ALBATROSS| Trash Cleanup
Project Details
Awards & Nominations
ALBATROSS has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
The Challenge | Trash Cleanup
ALBATROSS
ALBATROSS is an autonomous and entirely green-fueled trimaran with two nets that collect micro and macro plastic on the surface of the ocean. The project is a homage to all the fauna that remains victim of our plastic pollution.
Additional Technical Information and Codes: https://github.com/itsluanayall/ALBATROSS_NASASpaceApps
References and credits:
- NASA Currents Data: https://podaac.jpl.nasa.gov/dataset/OSCAR_L4_OC_th...
- NASA Drifter Visualisation: https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4174
- Article: L. Lebreton, B. Slat, F. Ferrari, B. Sainte-Rose, J. Aitken, R. Marthouse, S. Hajbane,S. Cunsolo, A. Schwartz, A. Levivier, K. Noble, P. Debeljak, H. Maral, R. Schoeneich-Argent, R. Brambini, J. Reisser, Evidence that the Great Pacific garbage patch israpidly accumulating plastic, Sci. Rep. 8 (2018) 4666,http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-22939-w
- Article : L.C.-M. Lebreton et al. , Numerical modelling of floating debris in the world’s oceans, Marine Pollution Bulletin 64 (2012) 653–661
- Engineering Technical Data: https://www.ecomarinepower.com/en/
https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/pomr.2008.15.issue-1/v10012-007-0046-5/v10012-007-0046-5.pdf
http://www.scirp.org/pdf/WJET_2018053016463748.pdf
http://www.trjfas.org/uploads/pdf_1114.pdf
- Programming Languages used: Python, MATLAB
- Rendering made with Blender
- Music: Stephen Daum, CC
- Visualizing current and wind data tool: https://podaac-tools.jpl.nasa.gov/soto/
- Albatross photo by Chris Jordan