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CoastObs newsletter #3

Hello CoastObservers! Another semester has passed since our last newsletter edition and we have many updates for you! This summer more fieldwork campaigns started, which will continue until September, we presented the project results at different conferences, we held meetings with users, evolved on the validation of data, and had a wonderful project meeting at stunning Vigo! Thank you for keeping interest on our project, we hope you enjoy the read,   Let’s get into the details of the happenings of past six months. We hope you enjoy the read! Sincerely, Your CoastObs team     CoastObs News _______________________________________ Did you see our infographic on Plastic Free July? Join the challenge and make of Plastic Free July a lifestyle! _______________________________________ Fieldwork, fieldwork, fieldwork This summer three fieldwork campaigns were already carried out! Our consortium has been busy sampling, mapping and going on fieldwork campaigns for the validation of Copernicus EU Sentinel-2 and -3 data. We invite you to check our post on the fieldwork carried out in Spain, France and Italy. Also, want to hear something funny? We lost a sensor during a sampling session. Fortunately, the Italian Police helped us find it. Thanks again for the great help! _______________________________________ CoastObs' project meeting The whole consortium met for a project meeting at the Toralla Marine Science Station (ECIMAT) from the University of Vigo, where we got to visit the local mussel industry. Check our post for seeing some cool photos!. _______________________________________ CNR interviewed for Sky News Italia We gave an interview to Sky News Italia for explaining CoastObs. _______________________________________ Meetings with users USER MEETING WITH THE REGULATORY COUNCIL OF MUSSEL FROM GALICIA USER MEETING IN BOURGNEUF BAY UVIGO MEETING WITH THE MUSSEL REGULATORY COUNCIL CoastObs Events _______________________________________ Where have we been? Here is the summary of where we have presented the project. LIVING PLANET SYMPOSIUM 2019 LA MER XXL OCEANEXT 2019 _______________________________________ Conferences around the corner What’s coming in the next months? Save the date for @CopernicusEU Marine Service Workshop & Training for the aquaculture sector. Extra coastal news _______________________________________ Are you looking for free available materials to learn more about ocean monitoring from space?. Did you check CMEMS’ Ocean State Report 3 Summary? It presents important marine data and changes in global ocean and European regional seas. . Are you a researcher/ PhD student interested in Ocean Remote Sensing & Synergy? Then apply for the Ocean Training Course 2019 in Chania, Greece! Deadline: September 1st. GIF of this edition _______________________________________ (See the GIF here) Thanks for reading and for being a CoasObserver! We wish you a great comeback from holidays! Until the next edition! This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 776348.