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PLOCAN announces the 15th Glider School edition
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) convenes the 15th edition of the Glider School, an international reference training forum in ocean-glider technology, to be held from October 20th to 24th in Telde, Gran Canaria. The period application submission is already open until June 30th. More information through the event website http://www.gliderschool.eu. The didactic
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PLOCAN at Oceanology International 2022
The ICTS-PLOCAN has joined the XXV edition of Oceanology International (Oi2022) held in London as a world reference biannual forum on ocean observing technologies, an emerging sector in the marine-maritime context and the Blue Economy strategy. As usual, Oi2022 has had a large exhibition of more than 500 stands that for three consecutive days have
Students of the BIMeTIC Master of the ULPGC visit PLOCAN
Students of the Master’s Degree in ICT Solutions – Information and Communication Technologies – for Well-being and the Environment (BIMeTIC) of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) visited the land facilities of the PLOCAN headquarters together with some of their teachers. The BIMeTIC Master addresses Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the
Annual Meeting of JERICO-S3 for the creation of a European Infrastructure that will coordinate the coastal observatories
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has participated in the annual meeting of the European consortium JERICO-S3 “Joint European Research Infrastructure of Coastal Observatories: Science, Service, Sustainability” whose objective is to strengthen the current European network of coastal observatories by creating of a structured European research infrastructure. JERICO-S3 is a European project of
The EGIM, a crucial step for monitoring the oceans, in Frontiers in Marine Science
The Generic Instrument Module of the European Multidisciplinary Observatory of the Seabed and the Water Column (EMSO EGIM) Research Infrastructure (EMSO ERIC) in which PLOCAN participates, represents a crucial step towards standardization and interoperability for monitoring the oceans, according to an article published in Frontiers in Marine Science, In the article, entitled “The EMSO Generic
Visit to PLOCAN by the director of the International Society for Circular Economy, Ken Webster
The director of the International Society for Circular Economy, Ken Webster, was accompanied on a visit to the offices of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands by the academic director of the University Diploma in Circular Economy in Isolated Territories of the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The director of PLOCAN, José
PLOCAN chairs a session on uncrewed navigation at the Oceans Sciences Meeting 2022
PLOCAN, in partnership with the Center for Marine Environmental Sciences (MARUM) of the University of Bremen, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States, the Laboratory of Technology and Underwater Systems (LSTS/FEUP) of Porto University, the SCRIPPS Research Institute and the National Oceanography Center (NOC) in United Kingdom, has conducted the coordination
PLOCAN increases its fleet of autonomous marine vehicles
The PLOCAN consortium has procured a new unmanned autonomous vehicle (underwater glider) for ocean observing purposes, SeaExplorer model through the supply contract L-CSU-PA-2-2021 carried out by Grafinta S.A as the successful bidder. The SeaExplorer is a glider capable to profile the water column up to a maximum depth of 1,000 meters. Its high modular capacity
Seasonal ocean-observing program in the Canary Islands: ESTOC-Canary Islands Deep Section
PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to collaboratively promote and strengthen the ocean-observing strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program of glider missions at the Time Series Station ESTOC (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and Deep Section of the
PLOCAN at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022: “Critical technologies in in situ observation of the oceans”
The person in charge of the Observatory of the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands, Eric Delory, has presented a paper at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2022 entitled “Critical technologies in the in situ observation of the oceans”. One of the objectives of the session has been to raise the direct interaction between early career
The port of La Restinga, El Hierro, joins the Macaronesia Marine Maritime Observation Network
La Restinga, El Hierro, 22 February 2022. The Macaronesia Marine Maritime Observation Network (R3M) has installed a new-generation fixed oceanographic station in the port of La Restinga on the island of El Hierro. This station was developed and launched through a partnership between Puertos Canarios, a public body under the Ministry of Public Works, Transport