Melmas 18-2 Mission

May 2018


The Seaglider sg554 Amerigo was involved in the second part of MELMAS experiment (Monitoring of the Eastern Levantine with Mobile Autonomous Systems) in the East Mediterranean Sea, to monitor the area in front of Israeli coast. The project focused on the interaction between the open and coastal water masses and to study mesoscale feature present in the area and detached from the coastal current in the spring period.

Glider Configuration

CTD Sea-Bird Scientific GPCTD
Optical sensor WET Labs BB2FL-VMT
Optical sensor AANDERAA Optode 4330 F



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