EMSO-PT project and the importance of sea observatories

The national research infrastructure European Multidisciplinary Sea floor and water column Observatory – Portugal (EMSO-PT) is a research infrastructure that offers access to a wide variety of services related to seafloor observation, including long-term data series, field operations support, advanced technical training, and consultancy in deep seafloor exploration.

This infrastructure will also provide the scientific community with access to experiments in the seafloor, specific ocean instruments, laboratory facilities, and deep-sea collections. EMSO-PT is constituted by members of R&D institutions, developing instrumentation and advanced technologies in line with national and European priorities, and is Portugal's national node in the European research infrastructure EMSO ERIC. 

EMSO-PT has been integrated into the National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures of Strategic Interestsince 2014 and is funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

This video presents the water column profiler operated by CCMAR – Center for Marine Sciences, and the deep-sea observatory called the EGIM (EMSO Generic Instrument Module).

More information available at www.emso-pt.pt