AquaMesh is validating AquaSpectra and AquaLab with UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the COOL Lab at Scripps Pier, using a demanding marine site to prove durability, anti-fouling performance, and optical reliability in real deployment conditions while advancing joint research and calibration work.
The Scripps program is progressing on two fronts with the COOL Lab team: the benchtop unit is already supporting research validation work, while the probe is being calibrated for a planned deployment at the pier.
Full-spectrum optical sensor being calibrated for pier deployment.
Same optical engine as the probe, running validation work now.
The benchtop system is being used in real-world validation work to refine calibration routines, confirm repeatability, and tighten confidence in optical performance.
Probe and benchtop instruments are being calibrated side by side so the field deployment starts from a stronger baseline ahead of the planned installation.
AquaView centralizes readings from every deployed probe into live dashboards, AI-assisted insight, and per-probe reporting — the software layer behind the Scripps validation work.
Real-time NO₃, TOC, and UV254 readings alongside a map view centered on the UC San Diego campus.
Turbidity, temperature, and phosphate trends plotted with forecasted values layered directly onto measured readings.
AquaView Analytics summarizes turbidity, chlorophyll, and phycocyanin trends automatically, and answers direct questions about the underlying data.
Min, max, mean, standard deviation, and trend for every tracked parameter, broken out probe by probe.
AquaView flags offline devices and gradual trends like rising fDOM before they become bigger problems, with a direct link back to the affected probe.
Scripps combines coastal exposure, research rigor, and operational complexity in one site, making it a useful proving ground as AquaMesh moves from calibration into sustained field validation.
Exposed coastal deployment with constant wave energy and variable salinity.
High biofouling pressure for validating optical durability and cleaning systems.
Real-world research setting for proving autonomous monitoring performance.
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