The Belgian coast and the southern part of the North Sea is a dynamic tidal marine environment. Close to highly-urbanised land areas, it receives significant water loads from a local estuary of the Scheldt river.
Moored surface buoy that serves both ERICs ICOS and LifeWatch. The buoy is equipped with sensors for pCO2, dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, fluorescence (chl-a), turbidity, passive acoustic receiver. Sensors are deployed approx 1m below sea surface. Station is visited on a monthly basis in order to collect samples for validation/calibration of sensors and maintain/replace equipment. Station has a secure and stable communication with VLIZ servers for NRT data transmission and overall interactive communication with in situ equipment
