Supporting Facilities

The calibration laboratory of HCMR has been developed to support the POSEIDON weather forecasting and monitoring system. The lab tests and calibrates sensors for a range of oceanographic parameters focusing on the unique environmental conditions of the Eastern Med sea. The calibration facilities at the HCMR Thalassocosmos complex in Crete include a…

Maintenance work requiring partial or total disassembly of the buoys is carried out in a specially designed enclosure of 210 sq.m. which has an 8 ton crane bridge and portable lifting machines . An electronic lab equipped with basic instruments such as an oscilloscope, multimeters, frequency generators and power supplies used for fault detection and…

The glider lab is the place where all the preparation procedures are carried out before every mission. Additionally, the maintenance and the repairs of the glider are also performed in the lab. It is equipped with all the necessary equipment and it is appropriately organized for the accomplishment of the abovementioned operations.

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