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- Water monitoring is challenged by factors like infrastructure, financial resources, and policies related to science and innovation.
- The EMAC-USV is a proposed solution that is modular, affordable, fully open-source, and designed for monitoring water quality and bathymetry in complex environments.
- Field tests were conducted in waste stabilization ponds and a tidal channel, showcasing the EMAC-USV's thoughtful design for performance, communication, and payload capacity.
Article Abstract
Water monitoring faces challenges that are driven by the infrastructure, protection, financial resources, science and innovation policies, among others. A modular, low-cost, fully open-source and small-sized Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) called EMAC-USV (EMAC: Estación de Monitoreo Ambiental Costero), is proposed for monitoring bathymetry and water quality parameters (i.e. temperature, suspended solids concentration and hydrocarbon concentration) in complex water scenarios. A detailed description of each part of the platform as well as all electronic connections and functioning is presented.The field works were carried out in two small waste stabilization ponds and in a portion of the main tidal channel of the Bahía Blanca port. The EMAC-USV is the result of a cautious design, regarding the balancing performance, communications, payload capacity, among others.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10749909 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2023.e00492 | DOI Listing |
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