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FRI-19.206-1-EC-03

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS MONITORING SYSTEMS: HISTORY, TRENDS AND THE D.R.E.A.M. HYBRID MODEL

Език: ENСтраници: 37-41

Цитиране на доклада

Eng. Mladen Kulev, PHD

Department of Transport “Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse

E-mail: theprofm1@gmail.com

Eng. Valeri Georgiev, PHD

Department of Transport “Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse

E-mail: valerigeorgiev58@gmail.com

Assoc. Prof. Plamen Manev, PhD

Department of Heat, Hydraulics and Environmental Engineering “Angel Kanchev” University of Ruse

ORCID: 0009-0009-4574-7080

E-mail: pmanev@uni-ruse.bg

Abstract

This article develops a deep, practice-oriented narrative on Environmental Factors Monitoring Systems (EFMS), tracing a fifty-year arc from reference-grade fixed networks to AI-native, mobile, hybrid deployments that integrate air and water sensing. The D.R.E.A.M. Project on the Danube is positioned as a transferable blueprint for large rivers and port approaches, demonstrating a crewed vessel with a vessel-mounted multi-parameter water probe, planned laboratory sampling, and supervised UAV vertical air profiles. A comparison of stationary versus mobile modalities is presented; architecture, operations patterns, and codification of QA/QC are proposed; and a 2025-2035 research and policy agenda is set. The historical evolution, trade-offs, mission planning, and D.R.E.A.M. architecture is summarized in tables.

Keywords

EFMS, air quality, water quality, UAV, vessel-mounted probe, laboratory sampling, D.R.E.A.M, QA/QC, Danube River

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