation. Close interaction among all parties involved has resulted in measurement system modifications by taking into account suggestions and comments from the field user, and maintaining the measurement performance and system compatibility required for data analysis.