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

  • CONCEPTU MARIS - CONservation of CEtaceans and Pelagic sea TUrtles in Med: Managing Actions for their Recovery In Sustainability

    The Mediterranean Sea is undergoing severe changes driven by increasing anthropogenic pressures.…

    Ocean.

  • fish RISE - Remote Intelligent Sustainable aquaculturE system for Fish

    The sector of aquaculture has been recording constant growth trends at global…

    Ocean.

  • Copernicus Marine Service MED MFC - Mediterranean Sea Monitoring and Forecasting Centre of the Copernicus Marine Service

    Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme which offers information services…

    Ocean.

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    Forecasting Systems

    Mediterranean Forecasting System

    Black Sea analysis and Forecasting System

    Global Ocean Forecasting System (GOFS16)

    GOFS16-2019-05-30 alle 13.36.33

    Southern Adriatic Northern Ionian coastal Forecasting System (SANIFS)

    SANIFS
    Know more about CMCC Forescasting Systems

    Division Director

    Giovanni Coppini

    Division Manager

    Emanuela Mergola

    PEOPLE

    Contacts

    Via Marco Biagi, 5 — 73100 Lecce, Italy
    [email protected]
    0832 1902411

    Research Units

    PhD students

    Ivano Barletta, Salvatore Causio

    OPA Publications

    How COVID-19 Affected GHG Emissions of Ferries in Europe

    Mannarini G., Salinas M., Carelli L., Fassò A.
    2022, Sustainability, 14(9), 5287, DOI: 10.3390/su14095287, web page

    The Black Sea Physics Analysis and Forecasting System within the Framework of the Copernicus Marine Service

    Ciliberti S., Jansen E., Coppini G., Peneva E., Azevedo Martins D., Causio S., Stefanizzi M. L. , Cretì S., Lecci R., Nascimento Lima L., Ilicak M., Pinardi N., Palazov A.
    2022, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 10(1), 48, 1-19, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jmse10010048, web page

    A High Resolution Reanalysis for the Mediterranean Sea

    Escudier R., Clementi E., Cipollone A., Pistoia J., Drudi M., Grandi A., Lyubartsev V., Lecci R., Aydogdu A., Delrosso D., Omar M., Masina S., Coppini G., Pinardi N.
    2021, Frontiers in Earth Science, VOLUME=9, PAGES=1060, DOI: DOI=10.3389/feart.2021.702285, web page

    The Copernicus Marine Service from 2015 to 2021: six years of achievements

    Le Traon P.Y., Abadie V., Ali A., Aouf L., Artioli Y., Ascione I., et al. (Aydogdu A., Ciliberti S., Cipollone A., Clementi E., Coppini G., Drudi M., Escudier R., Lecci R., Nascimento Lima L., Masina S., Pistoia J., )
    2021, Special Issue Mercator Océan Journal #57, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-cafr-n813, web page

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    Data Visualization

    Providing oceanographic, sea state and weather forecasts for the entire Mediterranean Sea.
    Optimizing nautical routes in any meteo-marine condition
    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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