MELOA is an H2020 project that aims to cover marine observation gaps, by developing 5 lines of WAVY drifters - low cost and easy to handle surface drifters designed to collect marine data, from coastal to offshore zones. During 2019, MELOA team organized test campaigns to validate the development phase of the WAVY Littoral.
The campaigns were conducted in Portugal, by our partner Instituto Hidrográfico, and in Spain, by our partner Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech (UPC). MELOA promoted the involvement of the marine community in the activities, to ensure the involvement of the community in the WAVYs' definition and testing.
The results were excellent, and the WAVY Littoral is now ready to be deployed in the several use cases foreseen for the surface drifter!
Check out our test campaigns! |
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Tagus River, Seixal, Portugal
Date: 8th May and 7th July Description: The operational campaign aimed at assessing the WAVY drifting performance and GNSS acquisition. It also allowed GSM communications and WAVYhub/WOS testing.
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Guincho Beach, Cascais, PortugalDate: 12th May and 5th June Description: This campaign goal was to collect current and wave data to validate the WAVY Littoral data acquisition and processing methods, involving the citizens in the activities. To learn more, read the article MELOA: promoting Citizen Science to get meaningful marine data. |
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Portimão harbour, Algarve, PortugalDate: 9th July Description: The WAVY Littoral was used to validate a model for a Port Management Support System, in the scope of the Portuguese project SAGA (Sistema de Apoio à Gestão Portuária). To learn more, read the article WAVY Littoral Campaign in collaboration with SAGA Project.
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Vagueira beach, Aveiro, PortugalDate: 14th October Description: The campaign aimed at collecting hydrodynamic, topo-bathymetric and sedimentological data in the coastal zone of Vagueira beach. The team performed two WAVY launches around high tide and low tide. |
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Vilanova Beach, Barcelona, Portugal
Date: 19th December Description: The campaign goal was to collect current data to validate the WAVY Littoral data acquisition and processing methods. MELOA team invited the high school students from IES Manuel de Cabanyes to assess the WAVY Littoral performance tracking rip currents. To learn more, read the article WAVY Littoral Campaign in collaboration with SAGA Project. |
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