At Olhão tracking Ocean Sunfish

marina — Mon, 05 May 2014 23:00:00 +0000

At Olhão tracking Ocean Sunfish

06 May 2014

Events

The experiment that gathers engeneering and biology, with researcher from Portugal, United States, Spain and Norway, lead by LSTS is already at Olhão, Algarve, for the Sunfisn Tracking Experiment.

Visit the experiments website for more information: sunfish.lsts.pt .

Tagging Sunfish

Loading the R/V Diplodus, the center of vehicles operation at sea

Joel Gomes with UAV X8 during tests at Tavira.

AUV's on dock ready to be loaded on the R/V Diplodus

José Pinto and Margarida Faria working on AIS receptor

João Pereira with LAUV Xplore-1. Thsi vehicle is equipped to operate during a more extended period of time.

R/V Diplodus captain Daniel, José Pinto (FEUP), Frédéric Py (FEUP), Javier Gilabert (UPCT) and Artur Zolich (NTNU).

Eyes in the Sky and the Sea

marina — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 16:14:59 +0000

Eyes in the Sky and the Sea

07 Apr 2014

News

In May, our vehicles will be off the coast of Olhão, Portugal, executing an innovative experiment.
A group of ocean sunfish will be tagged and our vehicles will gather data in the vicinity of the fish, hoping to cast some more light on the behavior of theses fish.

See the article published by the Discover Magazine :

To learn more about the experiment visit http://sunfish.lsts.pt/

LSTS - Sunfish Tracking

At Olhão tracking Ocean Sunfish