Unmanned aerial vehicle based wireless sensor network for marine-coastal environment monitoring

Trasviña-Moreno, Carlos A. ; Blasco, Rubén ; Marco, Álvaro ; Casas, Roberto (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Trasviña-Castro, Armando

Resumen: Marine environments are delicate ecosystems which directly influence local climates, flora, fauna, and human activities. Their monitorization plays a key role in their preservation, which is most commonly done through the use of environmental sensing buoy networks. These devices transmit data by means of satellite communications or close-range base stations, which present several limitations and elevated infrastructure costs. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are another alternative for remote environmental monitoring which provide new types of data and ease of use. These aircraft are mainly used in video capture related applications, in its various light spectrums, and do not provide the same data as sensing buoys, nor can they be used for such extended periods of time. The aim of this research is to provide a flexible, easy to deploy and cost-effectiveWireless Sensor Network (WSN) for monitoring marine environments. This proposal uses a UAV as a mobile data collector, low-power long-range communications and sensing buoys as part of a single WSN. A complete description of the design, development, and implementation of the various parts of this system is presented, as well as its validation in a real-world scenario.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.3390/s17030460

Año: 2017

Publicado en: Sensors (Switzerland) 17, 3 (2017), 460 [22 pp]
ISSN: 1424-8220

Factor impacto JCR: 2.475 (2017)

Categ. JCR: CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL rank: 30 / 80 = 0.375 (2017) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION rank: 16 / 61 = 0.262 (2017) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: ELECTROCHEMISTRY rank: 15 / 28 = 0.536 (2017) - Q3 - T2

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.584 - Analytical Chemistry (Q2) - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q2) - Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q2) - Electrical and Electronic Engineering (Q2) - Instrumentation (Q2) - Biochemistry (Q3)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/RTC-2014-2425-4
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/TIN2013-45312-R

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Tecnología Electrónica (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)