Field and laboratory dispatches
Short reports on current campaigns, instrument tests, and programme milestones, published when there is a useful record to share
Updated instruments fitted to the OQOMETHI stations
The two OQOMETHI micro-stations now carry the current mFL-12 lidar and mHR-2 radiometer, after unattended operation since April
Four survey days on Goczałkowice Reservoir
The LIFL-11 mapped chlorophyll-a and CDOM across Goczałkowice Reservoir with two Polish university teams, followed by work at Farskie Lake
Instrument comparison in the eastern English Channel
Three LIF lidars and an mHR-2 radiometer operated with LOG for three days between coastal water and the eastern English Channel
Measuring the Var plume from river mouth to open water
A coastal transect from Villefranche-sur-Mer to the Var plume crossed water with a Secchi depth of 0.46 m near the plume core and 16 m offshore
First OQOMETHI micro-observatories deployed
Paired mFL-12 lidars and mHR-2 radiometers are now operating at Parentis Lake and Ambès, recording two measurements per hour without an on-site operator
First field operation of the LIFL-11 profiling mode
Five instruments operated in the Bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer on 19 March, including the first field use of the LIFL-11 water-column profiling mode
An instrument concept for continuous port monitoring
At Réinventer les Ports d'Antibes, we presented a concept combining fixed monitoring, mobile surveys, and future measurements within the water column
The complete instrument suite at Venice
The LIFL-11, mFL-12, and mHR-2 were operated together in marine conditions for the first time during ESA's PHY2FLEX campaign in the Venetian Lagoon
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