FerryBox
The European FerryBox Network incorporates 11 research institutes from 8 countries and is supported by the European Commission and coordinated by GKSS. The network use ships of opprtunity (SOOP's) to carry scientific instruments (boxes) to routinely collect spatial and temporal oceanographic data. Ships that operate in this way are ferries, hence FerryBox.
FerryBox systems contain automated sensors for
measuring biological, chemical, and physical variables, which are
attached to commercial ferries. All sensors are fitted within a
continuous flow system, through which sea water is pumped during
sailing. This provides near real time regular sampling
information.
Routinely measured parameters include water temperature, salinity, nutrients, chlorophyll a, phytoplankton, oxygen concentration, light, and turbidity. Other projects that use SOOP's may also operate on ferries that carry FerryBoxes e.g. CPR and marine mammal observers.
FerryBox provides a practical approach to cost effective operational monitoring. Over 800 ferries operate in European waters, of which 9 carry FerryBox systems.
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