Environmental Monitoring Integrated with a Proactive Marine Information System

Moroni, Davide; Pieri, Gabriele; Tampucci, Marco; Salvetti, Ovidio

doi:10.3390/proceedings2020098

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“…Figure 5 shows an example of the risk map modification upon the reception of an oil spill report from a WhiteBox device. Having the general risk computational framework being described in [8,31], we briefly describe here how the contribution of volunteered data is incorporated. The available reports generated by volunteers contribute to the risk in location qat time t by the following amount:…”

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Volunteered Geographic Information for Enhanced Marine Environment Monitoring

Martinelli¹,

Moroni²

2018

Applied Sciences

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The ability to detect and monitor oil spills at sea is becoming increasingly important due to the high demand of oil-based products. Remote sensing frameworks have been proven to give accurate results in case of major events; nonetheless, also medium and micro oil spills have their own importance, especially in protected areas that deserve special attention. In this paper, we propose a monitoring framework based on the collection of in situ observations and on their integration with remote sensing in order to fill out existing observational gaps. In particular, besides the data collected by special monitoring devices, in situ observations include volunteered geographical information as an additional source of valuable data. Oil spill sights, notified by volunteers through a specially-designed app, are integrated in the monitoring system and therein processed together with remote sensing data in order to proactively detect anomalous events and produce alerts. Field operational tests in two areas demonstrate the technical validity of the approach, while users’ reception testifies to its potential in raising people’s awareness on marine pollution.

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Martinelli¹,

Moroni²

2018

Applied Sciences

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“…It allows for an early intervention strategy from designated entities, as well as from the autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) themselves, when equipped for these circumstances. In addition, an e-nose-like technology may be integrated into an AUV in order to perform a dynamic check of the pollution status over a given area, and this possibility is increasingly stimulating various research groups because various noses are presently under study for implementation into smart vehicles able to independently monitor large coastal and oceanic areas [23][24][25]. This extension to the basic functions of AUVs was also performed by earlier prototypes [6], and it could embody an invaluable innovative contribution to the prevention strategies presently adopted throughout the world in this field, possibly establishing the basis for future multimodal marine monitoring implementations.…”

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Management and Sustainable Exploitation of Marine Environments through Smart Monitoring and Automation

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Esposito

Cosmo

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Monitoring of aquatic ecosystems has been historically accomplished by intensive campaigns of direct measurements (by probes and other boat instruments) and indirect extensive methods such as aero-photogrammetry and satellite detection. These measurements characterized the research in the last century, with significant but limited improvements within those technological boundaries. The newest advances in the field of smart devices and increased networking capabilities provided by emerging tools, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), offer increasing opportunities to provide accurate and precise measurements over larger areas. These perspectives also correspond to an increasing need to promptly respond to frequent catastrophic impacts produced by drilling stations and intense transportation activities of dangerous materials over ocean routes. The shape of coastal ecosystems continuously varies due to increasing anthropic activities and climatic changes, aside from touristic activities, industrial impacts, and conservation practices. Smart buoy networks (SBNs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), and multi-sensor microsystems (MSMs) such as smart cable water (SCW) are able to learn specific patterns of ecological conditions, along with electronic “noses”, permitting them to set innovative low-cost monitoring stations reacting in real time to the signals of marine environments by autonomously adapting their monitoring programs and eventually sending alarm messages to prompt human intervention. These opportunities, according to multimodal scenarios, are dramatically changing both the coastal monitoring operations and the investigations over large oceanic areas by yielding huge amounts of information and partially computing them in order to provide intelligent responses. However, the major effects of these tools on the management of marine environments are still to be realized, and they are likely to become evident in the next decade. In this review, we examined from an ecological perspective the most striking innovations applied by various research groups around the world and analyzed their advantages and limits to depict scenarios of monitoring activities made possible for the next decade.

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Environmental Monitoring Integrated with a Proactive Marine Information System

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Management and Sustainable Exploitation of Marine Environments through Smart Monitoring and Automation

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