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Technologically Integrated Geo-tagged Environmental Research (TIGER)
With TIGER we are mapping out environmental data along the California coast. Currently we are monitoring water quality along a number of different watersheds, air quality, and radiation levels. This should give us an idea of the temporal and spatial variations with a number of environmental metrics. These variations can then be tracked against seasonal variations, longer-term weather patterns, land usages, socioeconomic data, and other factors which may be connected with local environmental conditions.
 * What are we trying to do?**

The data collection for TIGER is relatively open. We're looking for citizen scientists to collect environmental data (e.g. water quality, soil quality, air quality, radiation levels, sound pollution, light pollution, etc.) at set locations at regular intervals. The general framework being: (This is useful for determining the precision / instrumental error of your measurements) ||
 * What are we trying to measure?**
 * Location (GPS coordinates or an address) ||
 * Time (Clock time and date) ||
 * Measuring equipment
 * Measurements 1, 2, ....n ||
 * Instrumental error on measurements 1, 2, ...n ||

(A = air, W = water, R = radiation) || Data table || Site maps || Urban Heat Islands || [|Wildwood at Olympic Blvd] [|West Los Angeles 16 November 2011] [|Southwest Los Angeles 18 November 2011] [|Drive from LA to San Onofre February 2012] Geocommons map || [|ECHS] || [|Environmental Charter High School] || [|Guadalupe River (Midstream)] [|Guadalupe River (Downstream)] || [|ING] - For helping us purchase our water quality testing equipment. Additional [|story]. [|SafeCast] - For building our radiation sensors [|American Physics Society] - For funding the [|DECO] project
 * Partner schools and their data**
 * Partner school || Data taken
 * Wildwood Upper School || A, W, R || [|Wildwood]
 * Environmental Charter High School || A, W || [|South Bay - Los Angeles]
 * Piedmont Hills High School || W || [|PHHS] || [|Guadalupe River (Upstream)]
 * San Pedro Senior High School || W || [|SPHS] || http://www.portoflosangeles.org/recreation/22ndstreetpark.asp ||
 * Special thanks to**

Pilot version of TIGER run at the Environmental Charter High School in Lawndale in 2010. GPS location Address Fecal Coliform (Y/N) DO (PPM) DO % saturation DO Water Quality Index Water Temperature (C) BOD (PPM) BOD Water Quality Index Nitrates (PPM) Nitrate Water Quality Index pH pH Water Quality Index Phosphates (PPM) Phosphate Water Quality Index Turbidity (JTU) Turbidity Water Quality Index Salinity (PPT) What percentage of the testing site, within 10m of your sampling location, is covered with trash? What is the predominant form of trash: plastic, paper, metal, organic material, other? Does it appear as though it rained on the site within the past 24 hours? Does it appear that there was a surface discharge of water on the site within the past 24 hours? ||
 * Sample data**
 * As an example, the following list is of the data we collected during our pilot program. That specific data can also be [|found here]. ||
 * Date/Time