DOLPHINS’ ENVIRONMENT ASSESSMENT AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT USING A DISTRIBUTED INSTRUMENTATION AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM

O. Postolache, J. Apolonia, N. Beirante, P. Macedo, M. D. Pereira, P. Girão
Abstract:
The purpose of the paper is to report mainly the work developed in the areas of geographic information systems and distributed instrumentation for dolphins’ environment assessment. Different solutions for water quality sensing and data communication are considered including independent monitoring nodes and mobile measuring stations associated with ships. The received data from water quality sensors, hydrophones and GPS is wireless transmitted to a host PC where the geographic information system (GIS), data management, and data publishing are implemented. Thus, on-line environment assessment through dynamic web pages is carried out. GIS’s database capabilities assure post-processing tasks such as dolphin’s sound recognition or water quality data mapping. At the same time, the knowledge about dolphins’ environment can be easily organized, formalized and distributed.
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Event details
IMEKO TC:
TC4
Event name:
Exploring New Frontiers of Instrumentation and Methods for Electrical and Electronic Measurements
Title:
XVIth IMEKO TC4 International Symposium on Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation (together with 13th IMEKO TC4 Workshop on ADC Modelling and Testing)
Place:
Florence, ITALY
Time:
22 September 2008 - 24 September 2008