Versatile autonomous underwater vehicles carrying customised sensors are becoming a more affordable technological solution for smart observations of key parameters in the sea. A sea glider deployed recently around the Maltese Islands has demonstrated how adaptive monitoring strategies using remotely controlled unmanned devices provide cost effective methods to routinely collect basic marine data and measure the health of our coastal waters.
The Physical Oceanography Research Group is holding a half-day seminar that presents the sea glider experience in Malta to key stakeholders, and showcases how the new generation of sea gliders offers an innovative aid to observe and monitor the sea areas under local jurisdiction. With the participation of local scientists and two foreign experts, the seminar provides an avenue to brainstorm our way to the shaping of the operational marine observing system for the Maltese Islands.
Officers from the relevant local responsible entities and ministries, entrepreneurs in marine-related initiatives, marine scientists and students as well as other interested persons are invited to attend.
For more information kindly visit website: http://ioi.research.um.edu.mt/GliderSouth/index.php/welcome/events
This article was last updated on: June 20, 2017