Skip navigation


You are in:  Home » About SCAR » National Annual Reports to SCAR » Spain

ANNUAL SCAR REPORT ON
NATIONAL ANTARCTIC SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
1 JULY 2002 TO 30 JUNE 2003
AND PLANNED NEW PROGRAMMES

Member Country: SPAIN

Planned New Programmes, Projects by Scientific Standing Group

Geosciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal
Investigator		 Address no.
Goedesic observations *Volcanic and tectonic activity of Deception island Livingston and Deception islands and Antarctic Peninsula  2003 - 2004 M Berrocoso  14
* Geodesic, seismic, geomagnetic and gravimetric measurements
Marine Geology *Formation of oceanic basins Scotia and Weddell seas 2003 - 2004 A Maldonado 31
*Continental fragmentation
Sedimentary processes * Palenvironmental palaeoceanographic and palaeoclimactic studies in three continental margins of Antarctic Laboratory in Spain 2003 - 2006 C Escutia 32
Marine geology *Recent geology South Bay, Livingston Island 2003  G Ercilla 18 
*Seismo-stratigraphic and morpho-sedimentary studies
Palaeoceanography reconstruction *Microfossil studies Laboratory in Spain 2003 -2004 R Theron 33

 

Life Sciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal
Investigator		 Address no.
Microbical and Ecology and Exobiology *Geomicrobiology  Laboratory in Spain 2003 - 2006  J Wierzchos  26
*Ross desert samples
Marine seaweeds *Singular metabolites Fildes Bay, King George Island  2003  J Darias  27 
*Chemistry and geometry determinations
Chemical ecology *Bioactive substances of invertebrate bentonic Weddell Sea 2003 - 2004 C Avila 28
Benthos biodiversity *Integrated study of ichthyofauna, epibenthos and suprabenthos Bellinghausen Sea and Antarctic Peninsula 2003 - 2004 I Olaso 29
Benthos *Interaction between plankton and benthos Weddell Sea 2003 - 2006 F Pagès 30
Terrestrial Biology *Photosynthesis studies Livingston Island 2003 - 2006 L G Sancho 2
*Biodiversity evaluation
*Microclimatic measurements
Phytoplankton *Production, growth and mortality 2003 - 2006 C Duarte 13
*Effects of ultraviolet radiation and ammonium disponibility

 

Physical Sciences
Subject Investigation Locality Duration Principal
Investigator		 Address no.
Thermoynamic modelling *Active layer and permafrost Livingston Island 2003 - 2004 M Ramos 23
Meteorology *Operation of the meteorological observatory Juan Carlos I Station 2003 - 2004 A Labajo 22
Geophysics, tectonics modelling and risk *Tridimensional distribution Deception Island 2003 - 2005

C Paredes

 34
*Seismovolcanic activity
Geophysics *Circulation and bathymetry studies Bransfield Strait 2003 - 2004 M Catalán 35
Communications *Ionospheric channel characterization and analysis Livingston Island  2003 - 2006  J L Pijoan 36
* HF communications