PLOCAN is contributing to the scientific conference of ICOS, the European carbon observation system, from 10 to 12 September 2024, in collaboration with ICOS Spain, the national network of greenhouse gas measurement stations.
The work presented relates the historical data obtained at the atmospheric research centre of Izaña, in Tenerife, belonging to the AEMET, with the historical data from the European Time Series Oceanic Station of the Canary Islands (ESTOC), in which PLOCAN collaborates on the infrastructure part and the ULPGC on the scientific part.
ESTOC, located 60 nautical miles north of Gran Canaria at a depth of 3,670 metres, generates and records long-term meteorological and oceanographic time series in the central-eastern North Atlantic. It is one of the few stations that can contribute to the study of climate change and physico-chemical trends in the ocean, contributing to climate forecasting and knowledge of the state of the oceanic ecosystem.
ESTOC forms a perfect tandem with another station (BATS) located near the Bermuda Islands. Both, located at each edge of the North Atlantic subtropical gyre, produce observations that contribute to the understanding of this vast area of the ocean.
In oceanography, a time series programme consists of making continuous observations over long periods of time at certain locations in the ocean. These observations make it possible to study variations and changes in the state of the ocean both in the short term and over periods of decades.
