Automated system for operational chemical and radiation monitoring of water areas of the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation with flooded underwater potentially dangerous objects

• Published in: IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
• Main Authors: Bolshagin, A Yu, Vyalyshev, A I, Stoyanov, V V
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: IOP Publishing 2020
• Subjects: Arctic
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1757-899x/962/4/042051; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/962/4/042051/pdf; https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/962/4/042051

Abstract Long-term operational control systems for pollution of the aquatic environment near potentially dangerous underwater objects in ice conditions in the Arctic zone of the Russian Federation are described. The systems are based on the use of bottom stations that measure the levels of radiation and chemical pollution of the aquatic environment and transmit monitoring information via satellite and (or) sonar communication channels. The information transmitting via the satellite communication channel is carried out by the direct ascent of the station itself, and in the case of ice cover, the transmission of information is carried out using a pop-up antenna unit capable of drilling ice. Transmission via the sonar communication channel is carried out between the stations and the receiving unit.