| SSPIRIT - From Seabed to SPace: Identifying and quantifying plastic litteR with Innovative remote sensing Technologies |
Funder identifier: HBC.2024.0752 (Other contract id)
Principal funding codes: 5552 - VLAIO - Blue Cluster - cSBO
Acronym: SSPIRIT
Period: June 2025 till May 2028
Status: In Progress
Thesaurus terms Litter; Marine pollution
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| Institutes (5) |
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- Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), more
- Catarino, Ana
- Vandorpe, Thomas, principal investigator
- Rondelez, Jelle
- Sandra, Matthias
- Bonifacio, Larissa
- Zoete, Lieselot, technician
- Stiers, Xiebe, researcher
- Lalyer, Carina
- KU Leuven (KULeuven), more
- Universiteit Antwerpen; Faculteit Wetenschappen; Departement Biologie; ECOSPHERE, more
- Universiteit Gent (UGent), more
- Vlaamse overheid; Beleidsdomein Economie, Wetenschap en Innovatie; Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO), more
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| Abstract |
The goal of the project is to define a comprehensive system, which is able to map plastic pollution in the whole water column (from the surface to the seabed). To this effect, we will test and deploy multiple innovative technologies, operating both above and below the surface. As direct detection of the amount of plastics is not possible for all layers, the use of proxies will be investigated. The feasibility and valorisation potential of the suitable set technologies will be demonstrated in several case studies. |
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