INMARTECH2016 – EUROFLEETS2 presentation and side event
Several EUROFLEETS2 beneficiaries attended and presented at INMARTECH 2016, that was held in Bergen from the 3rd to 06th of September. The purpose of INMARTECH meetings is to provide a forum for marine technicians to meet, and exchange knowledge and experiences, aiming to improve equipment performance, equipment deployment, and operational techniques during scientific cruises on research vessels. For more information see here
EUROFLEETS2 EARS Workshop
When? 3 & 4 November 2016 Where? CSIC offices, Vigo, Spain Participate? EARS_workshop@naturalsciences.be EARS is a software environment developed by EUROFLEETS2 partners(*) in order to provide scientists and technicians working on board research vessels with a versatile and portable tool for logging events relevant for documenting measurements. EARS has the ambition of becoming a standard tool on board European research vessels, hence enhancing the interoperability of the fleets and the mobi
Now Available! D 5.7 – Fundamental set of rules for a European system.
The EUROFLEETS2 Evaluation System is based upon the best experiences from different European ship-time application and evaluation procedures further considering general European Science Foundation (ESF) as well as European Commission evaluation procedures. A set of public documents, such as guidelines for applicants, guidelines for evaluators, and evaluation criteria, were drafted and agreed within the Research Vessel (RV) operators to implement the evaluation system. This Deliverable addresses
EUROFLEETS 2 Event during the IRSO Meeting
The International Research Ship Operators 2016 meeting (IRSO 2016) will take place from 10 to 13 October 2016 in Capri – Italy. The International Research Ship Operators forum is a group of research ship operators representing 49 organisations from 30 countries who manage over 100 of the world’s leading marine scientific research vessels. As part of the IRSO meeting a EUROFLEETS2 Event was planned for Monday 10 October 2016 consisting of an EF2 Workshop and Industry Exhibition. The EF2 Workshop
EUROFLEETS2 BURSTER and ESAW Cruises: Find out the PIs impressions!
The BURSTER and ESAW projects led by Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale – OGS, have came to an end, find here the small interviews given by the PIs. (Click on the image for the full video) More Information on the Burster Cruise: The Kveithola sediment Drift in the innermost part of the glacially-eroded Kveithola Trough in the NW Barents Sea hosts an intriguing environment. The internal seismic reflections of the drift show a drastic thinning and termination towards th
EUROFLEETS2 General Assembly
Gathering more than sixty scientists and research fleets operators from all European eco-regions, the GA Meeting of EUROFLEETS2 took place in Split, Croatia, kindly hosted by our Croatian partner IOF – the Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries.
Workshop Sensor Web Enablement (SWE) for oceanography, status of developments, international coordination and dialogue with industry, hosted by the EU-EuroFleets II project
Tuesday 15 March 2016, 13.30 – 17.00 hours Place: Oceanology International 2016, Room 6 of the Excel Centre, London, UK Date: Tuesday 15 March 2016, 13.30 – 17.00 hours Contact: Dick M.A. Schaap – MARIS (dick@maris.nl) Abstract: OGC provides a family of standards specifications called ‘Sensor Web Enablement’ (SWE) which includes detailed information about the sensors making measurements and the platforms that carry the sensors using the Sensor Model Language (SensorML), general models and XML en
EUROFLEETS2 presented at the Oceanology International
The beneficiary of the EUROFLEETS2 project, Maris, presented a poster on the WP6 – INNOVATION PROMOTION-FOSTERING INDUSTRIAL PARTNERSHIP, on the upcoming Oceanology International Conference, that was held in London from the 15th to 17th of March. Please see here the poster
Two Berths Available on R/V POLARSTERN in June 2016 for Students
If you are a European postraduate student in marine sciences this is your opportunity to pursue your research onboard the Research Vessel the POLARSTERN The EUROFLEETS Research Survey Access Programme call is open. As part of this 2 berths are available on board the R/V POLARSTERN for European postgraduate students (Masters and Doctoral) involved in marine related sciences to participate in the EUROFLEETS 2 BURSTER research survey. The berths are available on the cruise taking place from 13th
EUROFLEETS2 “Regional 3” Call Results
Here you can find the results of the EUROFLEETS “Regional 3″ Call. The EUROFLEETS2 Consortium is pleased to announce that within the EUROFLEETS2 P”Regional 3” Call 11 proposals were selected for funding, representing a success rate of the EUROFLEETS2 Call “Regional 3” of 64%. For more information please see
