Integration of a Miniaturized Conductivity Sensor into an Animal-Borne Instrument

Abstract

This project aims to be a stepping stone in developing an instrument enabling accurate measurements, while the instrument is rotating around a barb attachment as it is used to tag large cetaceans. Such methodology would provide for ecosystem studies of large cetaceans that are not currently feasible. The objective of this program is to design an instrument that can provide quality data from an non-rigid attachment (e.g. barb and wire) and to successfully demonstrate that this instrument can record long-term time series within the marine environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2015
Accession Number
AD1013969

Entities

People

  • Lars Boehme
  • Phil Lovell
  • Robin Pascal

Organizations

  • University of St Andrews

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Air Temperature
  • Animal Behavior
  • Animals
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Attachment
  • Cells
  • Cetaceans
  • Environment
  • Habitats
  • Instrumentation
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Observing Systems
  • Oceans
  • United Kingdom

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Marine Mammal Biology