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Glider Mission Madeira-Canarias
Within the framework of AtlantOS-H2020 EU-project, a partnership between OOM, Instituto Hidrografico-Marinha (IH) and Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN), has planned a scientific mission to cross the NE Atlantic Ocean, between Madeira and Gran Canaria, during April and May 2016. A 'Slocum G2 glider’ (+info), with a payload of scientific instruments to measure conductivity, temperature, pressure, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll and turbidity, will be deployed from the the Portuguese Navy Vessel (N.R.P. ‘Zaire’). The glider will be remotely piloted during approximate 250 nautical miles, and it will be doing repeated dives (casts) through the water column down to 1000 m depth. This pioneering initiative in the Macaronesia Region will help develop a new scientific approach to validate and improve regional-scale forecast models and satellite products, including water masses characterisation.
Follow the glider here: http://gliders.plocan.eu
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