WAVY Drifters

MELOA offers a solution to extend and improve the current in situ ocean observing and monitoring systems, in the form of WAVY drifter’s devices. The low-cost, sturdy and multi-purpose surface drifters are a new generation of sustainable platforms, easy to embed in different types of marine observation systems.

Main attributes:

► Small-sized, making the WAVY very easy-to-handle

► Optimized buoyancy, reducing the WAVY vulnerability to direct wind effect

► Minimized pendular motion, facilitating the WAVY position detection

The WAVY family:

The WAVY family range from small drifters suitable for beach and surf zone studies to somewhat larger drifters tailored for coastal and long-term open ocean observations.

WAVY Version	Main Features	Status
WAVY Basic	GNSS, GPRS, 1 thermistor	Available for deployments
WAVY Littoral	GNSS, GPRS, IMU (MEMS)	Available for deployments
WAVY Ocean	GNSS, adjustable ballast module, 2 thermistors (near sea-surface temperatures), satellite communications, IMU, solar panels	Available for deployments
WAVY Ocean-plus	GNSS, adjustable ballast module, 2 thermistors (near-surface sea-temperatures), satellite communications, IMU, solar panels and wave energy harvesting	Available for deployments
WAVY Ocean-Atmo	Equatorial floating (wind exposure), GNSS, adjustable ballast module, 4 thermistors (near-surface sea and air temperatures), atmospheric pressure, satellite communications, IMU, solar panels and wave energy harvesting	Under development

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