Title :
BLUE BOX: a system for long term unattended environmental monitoring of marine basins-prototype architecture and test results
Author :
Barbanti, Andrea ; Bondi, Andrea ; Gasparoni, Francesco ; Morandi, Davide
Author_Institution :
ISMES SpA, Seriate, Italy
Abstract :
BLUE BOX is a system designed for unattended measurement of surface water parameters from vessels underway. The article presents the innovative architecture of the system, that allow long term autonomous collection of data with high level of reliability and stability. The results of the prototype tests are described as well
Keywords :
computerised instrumentation; data acquisition; geophysics computing; oceanographic equipment; water pollution measurement; BLUE BOX; autonomous collection; computerised instrument; data acquisition; marine basin; marine instrument; marine pollution; measurement equipment; ocean; prototype architecture; sea; ship mounted apparatus; surface water parameters; unattended environmental monitoring; water pollution; Calibration; Condition monitoring; Instruments; Marine vehicles; Performance evaluation; Prototypes; Sea measurements; Sea surface; Stability; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
OCEANS '95. MTS/IEEE. Challenges of Our Changing Global Environment. Conference Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-933957-14-9
DOI :
10.1109/OCEANS.1995.526905
