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

GUTTA - savinG fUel and emissions from mariTime Transport in the Adriatic region

GUTTA project will address the disparities in accessibility between the shores of the Adriatic Sea by supporting the ferryboat...

Cities & Coasts, Energy, Jobs & Growth, Oceans.

MARINE-EO PCP - Marine EO Pre-Commercial Procurement

The aim of Marine-EO procurement is to develop, test and validate a bundle of innovative EO downstream services bringing incremental or radical innovations in the field of maritime awareness...

Cities & Coasts, Future Earth, Oceans.

IMMERSE - Improving Models for Marine EnviRonment Services

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Cities & Coasts, Future Earth, Oceans.

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Forecasting Systems

Mediterranean Forecasting System

Black Sea analysis and Forecasting System

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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

Data Assimilation

PhD students

Ivano Barletta, Salvatore Causio

OPA Publications

Successful blue economy examples with an emphasis on international perspectives

Wenhai L., Cusack C., Baker M., Tao W., Mingbao C., Paige K., Xiaofan Z., Levin L., Escobar E., Amon D., Yue Y., Reitz A., Neves A. A. S., O’Rourke E. , Mannarini G., Pearlman J., Tinker J., Horsburgh K. J. , Lehodey P., Pouliquen S., Dale T., Peng Z., Yufeng Y.
2019, Frontiers in Marine Science, volume 6, article 261, DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2019.00261, web page

Low Carbon Intensity Routes via Ocean Currents and Waves

Mannarini G., Pinardi N., Coppini G.
2018, A. Marinò and V. Bucci (Eds.), "Technology and Science for the Ships of the Future" - IOS Press, pp. 340-347, DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-870-9-340, web page

Cost-Effective Technologies to Study the Arctic Ocean Environment

Piermattei V., Madonia A., Bonamano S., Martellucci R., Bruzzone G. , Ferretti R., Odetti A., Azzaro M., Zappalà G., Marcelli M.
2018, Sensors, 2018, 18(7), 2257, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s18072257, web page

Circulation during Storms and Dynamics of Suspended Matter in a Sheltered Coastal Area

Paladini de Mendoza F., Bonamano S., Martellucci R., Melchiorri C., Consalvi N., Piermattei V, Marcelli M.
2018, Remote Sensing, 10, 602, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10040602, web page

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