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Annual Meeting of the Spanish Committee of Glider Operators (CEOG)
The Canary Islands Government delegation in Madrid hosted this week the annual meeting of the national Working Group on ocean gliders, currently joined by five institutions: AZTI (Basque Country), IEO/CSIC – Spanish Institute of Oceanography/Council for Scientific Research ( Madrid and Santander), SOCIB – Coastal Observation System (Balearic Islands), ULPGC – University of Las Palmas
International leading ocean-sensing manufacturers meets at PLOCAN
The European project Metrology for integrated marine management and knowledge transfer network (MINKE) held a work session within the framework of the 14th edition of the Glider School hosted by the Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) MINKE, led by the Institute of Marine Sciences of the Spanish Research Council (ICM-CSIC) and joined by
PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet monitors the waters of Tazacorte within the framework of the DELTA project
The surrounding waters the new lava deltas on the coast of Tazacorte (La Palma island) keeps hosting diverse studies of different scope by the national and international scientific community, which represents and converts this area into a natural laboratory of unique characteristics for the development and application of ocean sciences and technologies, the context in
PLOCAN joins the Annual Meeting of the American Underwater Glider Operators Association
The American Association of Underwater Glider Operators (UG2) has held its 2024’s Annual Assembly of members and users at the headquarters of the University of Michigan (USA), where about three hundred attendees have gathered representing research centers, universities, government agencies, etc. as members. The event has also had a significant presence and active participation of
PLOCAN contribution to the IUGC2024 international conference on glider technologies
The headquarters of the Voice of the Ocean (VOTO) Foundation in Gothenburg (Sweden) hosts the biannual international conference on autonomous marine glider technologies (from English, glider), under the name IUGC2024, with the attendance of nearly 200 delegates representing user groups and operators worldwide, and the leading manufacturers of this type of cutting-edge ocean-observing systems. The
Transnational access to PLOCAN’s VIMAS fleet within the framework of the European project JERICO-S3
The Setubal Submarine Canyon waters (Sesimbra, Portugal) have been the scene where technicians from the Instituto Hidrográfico da Marinha (IH) and PLOCAN have put into operation an underwater glider from the NRP Andrómeda in order to undertake a four-weeks scientific mission within the framework of the JERICO-S3 project. The activity, called CBONDEX-TNA, is a transnational
Kick off the seasonal ocean-observing glider program 2024 in the Canary Islands
PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to promote and strengthen their collaboration in the ocean-observing strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program based on glider missions at the Time-Series station ESTOC (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory) and Deep Radial
PLOCAN at the closing meeting of the European project GROOM-II
The National Oceanographic Center (NOC) of the United Kingdom headquarters hosted the General Assembly of partners of the EU’s project GROOM-II (Gliders for Research, Ocean Observations and Management: Infrastructure and Innovation) convened by its coordinator, ARMINES, and to which PLOCAN, Spanish national representative, together with the rest of the consortium members (CNRS for France, CSCS
PLOCAN’s fleet of autonomous marine vehicles increases its operational activity by 30% in 2023
PLOCAN’s fleet of autonomous ocean vehicles has carried out multiple scientific, technical and training missions in 2023, totaling 242 days sea-operations, with a navigation record of 3,200 nautical miles, among which highlight deployments and operations conduced in the Azores, Madeira, Lisbon, the island of La Palma and in the North and South strip of the
PLOCAN incorporates a new acoustic technology to its underwater observation fleet
PLOCAN’s underwater glider fleet has incorporated a new AURIS passive acoustic technology that expands its scientific ocean-observing capabilities and quality. Among the direct and most interesting applications of AURIS highlights marine-mammal monitoring, as well underwater noise measurement as potential impact on the ecosystem in areas where activities linked to Blue Economy sectors are carried out,