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

PNRR-HPC – “SPOKE 4 EARTH & CLIMATE”: National Centre for HPC, Big Data and Quantum Computing

Within Spoke 4, the scientific activity of CMCC, and of the Spoke…

Future Earth.

ACTNOW - Advancing understanding of Cumulative Impacts on European marine biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services for human wellbeing

ACTNOW advances the state-of-the-art in understanding and forecasting of the cumulative impacts…

Ocean.

Blue4All - Blueprint demonstration for co-created effective, efficient and resilient networks of MPAs

There is an urgent need to strengthen marine conservation and restoration globally.…

Jobs & Growth, Ocean.

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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)

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

Generalized additive models for Risso’s dolphin group size estimation in the Gulf of Taranto (Northern Ionian Sea, Central-eastern Mediterranean Sea)

Maglietta R., Saccotelli L., Fanizza C., Telesca V., Dimauro G., Causio S., Lecci R., Federico I., Cherubini C., Crugliano R., Cipriano G., Carlucci R., Coppini G.
2022, 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), pp. 231-235, DOI: 10.1109/MetroSea55331.2022.9950842, web page

Preliminary study on monitoring the loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) using satellite tracking in the Adriatic and Ionian Seas

Maglietta R., Piazzolla D., Piermattei V., Scagnoli E., Lecci R., Marcelli M., Scuro M., De Lucia G. A., Marzano G., De Franco F., Saccotelli L., Caccioppoli R.,Coppini G.
2022, 2022 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea), pp. 320-323, DOI: 10.1109/MetroSea55331.2022.9950918., web page

Parallel implementation of the SHYFEM (System of HydrodYnamic Finite Element Modules) model

Micaletto G., Barletta I., Mocavero S., Federico I., Epicoco I., Verri G., Coppini G., Schiano P., Aloisio A., Pinardi N.
2022, Geosci. Model Dev., 15, 6025–6046, DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-6025-2022, web page

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

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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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