3rd test deployment day with marine litter

Experiment Log 2020

Monday 06/07/2020 was the 4th test deployment for PLP2020. The mesh target performed well with no issues; additional 4L containers used to raise the mesh, but most of the target surface was still...

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2nd test deployment day with marine litter

Experiment Log 2020

Wednesday 01/07/2020  was the 3rd test deployment day overall for PLP2020. The mesh target performed well with no issues; additional 4L containers used to raise the mesh, but most of the target...

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1st test deployment day with marine litter

Experiment Log 2020

On Tuesday 16/06/2020, we performed the second test deployment of the two circular targets. The mesh target was deployed in the same manner as the previous date, with additional 4 liter buoyant...

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1st test deployment day of targets

Experiment Log 2020

On Wednesday 10/06/2020 we performed the first test deployment of the new 7 m diameter circular targets constructed for PLP2020. The first of the two targets was a prototype cylindrical cage-type...

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Last day of the experiment

Experiment Log 2019

27/06/2019 Our team gathered at Tsamakia beach at 09:00 am. Today was our last day of the experiment and the plan was to obtain data from UAV and Sentinel-2 satellite images. Unfortunately, the...

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Twelfth day of our experiment

Experiment Log 2019

22/06/2019 Due to bad weather conditions (~80% of cloud coverage), the experiment was put on hold. Today’s experiment would have been executed with two targets made out of plastic bottles and...

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Eleventh day of our experiment

Experiment Log 2019

17/06/2019 Today our team gathered at Tsamakia beach at 9 am. This time four targets of 5x5m were deployed in a square pattern resulting in a big 10x10m target. Two targets were covered with Reeds...

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Tenth day of our experiment

Experiment Log 2019

12/06/2019 Due to bad weather conditions, the experiment was put on hold. However our team did some field work such as constructing a 1x5m target in order to work with volume estimation....

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Ninth day of our experiment

Experiment Log 2019

07/06/2019 Celebrating tommorow’s World Oceans Day 2019 the PLP19 group organized today’s experiment with an informative and educational scope. The rector of the University of the Aegean...

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Eigth day of our experiment

Experiment Log 2019

02/06/2019 Today our team gathered at Tsamakia beach at 9 am. Due to bad weather conditions (Nearly 100% of cloud coverage), the experiment was put on hold. However our team did some field work...

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