Simón F. Nogueira , Alejandro J. Vitale , Sibila A. Genchi , Agustina Roth , Steven Martínez Vargas , Agustin Siben , Lucas Nuciari , Gerardo M.E. Perillo
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Abstract
An adequate knowledge of water (and air) environment parameters in ocean and coastal areas becomes of crucial importance for management practices. The behavior of oceans and coasts covers a large range of spatial and time scales that leads to the importance of high-frequency and widespread monitoring by using cost-effective platforms. This article proposes the design, development and deployment of a low-cost, small and compact buoy platform for coastal monitoring, which was built almost entirely on 3D printing technology in a modular way. The buoy called EMAC buoy -V3.0- (EMAC: Estación de Monitoreo Ambiental Costero) was significantly improved in the last few years based on cost-effective optimization and physical constraints inherent to coastal waters, providing the advantages of simplicity and flexibility. This study considered oceanographic and meteorological measurements of a buoy moored in the San Matías Gulf on the northern Patagonian Continental Shelf.
HardwareXEngineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
CiteScore
4.10
自引率
18.20%
发文量
124
审稿时长
24 weeks
期刊介绍:
HardwareX is an open access journal established to promote free and open source designing, building and customizing of scientific infrastructure (hardware). HardwareX aims to recognize researchers for the time and effort in developing scientific infrastructure while providing end-users with sufficient information to replicate and validate the advances presented. HardwareX is open to input from all scientific, technological and medical disciplines. Scientific infrastructure will be interpreted in the broadest sense. Including hardware modifications to existing infrastructure, sensors and tools that perform measurements and other functions outside of the traditional lab setting (such as wearables, air/water quality sensors, and low cost alternatives to existing tools), and the creation of wholly new tools for either standard or novel laboratory tasks. Authors are encouraged to submit hardware developments that address all aspects of science, not only the final measurement, for example, enhancements in sample preparation and handling, user safety, and quality control. The use of distributed digital manufacturing strategies (e.g. 3-D printing) is encouraged. All designs must be submitted under an open hardware license.