Melmas 19 Mission

February 2019


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 winter period.

Glider Configuration

AANDERAA OPTODE 4831
Kistler 4260M091
Sea-Bird Scientific SBE 706
Optical sensor WET Labs BBFL2IRB



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