The Socio-Environmental Systems Observatory Network (SEaSON)
The Socio-Environmental Systems Observatory Network (SEaSON), one of the sustainable
outcomes of WyACT, monitors climate driven changes to watershed health, ecological
disturbances, and community responses and feedbacks. The environmental sensors and
observations record hydrological storage and flows, lake and stream ecological states
and fish population changes, forest structure and function, and human movements, perceptions,
environmental values, and lived experiences. Season aims to provide trusted, high
quality, freely available data and information on coupled human-environment systems
and their responses to changing water availability.
Goals
Foster community involvement in climate change research
Observe and quantify responses and interactions between climate change and hydrological,
ecological and socioeconomic systems
Develop observational datasets needed to improve model projections and build scenarios
Provide information on climate change impacts to communities
Provide infrastructure and resources to support deployment and integration of additional
sensors, measurements and learning opportunities
How we collect data
Streaming sensors
Lake buoys
Eddy covariance flux towers
Micrometeorological stations
Stream flow gauges
Non-streaming sensors
Stream temperature and dissolved oxygen sensors
Lake and river water quality measurement (FLAMe - Fast Limnological Automated Measurements)
