The company Ocean Secrets has just donated two buoys for collecting telemetric data to the Marine Research Center of the University of Vigo. This type of buoys allows for satellite tracking, providing information at all times about their position as well as other environmental parameters. The buoys will be incorporated into the equipment of the ECIMAT oceanography unit, so they will be available to all CIM-UVigo research staff and ECIMAT users.
The use of telemetric buoys is increasingly widespread in oceanography, as it allows the monitoring and study of water masses for extended periods of time. This property is due to the great autonomy of these equipment and their ability to transmit information from any point. This makes them a very valuable tool for ocean circulation studies. Furthermore, in recent years, these buoys have increased their applications, as they are capable of housing different sensors that simultaneously provide environmental information. This allows not only to know the movement of water masses, but also to characterize them for extended periods of time.
For these reasons, the use of telemetry is increasingly widespread, as it allows for a significant increase in observations in the natural environment, with minimal environmental impact and at a reduced cost, if we compare them with traditional oceanographic campaigns. Likewise, they also allow for an increase in the number of observation points, the frequency of measurements and the duration of observation periods, making them the ideal complement for studies carried out in the marine environment. Due to all this, we would like to thank Ocean Secrets for choosing CIM-UVigo for this donation and for its collaboration with the marine research carried out at the Center.
