Using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to track the frontal region of a river plume

Renato Mendes1,2, Jose Pinto3, João M. Dias4, José C B da Silva5 and Joao Tasso Borges de Sousa3, (1)Universidade do Porto, CIIMAR (Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research), Porto, Portugal, (2)University of Aveiro, CESAM (Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies), Aveiro, Portugal, (3)University of Porto, LSTS, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, School of Engineering (FEUP), Porto, Portugal, (4)University of Aveiro, CESAM, Physics Department, Aveiro, Portugal, (5)CIMAR/CIIMAR – Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Department of Geosciences, Environment and Spatial Planning, Porto, Portugal