Located in the North of Gran Canaria up to 3600 m of depth in the Atlantic Ocean, the ESTOC (European Station for Time series in the Ocean) has been monitoring the ocean for 25 years, contributing to many international programmes related to the ocean observation.
It monitors meteorological, physical and biogeochemical data that are highly relevant with reference to the studies on the impact of the climate change, a topic that has becoming more and more relevant: international organizations are continuously asking for a global and stable ocean observation, both in the ocean surface and in the water column.
Resinex has played a role in this important project thanks to its long experience as a manufacturer of floats for deepwater applications: 2 subsurface buoys rated to a depth of 500 m and 2 ultra-deepwater buoys rated to a depth of 3700 m, with a net buoyancy of 200/225 kg and filled with syntactic foam, were supplied to Plocan (Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias – The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands), the scientific infrastructure in charge with the project, between 2018 and 2019.
They are now part of the deep ocean mooring system operated by Plocan at the ESTOC observatory.
