An automatic and continuous monitoring system for floating-litter transport in river.

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Yasuo Nihei, Masashi Minami, Tatsuhito Onoi, Tomoya Kataoka, Hirofumi Hinata, HIrotoshi Nishijima, Yuduki Funamoto

Thursday 2 july 2015

17:36 - 17:39h at Asia (level 0)

Themes: (T) Hydro-environment, (ST) Impacts of pollutants on the water environment, Poster pitches

Parallel session: Poster pitches: 13G. Environment - Impact

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Most marine debris are primarily supplied from inland areas; however, few monitoring data exist for floating-litter transport from rivers to the ocean due to the absence of appropriate monitoring methods. In this study, we developed an automatic and continuous monitoring technique for floating-litter transport L in rivers by using an image monitoring and processing technique in which different types of litter (scatter-type and mass-type) are separately analyzed. The results indicated that L evaluated by the present methods was in good agreement with the observed data in the Mogami River, Yamagata, Japan, demonstrating the fundamental performance of the present monitoring method.