Transcript Calypso: surface hydrodynamic conditions monitoring

SURFACE HYDRODYNAMIC CONDITIONS MONITORING IN
THE SICILY CHANNEL BY MEANS OF HF RADAR
MEASUREMENTS
G. Ciraolo 1, A. Drago2, F. Capodici 1, F. Raffa3, S. Cosoli4, C. Nasello 1, G. La Loggia 1, A. Maltese 1 , G.B. Ferreri1
(1)Department of Civil, Environmental, Aerospace, Materials Engineering (DICAM) – Università degli studi di
Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 8, 90128 Palermo, Italy, [email protected]
(2)Physical Oceanography Unit, University of Malta, Malta
(3)CNR- Istituto per l'Ambiente Marino Costiero, Italy
(4)OGS - Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy
INFO:
www.capemalta.net/calypso
What is CALYPSO
Calypso is a 2 years project co-financed by the
Operative programme Italy-Malta 2007-2013 – axes II.
The project ‘s main target is the monitoring of the
surface currents to provide an useful tool against the
oil spill pollution in the Malta channel
THE CALYPSO PARTNERS
PARTNERS
1
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA (UOM) Physical Oceanography Unit
IOI – Malta Operational Centre, (LEADER)
2
TRANSPORT MALTA (TM)
3
CIVIL PROTECTION DEPARTMENT (CPD)
4
ARMED FORCES OF MALTA (AFM)
5
ARPA Sicilia – Regional Agency Environmental Protection
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Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino Costiero uos di Capo Granitola
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
(IAMC-CNR CAPO GRANITOLA)
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UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI PALERMO
Polo Universitario di Trapani (UNIPA) (SICILIAN FOCAL POINT)
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UNIVERSITA’ DI CATANIA (CUTGANA)
THE CALYPSO GOALS (1/3)
To set up a permanent network of HF antennas to be
used to monitor the surface currents (and waves in
the malta channel)
The network has 3 HF Antennas (2 in Malta e and 1 in
Sicily) at 13.5 MHz
THE CALYPSO GOALS (2/3)
To provide data to be combined with numerical
models in order to:
1. Optimize the interventions in case of oil spill
accidents or deliberate release of oil;
2. Improve the navigation safety ;
3. Improve search and rescue (SAR);
WHY this area has to be monitored
Marine Traffic (AIS) (red= oil tankers)
Why CALYPSO in the Malta channel
Oil spills in the 1999-2004 period: 18.947 spills
The Favignana oil spill (January 2013)
Favignana, conseguenze della marea nera
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How a HF system works
- 13.5 MHz (HF)
-40 W
- 2-3 km spatial res.
-Hourly scale
(currents and waves )
The Pozzallo HF installation
(August 2013)
The Pozzallo HF installation
combination of the 3 Antennas data
http://portus-malt.qrms.net/portus/PortusMini.html
VALIDATION: DRIFTERS
Very complex structure of the surface currents
Giugno 2013 (con la
collaborazione della CP)
Settembre 2013 (con la
collaborazione della Lega
Navale – Pozzallo)
The Pozzallo HF system: validation
VALIDATION
Accordo con i dati
Calypso intorno a
(0,8)
Accordo dei dati
ADCP con i dati
Calypso intorno a
(0,9)
BACKTRACKING
e
FORECASTING
Future expansion of the System
CALYPSO 2: to extend the CALYPSO coverage
3 hypotheses for the next HF system position
Scoglitti
Advantages:
Gela
redundancy
increased coverage
Licata
better quality of the maps
Future expansion of the System
DREAMING A FULL HF COVERAGE FOR THE SICILIAN COAST
Conclusions
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The system management for the next 5 year will require a certain
effort from economical point of view (and not only)
An amount of 8-10 thousand € per year is required to maintain the
Pozzallo system (frequency authorization, insurance, system
maintenance, energy supply, internet connection)
Periodic field survey would be needed to test the accuracy of the
system
An agreement on the use
of theadata
by external customer is
Meeting
Ragusa
21Novembre 2011
needed
New funds have to be found to finance and expand the network
INFO:
www.capemalta.net/calypso