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Water watch
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Water watch applications
Solar powered UAVs promise very long endurance times, measured indays.
From round world on solar power 3.bmp.
- Water and port watch, possibly using a solar powered UAV, as shown above…
- unobtrusive life guard over beaches
- watch for swimmers and sailors in trouble
- identify the location of masses of phytoplankton, giving the likely location of tuna, which feed on this plankton
- detection of oil spills at sea
- monitor fishing activities to detect illegal fishing activities
- monitor general shipping
Ship in the Atlantic, from 37,000 feet
- monitor:
- beaches for sharks, or, people swimming in dangerous areas
- beach erosion
- smuggling activities
- piracy at sea, particularly in South East Asiaand the Horn of Africa
- the thickness of ice and the height of waves at sea
- ocean surface temperatures and the effects of global warming
- detect and warn of the presence of pirates:
Above from presentation by Uwe Lindenau on " New UAV performance for border control, piracy and urban terrain" at the UAV 2007 Conference in Paris.
- manage shipping movements and shipping lanes
Easy to monitor shipping from the air, especially if thecoverage is regular.
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http://uas.noaa.gov/silverfox/SilverFoxdemoSOWv8-1.pdf
The US National Maritime Sanctuary Program (NMSP) has identified requirements that could be met by Unmanned Air System (UAS) flights:
www.soc.soton.ac.uk/pdf_docs/EA/SOCAnnRep2004.pdf
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