Autonomous PowerBuoys: Wave Energy Converters as power sources for the next generation of ocean observatories

摘要

As the economic climate tightens or, perhaps more accurately, remains prohibitively tight, ways must be sought to support oceanography professionals as they seek to push the knowledge set forward. The drive for long-time series measurement of the oceans is critical to the development of knowledge about the earth system as a whole. Therefore, cost-effective ways must be found to allow this critical knowledge to be gathered.