| General info | |
| Project title | Mediterranean Forecasting System - Toward Environmental Prediction |
| Project acronym | MFSTEP |
| Project reference | EuroGOOS |
| Associated programme | Mediterranean Forecasting System |
| Project website | http://www.bo.ingv.it/mfs/ |
| Begin date | 2001-03-01 |
| End date | 2006-12-31 |
| Location | |
| Geographic coverage | Mediterranean Sea |
| Description | |
| Abstract | The Project aims at the further development of an operational forecasting system for the Mediterranean Sea based upon three main components: a) the Near Real Time Observing system; b) the numerical forecasting systems at basin scale and for regional areas; c) the forecast products dissemination/exploitation system. The problems to be solved belong to three major categories: 1) Technology developments, connected to the new instrumentation for NRT monitoring and the provision of NRT protocols for data dissemination, comprehensive of telecommunication technology and quality control procedures; 2) Scientific development, connected to the understanding of the sampling scheme for different measuring platforms, the design and implementation of data assimilation schemes for different spatial scales, the ecosystem modelling validation/calibration experiments at the basin and the coastal areas scale and the development of data assimilation techniques for biochemical data; 3) Exploitation developments, consisting of software interfaces between forecast products and oil spill modelling, general contaminant dispersion models, relocatable emergency systems, search and rescue models, and fish stock observing systems. In addition, the study of forecast economic value and impact will be carried out. |
| Coordinator | |
| Coordinating organisation | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sede di Bologna
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| Country of Coordinator | Italy |
| Contact name | Coppini Giovanni |
| Contact organisation | Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sede di Bologna
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| Project partners | |
| Other partners | CNR, National Research Council, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (Rome)
CSIC, Institute of Marine Sciences
Cyprus Oceanography Center
ENEA Centro Ricerche Ambiente Marino (La Spezia)
ENEA Centro Ricerche Casaccia (Roma)
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre
Municipality of Landskrona
National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
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| Edmerp metadata | |
| Edmerp id | 7865 |
| Collating centre | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
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| Latest update | 2009-01-30 |
