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The RITMARE italian fixed-point observatory network (IFON) for marine environmental monitoring: A case study

  • M. Ravaioli
  • , C. Bergami*
  • , F. Riminucci
  • , L. Langone
  • , V. Cardin
  • , A. Di Sarra
  • , S. Aracri
  • , M. Bastianini
  • , M. Bensi
  • , A. Bergamasco
  • , C. Bommarito
  • , M. Borghini
  • , G. Bortoluzzi
  • , R. Bozzano
  • , C. Cantoni
  • , J. Chiggiato
  • , E. Crisafi
  • , R. D’adamo
  • , S. Durante
  • , C. Fanara
  • F. Grilli, M. Lipizer, M. Marini, S. Miserocchi, E. Paschini, P. Penna, S. Pensieri, A. Pugnetti, F. Raicich, K. Schroeder, G. Siena, A. Specchiulli, G. Stanghellini, A. Vetrano, A. Crise
*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Italian Fixed-Point Observatory Network (IFON) integrates well-established coastal and ocean infrastructures (buoys, platforms, moorings, mast platforms, etc.), most of them providing real-time multidisciplinary monitoring for a number of marine and atmospheric variables. Here, we describe the network characteristics and then discuss an example of its operation during the cold spell of winter 2012. One of the goals of the Italian Flagship Project Ricerca Italiana per il mare (RITMARE) is to create a common, validated IFON database able to fulfil both public and private demands, including validation of remotely sensed data and numerical models, environmental planning and management, and time-series analysis of climate and oceanographic data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)s202-s214
JournalJournal of Operational Oceanography
Volume9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2016

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