Peter Ganderton

Marine research instrumentation engineer and RPAS pilot for the University of Plymouth

[Lilian Lieber @LilianLieber]

Great to join in on the @PlymUni Masters field trip yesterday with @AlexNimmoSmith & @pganderton flying #drones over the frontal feature in Plymouth Sound, including ADCPs, CTDs, particle imaging, #seabird observations and more! Students all on it! #Dolphins too! 👌

#fieldwork

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@JoannaL_Harris @MantaTrust @Marine_Science @PlymUni Many Congratulations Joanna!

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

Job Opportunity - An exciting vacancy for a Marine Instrumentation Technician, supporting a wide range of research and teaching at @PlymUni @UoP_CPRG
Lots of amazing kit, opportunities, people and the best location!
Details here: https://t.co/pdfPF0qg9w
Closing date: 10th April

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@LilianLieber @Tedrob Yep, time, GPS, depth, pitch roll yaw all at 4Hz. And as a bonus we included a downward looking GoPro taking sediment images every few seconds!

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@Tedrob And in operation with live data streaming to the boat - even when out of sight! Thanks also to @AlexNimmoSmith who I borrowed the kit from to give it a real test :)

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

Far from the sea…this week we deployed @PlymUni developed research instrumentation on the new @CsirForig tower in the Bobiri forest. Thermal/visible cameras and met station. A great team to work with and quite an experience! @plymunitech @PlymUniResearch @willhb21 @plymouthbiol

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@Hachem_Kassem Looks like a ripple profiler? Did you get there in the end?

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@Wirewall_NOC @UoP_CPRG @NOCmarinePhys @NOCnews Web carefully built far enough away from the housing wiper too!

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

Here is an exciting opportunity for a Marine Instrumentation Technician, supporting a wide range of research and teaching at @PlymUni Lots of amazing kit, people and the best location! Applications close next week, for details: https://t.co/7NFayc35P4

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@UoP_CPRG #Dawlish #BSCAN #CreamT project camera and @Wirewall_NOC rig catching some wave splashes this morning. Winter storm data should be interesting! @SouthWestRRP

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

First installation for the @NERCScience funded @PlymUni netCTF project, deploying a newly developed system at the @BIForUoB FACE field site. Monitoring forest canopy temperatures with thermal IR and RGB cameras. An impressive facility even if it is a long way from the sea!

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@PlymUni 3rd yr Ocean Science undergrads have just undertaken fieldwork in some unique places including Plymouth's historic Drake’s Island. Great site to add in an introduction to RTK drone SfM surveying. @UoP_CPRG Thanks GIUKGroup, island history at https://t.co/DjzO6Eownm

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@UoP_CPRG featured in the latest @PlymUni Alumni magazine, "Under the microscope: coast to coast
Rip currents, storm chasing and beach erosion with a remarkable team of researchers" https://t.co/kmLkUzOihZ @MarineSciPlym @PlymUniMI

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@SchwarzJill @oceansciencetec @MarineSciPlym

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@SchwarzJill @oceansciencetec @MarineSciPlym I flew 3 different coastal sites in the last few days and once again only the guls near the UoP Marine Station were particularly unhappy to see the drone! At least they stayed out of the survey images 🙂

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

And a view of the instrumentation...

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

Blue skies with amazing red and turquoise seas for the first sunny @pu_cprg @PlymUniResearch equipment service visit at #Dawlish for the @NERCscience #CreamT project. @Wirewall_NOC checked too!

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

But apparently... the inland train (heading East) is Intercity Express number 802020 with a livery theme of ‘The nation says thank you’, the special design featuring words of gratitude in 116 different languages used by those living across the GWR network. 🚆😀

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

The @wirewall_NOC CreamT installation continues today in less favourable conditions. Just keeping an eye on them from the warm & dry office via the @pu_cprg @pu_cmar @plymuniresearch camera system :) Not just train spotting...

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

@emlynjdavies @pu_cprg @pu_cmar @Wirewall_NOC @PlymUniResearch @MarineSciPlym @SouthWestRRP All systems have 3G/4G telemetry but it is mostly the camera that produces huge amounts of data, so that is logged locally with snapshots sent to us. Fortunately this site is close by and not on a boat / lighthouse etc!

[Peter Ganderton @pganderton]

Busy @pu_cprg @pu_cmar day installing the camera, laser scanner and met station systems at Dawlish for the CreamT project. The @wirewall_NOC installation is also well under way. @plymuniresearch @MarineSciPlym @southwestrrp