News highlights
15 October 2018
A new project building upon the work of AMT4SentinelFRM, is currently sailing the length of the Atlantic to measure gas exchange between the...
02 November 2017
Hold onto your hats folks, we are entering the South Subtropical Convergence Zone!! From the deep blue waters between 10 and 35 South, one crosses...
02 November 2017
After crossing the equator we sampled a...
26 October 2017
The inter-comparison of measurements between laboratories, who work on the accuracy of Copernicus Sentinel Ocean Colour and Sea Surface Temperature...
16 October 2017
Most of the data that we collect on AMT4SentinelFRM are water profiles or continuous surface water measurements. However, every day at midday we...
09 October 2017
We are transiting the deep ocean gyres, where life survives on the edge. From the surface of these deep blue waters there seems to be little life...
09 October 2017
When you mention to friends back home that you are going on a research cruise, most people think of Jacques Cousteau or The Life Aquatic, or...
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22 September 2017
Last year, the AMT4SentinelFRM Research Voyage set sail from Immingham on 20 September 2016 aboard the British Antarctic Survey ship, the Royal...
21 September 2017
The 27th AMT cruise has now departed from Southampton in the UK on board the RRS Discovery and will spend the next 6 weeks...
23 June 2017
A successful two-day workshop was held in Plymouth focussing on validating the performance of Sentinel-1, -2 and -3 at retrieving ocean colour, sea...
06 January 2017
On 20 September 2016 scientists from Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the University of Southampton and IFREMER collectively embarked on a 7000 mile...
07 November 2016
A dedicated C-band radar is deployed on AMT26 to validate Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imager products to investigate sea surface...
06 October 2016
An important part of the AMT4SentinelFRM project is the validation of the SLSTR (Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer) sensor on Sentinel...
23 September 2016
The British Antarctic Survey ship, the Royal Research Ship James Clark Ross, has left the UK and set sail on a voyage that will traverse almost...
16 September 2016
Accurate chlorophyll measurements in the ocean are crucial for understanding environmental change.
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13 July 2016
The ESA funded AMT4SentinelFRM project has now launched, focusing on validating Sentinel satellite data by using measurements taken on the...