EMSO Ligurian Sea - Ligure Ouest
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The site Ligurian Sea LO is part of EMSO Ligurian Sea Regional Facility.
This site is devoted to the study of the hydrological features and events happening at the basin scale and of their impact on the deep-ocean biodiversity.
EMSO-LO deep-sea cabled observatory, was connected to the neutrino observatory ANTARES from 2014 to 2018. It was completely renewed and transfert to MEUST in 2020. The system comprises 3 platforms: an instrumented mooring line (ALBATROSS), a related hub (MII) and a multi-instrumented junction box (BJS).
The site is supported by France as a contribution to EMSO. The site is part of the MOOSE network. It is open to new collaborations, connected instruments for near real time data transmission or autonomous sensors.