T-FLaP advances: Instrumental and operative implementation

Abstract

The development of new technologies is a fundamental aspect of oceanographic research, a trend driven by the increasingly large data sets required for integrated approaches utilising in situ observations, forecasting models and remotely-sensed data. These requirements cannot be achieved with the current marine measurement technologies, which are too expensive for extensive utilisation. Temperature-fluorescence launchable probe (T-FLaP) technology provides low-cost, user-friendly, in situ measurements of the physical and bio-optical variables of water bodies, representing a useful tool in multi-platform observational system networks. This paper reports the results of the latest research activities on T-FLaP evolution and its various applications.