RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 An open surface drifter for river flow field characterization
A1 Fuentes Pérez, Juan Francisco
A1 Sanz Ronda, Francisco Javier
A1 Tuhtan, Jeffrey A.
K1 Global Positioning System
K1 Satélites artificiales en las Telecomunicaciones
K1 Navegación - Comunicación, Sistemas de
K1 Global system for mobile communications
K1 Comunicaciones móviles
K1 Digital communications
K1 Wireless communication systems
K1 Mobile communication systems
K1 Sistemas de telefonía móvil
K1 Comunicación y tecnología
K1 Rivers
K1 Cursos de agua
K1 Wireless sensor networks
K1 Redes de sensores inalámbricos
K1 Open hardware
K1 River drifter
K1 3102 Ingeniería Agrícola
K1 3325 Tecnología de las Telecomunicaciones
K1 1203.25 Diseño de Sistemas Sensores
AB The continuous observation of flows is required to assess a river’s ecological status, to allocate irrigation withdrawals, to provide sustainable hydropower production and to plan actions as well as develop adaptive management plans. Drifters have the potential of facilitating the monitoring and modeling of river behavior at a fraction of traditional monitoring costs. They are floating objects equipped with sensors able to passively follow the movements of water. During their travel, they collect and transmit information about their movement and their surrounding environment. In this paper, we present and assess a low-cost (<150 EUR) customizable drifter developed with off-the-shelf components. The open drifter is capable of handling the majority of use cases defined in the specialized literature and in addition it offers a general river flow characterization toolkit. One of the main goals of this work is to establish an open hardware and software basis to increase the use of drifters in river studies. Results show that the proposed drifter provides reliable surface velocity estimates when compared to a commercial flow meter, offering a lower cost per data point and in contrast to traditional point measurements it can be used to identify and classify large-scale surface flow patterns. The diverse sensor payload of the open drifter presented in this work makes it a new and unique tool for autonomous river characterization.
PB MDPI
SN 1424-8220
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/60551
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/60551
LA eng
NO Sensors, 2022, Vol. 22, Nº. 24, 9918
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 07-ago-2024