Knott, a plague from hell


   

Poor sheep ...

A plague sent from hell

They spoilt quite some holidays and now even fieldwork. Midges, Knott, Simuliidae… These annoying small friends can be found all around Europe. They form grey clouds and annoy cattle, tourist and hydrologist biting and sucking blood from them. The bites itches like hell and in worst case strange diseases are transmitted. So if you have a blue tongue...

The only remedy against these small creatures is high concentrated DEET, wind or simply RUN...

Respect to our PhD colleagues in Aberdeen who are able to do fieldwork in these harsh environments.

More stuff to read: Article from the NYtimes

from: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/science/07midgew.html

2 RR events - 1 lost ;(

In the middel of the cloud with lots of rain and visibility  < 20 m

RR-EVENT SAMPLING STATUS UPDATE:

20110629 Sampled (AT 4,6,7,10 & 19)

Q_erlenbach= ±0.9 m³/s and a second peak of 1.7 m³/s

20110708 Sampled  (AT 1,4,10 & 19)

Q_erlenbach= ±0.3 m³/s After a 5 day dry spell with high evaporation the topsoil seemed to be dry. The precip was >30 mm/d.

20110710 Missed event

            Q_erlenbach= ±0.78 m³/s, Short intense thunderstorm with precip > 30 mm/h

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