Expandable Seafloor Observatory
OBSEA is a cabled seafloor observatory located 4 km off the Vilanova i la Geltru coast in a fishing protected area. It is connected to the coast by an energy and communications mixed cable (OceanOPS WMO number: 6103565).
- Provides an uninterrupted power supply to the scientific instruments.
- Offers a high bandwidth communication link.
- Real time data is available and problems encountered in battery powered systems are avoided.
- An optical Ethernet network that transmits data continuously to marine sensors connected to the observator.
LATEST NEWS

SARTI and RocRoi start a project with IoT technology to control recreational boating activities
Published on 2023-08-03
The SARTI group of the UPC and the company RocRoi collaborate to apply IoT technologies to the safety and control of recreational boating activities.

PLOME first campain at Sant Feliu de Guixols
Published on 2023-08-02
The week of July 24-28, 2023, took place the first campaign at sea, more specifically in the Cala del Vigatà in Sant Feliu de Guixols, where several of the project partners, in this case UdG, UPM, Iqua and UPC

PLOME project at the Martech conference in Castellón de la Plana
Published on 2023-08-02
Last June 19-20, 2023 took place the Marine Technology Workshop, http://martech-workshop.org/, at the Universitat Jaume I (UJI) in Castelló, an event co-organized by CIRTESU and the SARTI group of the UPC.

Marum team at Obsea facilities
Published on 2023-02-14
On February 13, MARUM researchers from the University of Bremen have started testing sensors for underwater vehicles at the OBSEA facility under the EMSO ERIC physical Access 2022 call.

Obsea extends its capacity with a new observatory-to-shore optical fiber cable
Published on 2022-10-19
A new seafloor cable from Obsea to shore has been installed. Thanks to the collaboration of @utm_csic , research vessel Garcia del Cid and its crew.
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OBSEA(ctd)
OBSEA(Buoy)
SARTI(meteo)
EUROPEAN PROJECTS
In the OBSEA we are collaborating with interoperability projects to provide the acquired data information using standard protocols.

Nova generació de tecnologies d'observació oceà nica multiplataforma per a infraestructures de recerca
El projecte GEORGE impulsarà la competitivitat tecnològica global de les infraestructur...
ONGOING

Tecnologies operatives de detecció de la vida per a ecosistemes marins
En ANERIS ens proposem desenvolupar la pròxima generació d'eines i mètodes d'instrumen...
ONGOING

Dades i serveis d'imatge per a les ciències aquà tiques
L'objectiu general d'imagini és proporcionar un portafoli de conjunts de dades d'imatges "gratuïts en el punt d'ús", eines d'anà lisis d'imatges d'alt rendiment dotades...
ONGOING

Infraestructures de la geosfera per a la recerca integrada
Geo-INQUIREIX proporcionarà i millorarà l'accés a dades, productes i serveis clau seleccionats, la qual cosa permetrà supervisar i modelitzar els processos dinà mics d...
ONGOING
NATIONAL PROJECTS
ONGOING
SLAGREEF
SLAGREEF
L'objectiu principal del projecte serà la fabricació d'esculls artificials per a biòtops marins utilitzant una impres...
ONGOING

SEASLAG
SEASLAG
El projecte SEASLAG es formula amb l’objectiu de valoritzar els subproductes de la indústria siderúrgica, com és lâ...
ONGOING
PLOME
PLOME
PLOME pretén trobar una solució de monitorització que tingui un desplegament senzill i que sigui fà cil de moure d’...
ONGOING

BITER
BITER
BITER pretén avaluar la utilitat d'una xarxa de reserves marines d'interès pesquer per recuperar-ne poblacions i els h...
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