DocumentCode
305563
Title
Environmental data collection in near-real time along the entire coast of Texas
Author
Earle, Mark W.
Author_Institution
Texas A&M Univ., Corpus Christi, TX, USA
Volume
2
fYear
1996
fDate
23-26 Sep 1996
Firstpage
551
Abstract
This paper describes communications techniques used for remote-access, near-real time data-collection systems, discussing the advantages and disadvantages of each. The paper summarizes 6 years of experience, now with 45 monitoring stations located along 800 km of coast
Keywords
geophysical equipment; geophysical techniques; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; telemetry; CBI; Conrad Blucher Institute; Gulf of Mexico; Texas; United States; circulation; communication; current; data-collection system; environmental data collection; geophysical data acquisition; marine pollution; monitoring station; near-real time; ocean; remote-access; salinity; sea coast; sediment; sedimentation; telemetry; water pollution; Bandwidth; Batteries; Boats; Costs; Information retrieval; Instruments; Internet; Modems; Oceans; Satellite broadcasting;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
OCEANS '96. MTS/IEEE. Prospects for the 21st Century. Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Print_ISBN
0-7803-3519-8
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OCEANS.1996.568286
Filename
568286
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