Networked Aquatic Microbial Observing System

Abstract

Supported by NSF under grant CCR-0120778 • Static network monitors the environment at low resolution and directs the robot boat for fine-grained sampling. • Robot boat moves to the location of interest, collects data and samples for lab analysis. • Sensor suite: thermistors (temperature), fluorometer (chlorophyll) , light intensity (PAR), humidity, rain, air pressure, wind speed, wind direction, pH, turbidity, salinity (conductivity). • Emstar based ad-hoc wireless 802.11b based communication. Robotic Boat • Locate, track and study the growth and migration patterns of cyanobacteria and harmful algal blooms. • Development of an autonomous network of heterogeneous sensors to sample and track changes in aquatic environments.