Ocean Predictions and Applications

The OPA Division deals with the development of models and methods for interdisciplinary research on marine operational forecasting, on the interactions between coastal areas and the open ocean, on the development of services and applications for all maritime economy sectors, including transport, security and management of coastal areas and marine resources, in the context of climate change adaptation problems.

OPA Division, in coordination with ODA Division, coordinates the European Copernicus Marine Environment Monitoring Service (CMEMS, http://marine.copernicus.eu/) Monitoring Forecasting Center for the Mediterranean Sea (http://marine.copernicus.eu/about-us/about-producers/med-mfc/) and develops and maintains the physical modelling part of the CMEMS Monitoring Forecasting Center for the Black Sea (http://marine.copernicus.eu/about-us/about-producers/bs-mfc/).

To learn more, please visit the Ocean-Lab website.

OPA Projects

EuroSea - Improving and integrating the European Ocean Observing and Forecasting Systems

Although the Ocean is a fundamental part of the global system providing…

AdriaClim - Climate change information, monitoring and management tools for adaptation strategies in Adriatic coastal areas

The main objective of AdriaClim is to improve climate resilience in the…

FRAMESPORT - Framework initiative fostering the sustainable development of Adriatic small ports

FRAMESPORT project will perform a coordinated initiative supporting an integrated and sustainable…

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Forecasting Systems

Mediterranean Forecasting System

Black Sea analysis and Forecasting System

Global Ocean Forecasting System (GOFS16)

Southern Adriatic Northern Ionian coastal Forecasting System (SANIFS)

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Division Director

Giovanni Coppini

Division Manager

Emanuela Mergola

PEOPLE

Contacts

via Augusto Imperatore, 16 – 73100 Lecce, Italy

emanuela.mergola@cmcc.it

Research Units

PhD students

Ivano Barletta, Salvatore Causio

OPA Publications

EU-MRV: an analysis of 2018’s Ro-Pax CO2 data

Mannarini G., Carelli L., Salhi, A.
2020, IEEEXplore, DOI: 10.1109/MDM48529.2020.00065, web page

Graph-Search and Differential Equations for Time-Optimal Vessel Route Planning in Dynamic Ocean Waves

Mannarini G., Subramani D. N., Lermusiaux P. F.J., Pinardi N.
2020, IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 3581-3593, Aug. 2020, DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2019.2935614, web page

A box model to represent estuarine dynamics in mesoscale resolution ocean models

Verri G., Pinardi N., Bryan F., Tseng Y.-h., Coppini G., Clementi E.
2020, Ocean Modelling, Volume 148, April 2020, 101587, DOI: 10.1016/j.ocemod.2020.101587, web page

Marine litter in the Croatian part of the middle Adriatic Sea: Simultaneous assessment of floating and seabed macro and micro litter abundance and composition.

Palatinus A., Kovač Viršek M., Robič U., Grego M., Bajt O., Šiljić J., Suaria G., Liubartseva S., Coppini G., Peterlin M.
2019, Mar. Pollut. Bull., Volume 139, February 2019, Pages 427-439, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.12.038, web page

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Supporting maritime authorities and operational centres during search-and-rescue operations

Prediction of transport and transformation of actual or hypothetical oil spills in the Mediterranean Sea.

Providing information on the environmental quality for the Mediterranean Sea waters.

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