PML acquire a new buoyed platform capable of continuing and enhancing existing oceanographic time series by adding additional functionality including an in-water profiling instrument package and the ability to “plug-in and play” a wide range of innovative marine technologies.
A major component of the MBTC project is to enhance and develop « Smart Sound Plymouth », an in-sea trials environment for new and innovative technologies.
This project boasts the year round deployment of two buoy systems at scientifically significant, long term monitoring and marine biodiversity reference sites (L4 and E1).
These buoy platforms measure a wide range of atmospheric variables and a comprehensive suite of oceanographic surface measurements (sea temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll-a fluorescence, turbidity, CDOM and nitrate).
These measurements are made on an hourly time-scale and transmitted back to PML for processing and display on the WCO website (www.westernchannelobservatory.org.uk).
The L4 buoy which has provided excellent service for over 10 years in the field is replaced by the new buoy platform to provide the necessary infrastructure for PML to make significant technical and scientific advancements at the L4 station.
” Une plate-forme incroyable, d’un niveau de technicité extrêmement élevé, conçue et construite par Mobilis en partenariat avec Hydrosphere UK Ltd.
Il s’agit de remplacer la bouée L4 vieillissante pour fournir des mesures scientifiques de haute qualité à l’Observatoire de la Manche occidentale. La bouée fournira une plate-forme pour le développement de technologies marines innovantes dans le cadre du « Smart Sound Plymouth », la première zone d’essai de Grande-Bretagne et du centre MBTC.”
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