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Name
Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN)
Native name
Plataforma Oceánica de Canarias
Address
Crta. de Taliarte
Zipcode
35200
City
Telde
State
Gran Canaria
Country
Spain
Phone
(+34) 928 132 384
Centre Website
https://www.plocan.eu/index.php/es

organisation profile

The Oceanic Platform of the Canary Islands (PLOCAN) is a multi-purpose service centre composed of a set of large infrastructures to support research, technology and innovation in the marine and maritime sector in the North-East Central-Atlantic Ocean. The mission of the centre is to promote long-term observation and sustainability of the ocean. It will facilitate multidisciplinary approach, clustering and cost-effective combination of services such as observatories, test site, base for underwater vehicles, training and innovation hub. The target users are groups both from the public and private sector, international research programs and networks, academia and government. This RI is an ICTS (Unique Scientific and Technological Infrastructure), included in the Spanish National Roadmap for RIs.

results in other services

  • Data Discovery & Access service - Data Originators (CDI)
  • Cruise summary report (CSR)
  • Marine environmental research project (EDMERP)
  • Marine environmental databases (EDMED)
  • Ocean observing systems (EDIOS)
  • EMODnet Ingestion Service

edmo metadata

EDMO record id
3497
Collating centre
IEO-CSIC, Spanish Oceanographic Institute (IEO-CSIC)
Latest update
2 October 2018 9:47:53 PM