@INPROCEEDINGS{8604877,
  author={M. {Ribeiro} and D. {Dias} and R. {Mendes} and J. M. {Dias} and J. {Galante} and A. S. {Ferreira} and J. B. d. {Sousa}},
  booktitle={OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston}, 
  title={Development and deployment of an estuarine microbuoy}, 
  year={2018},
  volume={},
  number={},
  pages={1-5},
  abstract={Collecting geophysical data from water environments in remote or inaccessible locations is usually a logistically taxing and costly task. Small and instrumented buoys can provide a relatively low-cost tool for acquiring measurements either from remote locations in the open ocean or in continental environments such as lakes at high altitudes, ponds in salt marshes and mud flat in estuarine regions. These microbouys can carry a small sensing suite (including GPS and Wi-Fi), a low-power microcontroller, and a battery pack. Here, is presented a new microbuoy concept for salt marshes environments. The microbouy system is described, along with all operational deployment and data-recovering concepts using an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The proof-of-concept presented follows a multi-system operational strategy yielding promising results.},
  keywords={autonomous aerial vehicles;geophysical techniques;Global Positioning System;microcontrollers;oceanographic equipment;remotely operated vehicles;sediments;estuarine microbuoy;geophysical data;water environments;remote locations;inaccessible locations;logistically taxing task;costly task;instrumented buoys;low-cost tool;open ocean;continental environments;lakes;high altitudes;ponds;estuarine regions;sensing suite;low-power microcontroller;battery pack;salt marshes environments;microbouy system;operational deployment;data-recovering concepts;Unmanned Aerial System;proof-of-concept;multisystem operational strategy;Ocean temperature;Temperature sensors;Temperature measurement;Temperature distribution;Sea measurements},
  doi={10.1109/OCEANS.2018.8604877},
  ISSN={0197-7385},
  month={Oct},}