A low-cost, autonomous mobile platform for limnological investigations, supported by high-resolution mesoscale airborne imagery.

Two complementary measurement systems-built upon an autonomous floating craft and a tethered balloon-for lake research and monitoring are presented. The autonomous vehicle was assembled on a catamaran for stability, and is capable of handling a variety of instrumentation for in situ and near-surface...

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Main Authors: D Andrew Barry, Jean-Luc Liardon, Philippe Paccaud, Pascal Klaus, Nawaaz S Gujja Shaik, Abolfazl Irani Rahaghi, Ludovic Zulliger, Jérôme Béguin, Beat Geissmann, Stepan Tulyakov, Anton Ivanov, Htet Kyi Wynn, Ulrich Lemmin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0210562