{"access":"UKCEH remotely controlled boats can be used through research collaboration with UKCEH or by rental agreements.  For rental and training information contact Simon Teagle, Ponnambalam Rameshwaran or Nick Everard at UKCEH Wallingford.","capabilities":"The ARCboat and ARCboatlite are remote controlled boats that are used to collect lake, river and estuarine data such as discharge, depth, bathymetry and water quality. Both boats can be equipped with a Sontek M9 Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) and differential GPS, a Single Beam Echo Sounder, or a RDI Rio Grande ADCP and differential GPS. Other equipment can be deployed as required, including multi-parameter water quality sondes (YSI EXO for example).","description":"The purpose of these two boats (an ARCboat and an ARCboatlite) is to enable safe, remotely controlled measurements of river flow, bathymetry and water quality.","fundingSources":"Purchase of the ARCboatlite and Single Beam Echo Sounder equipment was funded by a UKRI-BBSRC capital grant for GHG Aqua (see category 1 observatories above).  Operation of remotely controlled boats is funded by research project grants.","id":"1b7a151f-754c-4b13-a0ad-cf1051e4c4d9","infrastructureCategory":{"value":"mobilePlatforms","description":"Mobile observing platforms","infrastructureClass":"Environmental observatories","uri":"http://vocabs.ceh.ac.uk/ri/mobilePlatforms"},"infrastructureChallenge":[{"value":"Pollution","uri":"http://vocab.ceh.ac.uk/ri#Pollution"},{"value":"Sustainable ecosystems: biodiversity net gain"}],"lifecycle":"ARCboat, ARCboatlite and the ADCP instrument have an expected lifespan of 10 years or more if repaired and maintained.","locationText":"Boats based at UKCEH Wallingford, for transport and use in the field.","metadataDate":"2025-04-04T11:52:12","onlineResources":[{"url":"https://eidc.ceh.ac.uk/images/browsegraphics/arcboat-1.jpg","name":"ARC boat","function":"image","type":"OTHER"}],"owners":[{"familyName":"Rameshwaran","givenName":"Ponnambalam","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"pointOfContact","fullName":"Rameshwaran, P.","pointOfContact":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"},{"familyName":"Everard","givenName":"Nick","organisationName":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology","organisationIdentifier":"https://ror.org/00pggkr55","role":"pointOfContact","email":"enquiries@ceh.ac.uk","address":{"city":"Wallingford"},"fullName":"Everard, N.","pointOfContact":"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"}],"relationships":[{"relation":"https://vocabs.ceh.ac.uk/eidc#relatedTo","target":"11eb7bf2-037b-4678-975d-b7eb2606633c"}],"resourceIdentifiers":[{"code":"https://catalogue-staging.ceh.ac.uk/id/b9aefcef-6bfe-4355-95a3-eb8206757c92"},{"code":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1b7a151f-754c-4b13-a0ad-cf1051e4c4d9"}],"scienceArea":"Hydro-climate Risks","title":"Research Boats: remote controlled","type":"infrastructureRecord","uniqueness":"Remotely controlled boats are widely used globally for making streamflow measurements with ADCP instruments.  UKCEH is well placed to develop new, initially unique, applications and innovations for the boats, such as water quality mapping of lakes and rivers, integration with new non-contact streamflow tools, autonomous mission control, etc.","uri":"https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/1b7a151f-754c-4b13-a0ad-cf1051e4c4d9","users":["These remotely operated research boats are used by: UKCEH staff and students at Wallingford, used for training delivery; plus can be rented out to other users."]}