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Geostatistical Prediction of Ocean Outfall Plume Characteristics Based on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

dc.contributor.authorRamos, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-27T10:24:39Z
dc.date.available2014-01-27T10:24:39Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractGeostatistics has been successfully used to analyze and characterize the spatial variability of environmental properties. Besides giving estimated values at unsampled locations, it provides a measure of the accuracy of the estimate, which is a significant advantage over traditional methods used to assess pollution. In this work universal block kriging is novelty used to model and map the spatial distribution of salinity measurements gathered by an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle in a sea outfall monitoring campaign, with the aim of distinguishing the effluent plume from the receiving waters, characterizing its spatial variability in the vicinity of the discharge and estimating dilution. The results demonstrate that geostatistical methodology can provide good estimates of the dispersion of effluents that are very valuable in assessing the environmental impact and managing sea outfalls. Moreover, since accurate measurements of the plume’s dilution are rare, these studies might be very helpful in the future to validate dispersion models.por
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work was supported by project WWECO- Environmental Assessment and Modeling of Wastewater Discharges using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Bio-optical Observations-funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the Program for Research Projects in all scientific areas (Programa de Projectos de Investigação em todos os domínos científicos) (ref. PTDC/MAR/74059/2006).por
dc.identifier.citationPatrícia Alexandra Gregório Ramos. Geostatistical Prediction of Ocean Outfall Plume Characteristics Based on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle. Int J Adv Robot Syst, 2013, 10:289. doi: 10.5772/56644por
dc.identifier.doi10.5772/56644pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1729-8806
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/3466
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherInTechpor
dc.relation.ispartofseries289;
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.intechopen.com/journals/international_journal_of_advanced_robotic_systemspor
dc.subjectAutonomous underwater vehiclespor
dc.subjectordinary and universal block krigingpor
dc.subjectdilution estimationpor
dc.subjectenvironmental risk assessmentpor
dc.titleGeostatistical Prediction of Ocean Outfall Plume Characteristics Based on an Autonomous Underwater Vehiclepor
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.conferencePlaceCroatiapor
oaire.citation.endPage14por
oaire.citation.issue10.5772/56644por
oaire.citation.startPage1por
oaire.citation.titleInternational Journal of Advanced Robotic Systemspor
oaire.citation.volume10por
person.familyNameRamos
person.givenNamePatricia
person.identifierR-000-E03
person.identifier.ciencia-id5E16-0270-BC7F
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0959-8446
person.identifier.ridB-2728-2017
person.identifier.scopus-author-id7103233146
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