NEWS
Roadmap progress of the Spanish National Working Group on ocean-gliders
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
Seasonal ocean-observations program in the Canary Islands: EMSO-ESTOC-RAPROCAN
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
EMSO-ESTOC seasonal glider program for ocean observation in the Canary Islands
PLOCAN, the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) continue to collaboratively promote and reinforce the ocean observation strategy in the Canary Islands through the seasonal program of glider missions at the ESTOC Time Series (deep node of the PLOCAN Integrated Observatory as member of the European
Scientific mission with uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) to assess and catalog ocean ecosystems of the Atlantic basin
The Mission Atlantic USV-WaveGlider uncrewed vehicle has been put into operation in waters of Faial Island, Azores (Portugal), to collect 3D information on essential ocean variables (physical, chemical and biological), as well as to map biodiversity, food supply and pressures on the Atlantic Ocean basin. The activity runs within the framework of the European Mission
PLOCAN puts into operation an unmanned surface vehicle to observe the waters near the volcano of La Palma
The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) has put into operation in waters off the west coast of La Palma affected by the eruption of the volcano an autonomous surface vehicle (wave glider) equipped with scientific instruments that allow continuous measurement of meteorological atmospheric variables on the surface and water salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen,