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Science article on the ““Portuguese European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory Initiative” published in Frontiers in Marine Science

Members of IPMA’s Research Vessels and Observatories Unit have published the article “Portuguese European Multidisciplinary Seafloor and Water Column Observatory Initiative” in the specialty journal…

04/07/2022

Fatima Abrantes receives the AGU 2021 Ambassador Award

EMSO-PT member Fátima Abrantes is the recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) Ambassador 2021 award. AGU is a non-profit organisation that brings together researchers…

10/21/2021

Data portal – new video tutorials available

EMSO ERIC has released a series of tutorials helping users to work with all data series available on the data portal. You can view the…

07/15/2021

Water column profiler launched in the Gulf of Cadiz

The RV Mario Ruivo sailed out from Lisbon on 23rd May with three tasks: to launch the water column profiler in the Gulf of Cadiz…

05/28/2021

Slocum tests a success!

The INESC team was out at Leixões in the first week of May to test the newly acquired sensors that have been added to the…

05/15/2021

ROV Luso multibeam tests concluded

Since the initial tests carried out at the EMEPC indoor pool, the multibeam (purchased by EMSO-PT funds), was taken to the water in the last…

05/15/2021

Earthquake Early Warning System will be installed in the Algarve

The University of Évora (UÉ) is expanding the national seismic monitoring network with the installation of 4 new stations, thus enabling the development of an…

03/31/2021

Inscrição aberta para a Conferência OCEANS 2021

A conferência OCEANS 2021 é um encontro híbrido, realizado em San Diego, EUA e Porto, Portugal, de 20-23 de Setembro de 2021. Este evento irá…

03/17/2021

Register for the OCEANS 2021 Conference

The OCEANS 2021 conference is a hybrid joint venture, held at San Diego, USA and Porto, Portugal from September 20-23, 2021. This event will mix…

03/17/2021

new video launched about EMSO-PT

IPMA released today a video describing the EMSO-PT project and the importance of sea observatories.This movie presents the water column profiler operated by CCMAR –…

01/18/2021

The OBS equipment tests at the pool were successful! Ready for sea trials

The ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) underwent submersible testing at the EMEPC facilities. The OBS is a seismometer that is designed to record acoustic and seismic events…

12/20/2020

Another successful test for the Cadiz Station profiler completed by CCMAR (member of EMSO-PT)

The second sea trials for the water column profiler were conducted on 26th October 2020 off the coast of Sesimbra aboard the IPMA Research Vessel…

11/02/2020

First tests completed for the surface profiler

The first component of EMSO-PT’s Cadiz station was successfully tested off the coast of Olhão, Algarve. The tests were performed on one of IPMA’s vessels,…

08/06/2020

Portuguese Infrastructures Roadmap published by FCT

The Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) has published the new National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interest (RNIE) available here. The term “research…

06/02/2020

Acquisition of EGIM

The acquisition procedure of the EGIM – EMSO Generic Instrument Module has started. The submission of proposals ends on July 18, 2020 at 11:59pm. …

06/01/2020

Members Assembly of EMSO-PT

The second Assembly of Members took place on 17 March 2020 online. Twenty-five representatives from different institutions that make up the EMSO-PT consortium participated.  …

03/18/2020

EMSO Conference – Oceans

IPMA participated in the “EMSO Conference – preparing for UN Decade of Ocean Science” in Athens, Greece, from 12 to 14 February. The meeting brought…

02/20/2020