15 YEARS OF SATELLITE TRACKING DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION TO WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION

Authors
SEEGAR WS CUTCHIS PN FULLER MR SUTER JJ BHATNAGAR V WALL JG
Citation
Ws. Seegar et al., 15 YEARS OF SATELLITE TRACKING DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION TO WILDLIFE RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION, Johns Hopkins APL technical digest, 17(4), 1996, pp. 401-411
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Multidisciplinary Sciences
Journal title
Johns Hopkins APL technical digest → ACNP
ISSN journal
02705214
Volume
17
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
401 - 411
Database
ISI
SICI code
0270-5214(1996)17:4<401:1YOSTD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A small satellite-based tracking system that is light enough to be car ried on birds was developed in the 1980s at the Applied Physics Labora tory. A new, more capable generation is now under development that wil l contain, in addition to the Argos tracking platform transmitter term inal, a global positioning system receiver and a complement of advance d sensors. The sensors may include a digital audio capture system and a black-and-white charge-coupled device camera. The history of the pro gram and plans for future development are discussed.