An open-source watertight unmanned aerial vehicle for water quality monitoring

@article{Rodrigues2015AnOW,
  title={An open-source watertight unmanned aerial vehicle for water quality monitoring},
  author={Paulo Rodrigues and Francisco Marques and Eduardo Pinto and Ricardo Pombeiro and Andr{\'e} Lourenço and Ricardo Mendonça and Pedro F. Santana and Jos{\'e} Barata},
  journal={OCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington},
  year={2015},
  pages={1-6},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:21447216}
}
An open-source watertight multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing on both solid terrain and water for environmental monitoring and the ability to actively control its on-surface drifting is presented.
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