The Mediterranean Operational Oceanography infrastructures and services National Group of Operational Oceanography Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia INGVINGVAntonio Guarnieri and

OUTLINEThe Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network (MOON) and the GMES European Marine Service: system design and implementationSpecific products of INGVThe regional experience of ADRICOSM, and the Adriatic Observing SystemConclusions

MOON: Mediterranean Operational Oceanography Network16 nations involved, 36 institutionshttp://www.moon-oceanforecasting.eu Real Time Observing Systemfrom satellites and in situplatformsNumericalmodels of hydrodynamicsand biochemistryat basin scaleNumerical models for shelf andcoastal areasEnd-User applicationsDownstream servicesOperational oceanography in the Mediterranean Sea:1995-today

The design principles

MOON data collection system:Basin scale and real time

MyOcean: The European GMESMarine Core Service functions The Marine Core Service delivers regular and systematic reference information on the state of the oceans and regional seas of known quality and accuracy

A catalogue of common denominator dataCurrents,Temperature,SalinitySea Level,Sea Ice, Surface windsBiogeochemistry

239 products

Slide taken from MyOcean Coordinator

The Marine Core Service for users: 4 areas of benefit MARINE SAFETYGMES service delivers a service to:

European agencies (EEA, EMSA, EDA, ...)

Member State Users: National / Regional Service Providers (public or private)

Intergovernmental bodies (OSPAR, UNEP-MAP, HELCOM, ICES, ...)

Private businesses

MyOcean catalogue www.myocean.euSea Surface Height TemperatureSalinityCurrentsStokes drift currentsWavenumberChlorophyllNutrientsDissolved Oxygen conc.Primary productionPhytoplankton biomass

bi-weekly: 10-day forecastonce: analysis

daily: 10-day forecastweekly: 15-day analysisonce: reanalysis

The Italian Ministry of Environment and Territory started an ADRICOSM Pilot Project in October 2001 to develop the monitoring and modelling of the Adriatic currents and ecosystem in order to detect changes and mitigate impactsOther Projects will start in 2004 that will continue the ADRICOSM developmentsThe last ended of these projects is ADRICOSM-STAR: ADRICOSM INTEGRATED RIVER BASIN AND COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: MONTENEGRO COASTAL AREA AND BOJANA RIVER CATCHMENTThe last on-going project is Adricosm-IntermediateA regional experience: ADRICOSM

ADRICOSM APPROACHCoastal water cycle integrated strategyProduction of generic high quality data for environmental managers and policy makers

March 4th 2004

Daily Ocean Color derived parameters have been produced for the study area since 1998 based on SeaWiFS data (CNR-ISAC):Total Suspended Matter (TSM)Colored Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM)Attenuation coefficient (K_490)Chlorophyll (Chl_a)

Enhancement and continuation of the monitoring system

Enhancement and continuation of the monitoring systemABWind Measurements and Data Statistics (OGS)ABContinuation of VOS Program (OGS) along the Trieste Durres Bari Track (XBTs)

New monitoring stations in MontenegroRenewal of several hydromet stations

Adriatic Forecasting System http://gnoo.bo.ingv.it/afs

The Adricosm Geoportal

Project andExternalUsersDataMap ServersADRICOSM-STAR GEOPORTALSearch Catalog and FindPublish data and servicesConnect and Use

Download and useData

DataData providers control access to their dataHomogeneous Metadata Catalog, Information System,Access CenterADRI-SISWEB PORTAL

The Adricosm Geoportal

The Adriatic Observing System (Italian side)Multiparametric Buoys/StationsMAMBO (OGS)PALOMA (OGS)S1 (CNR-ISMAR)E1 (CNR-ISMAR)Acqua Alta (CNR)E2M3A (OGS) HF RadarsSurface driftersLagrangian profilersSeveral Baros/Batos Installations on ferries and research vessels

CONCLUSIONS Within the last 20 years Operational Oceanography has developed a thick network of modelling and observing data and products At a regional scale (Mediterranean) the base products are freely available through MyOcean At sub-regional (Adriatic) an effort was done to start to create a semi-centralized GeoPortal to access the data All these products proved and keep proving everyday to be fundamental instruments for end users such as European and local Agencies ad Services, Member states, policy and decision makers Thank You

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