Thanks to international collaboration with IMEDEA, SOCIB, SCRIPPS, LOCEAN and MIO, the zooglider has been deployed and is beginning to sample the water south of the Balearic Islands, while awaiting recovery during the BioSWOT-Med campaign.
The BioSWOT-Med campaign will deploy four gliders, including a zooglider, an autonomous vehicle for in situ optical and acoustic measurements of mesozooplankton, developed by Mr Ohman's group at the SCRIPPS Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California.
The zooglider was successfully prepared and deployed from Palma de Mallorca thanks to an international collaboration between SOCIB, IMEDEA, SCRIPPS, LOCEAN and MIO. In particular, researchers from IMEDEA and SOCIB handled the shipment of the instrument and welcomed the engineer colleague from SCRIPPS to help prepare the Zooglider and deploy it at sea. Many thanks to Albert Miralles, Nikolaos Zarokanellos, Benjamín Casas, Batipste Mourre and Ananda Pascual.
The BioSWOT-Med team is now putting the finishing touches to preparations for the R/V L'Atalante, and hopes to meet up soon with FaStSWOT colleagues at sea for a great collaboration under the gaze of the new SWOT satellite!
More information
