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2026-06-24

Mapping the Goczałkowice reservoir, and a search for golden algae

From 16 to 19 June the LIFL-11 mapped chlorophyll-a and CDOM across the whole Goczałkowice reservoir with the University of Warsaw and the University of Silesia, then moved to a still lake nearby to look for golden algae

LIFeLiDAR Team, field, Goczałkowice
2026-06-02

The full instrument suite in the eastern Channel

Over three days at the end of May three LIF lidars and the mHR-2 radiometer ran together off Boulogne-sur-Mer with LOG, from the coast out into the eastern English Channel

LIFeLiDAR Team, field, English Channel
2026-06-01

A river plume and clear sea in one transect

On 7 May the LIFL-11 ran the coast from Villefranche-sur-Mer to the mouth of the Var, across water that went from 0.46 m of Secchi depth inside the plume to 16 m offshore

LIFeLiDAR Team, field, Var plume
2026-04-03

The first micro-observatories are on the water

Two mFL-12 lidars and two mHR-2 radiometers went up at Parentis Lake and Ambès, the first OQOMETHI field deployments, measuring twice an hour around the clock

LIFeLiDAR Team, OQOMETHI, France 2030
2026-03-24

Profiling mode goes to sea

Five instruments went into the Bay of Villefranche-sur-Mer on 19 March, and the LIFL-11 ran its profiling mode in real conditions for the first time

LIFeLiDAR Team, field, Villefranche
2026-01-13

What continuous pollution monitoring in a port would take

At the second round of Réinventer les Ports d'Antibes we set out the instrument layer for watching port water around the clock, from a fixed buoy to a lidar reading the surface from a moving boat

LIFeLiDAR Team, ports, Antibes
2025-10-20

First marine field tests: the full system at Venice

The LIFL-11, mFL-12, and mHR-2 went to sea together for the first time in October, in the Venice lagoon, as part of ESA's PHY2FLEX campaign

LIFeLiDAR Team, field, ESA
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