23
OCT
2019

Boats on the islands of Ré and Oléron

European Project LIFE LEMA, LIFE15 ENV / ES / 000252 (http://lifelema.eu): During the JUVENA campaign, carried out by AZTI and IEO, 47 wooden boats were launched in the open waters of the Bay of Biscay (~ 45.5º N, 4º W). More than half of the boats have reached the islands of Ré...
14
OCT
2019

Pasaia High Frequency Mareograph: operating again the week of higher tides

These last days have been days of equinoctial tides, the most lively tides. The tide, the astronomical one, is the deformation of the fluid surface of the sea, as a result of the forces of gravitational attraction between the Earth, the Moon and the Sun. The more aligned the...
30
SEP
2019

OceanObs19

Every 10 years an important event returns to define the new challenges in ocean observation. This 2019, the OceanObs19 conference aimed at “Improving the response to the scientific and social needs of an integrated ocean observation system suitable for that purpose.”...
20
SEP
2019

European COMBAT Project

On 9 and 10 September and at the AZTI-Pasaia facilities was held a meeting of the European COMBAT Project, whose objective is the integration of ocean current data measured with high-frequency coastal radars with satellite data and oceanographic models. The project, which started...