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MEDARGO DEPLOYMENTS
November 2005. Last two MEDARGO floats were successfuly deployed in the southern Ionian and Levatine Seas during the EGITTO-1 oceanographic cruise onboard R/V OGS-EXPLORA on 14-16 November 2005. In addition, 3 floats provided by the France Argo program were deployed. They all have the MEDARGO cycling and sampling characteristics. Thank you to the OGS and LOB/CNRS teams for these successful deployments.
As of today, 18 floats are still operating in most areas of the Mediterranean Sea. Since July 2004, the MEDARGO floats have provided more than 1300 CTD profiles. (see http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/table_out.html). That trajectory plots are produced in near-real time at the MEDARGO/TEDC (OGS, Trieste) and can be viewed at the following URL: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/real_time.html MEDARGO full datasets can be visualized and downloaded in quasi-real time through the ADDC (CORIOLIS, IFREMER, Brest).
http://www.coriolis.eu.org/cdc/projects/cdcMFSTEPFloats.asp |
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DAILY MEDITERRANEAN FORECAST
Since the 30th of September 2005 a new ten days forecast is done every day at the basin scale. A daily bulletin is released at the web page: www.bo.ingv.it/mfs. |
OVER ONE THOUSAND MEDARGO PROFILES!
The MEDARGO floats have provided more than 1000 CTD profiles since the beginning of the program. As of today, 15 units are still operating and we have reached a total of 1008 profiles (see http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/cgi-bin/float_table).
Trajectory plots are produced in near-real time at the MEDARGO/TEDC (OGS, Trieste) and can be viewed at the following URL: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/real_time.html
MEDARGO full datasets can be visualized and downloaded in quasi-real time through the ADDC (CORIOLIS, IFREMER, Brest).
http://www.coriolis.eu.org/cdc/projects/cdcMFSTEPFloats.asp |
ALADIN/MFSTEP: OPERATIONAL NOTICE
July 2005. Since 29 June from 00 UT network time, ALADIN/MFSTEP switched to the new post-processing domain called " wsea" having the coordinates as follows:
31 North to 46 North; 3 West to 21 East.
The change has applied both for the production 5 days forecast and assimilation starting from 2005/06/29/00.
The name convention of the grib files reflects the fact that this domain covers the western part of the mediterranean basin: there is a letter "w" instead of the previous letter "m" (denoting the whole Mediterranean basin).
The grib file names are then:
MFSTEP_CHMIwp_HHDDMMYY_hhh.grb for the production forecast
MFSTEP_CHMIwa_HHDDMMYY_hhh.grb for the assimilation cycle. |
NEW BROCHURES ARE AVAILABLE FOR MFSTEP PROJECT
July 2005. The new MFSTEP brochure is ready. This brochure describes the main results after the first two years of MFSTEP project. It includes a general project description sheet and 12 sheets dedicated to project issues.
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SOUTHEASTERN
LEVANTINE SHELF
FORECASTING
SYSTEM IS ONLINE
July 2005. The first variant of the Operational Oceanographic Forecasting
System for SouthEastern Levantine is online. The system runs on every Thursday,
producing forecasts for 5 days, starting Wed, 12Z. The results are published
on the ISRAMAR
web site immediately after computations are finishing for entire period
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NEW
OCEANOGRAPHIC
BUOY IN THE NW
MEDITERRANEAN
June
2005. On saturday
11 june at 0930 h
GMT, a new M3A-type
mooring has deployed
in the NW Mediterranean
(41º 36.431
N; 2º 52.799
E; 346 m depth).
The maneuver went smooth and the buoy is transmitting data to lab-based computer.
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NEWS
FOR ALL MFSTEP PARTNERS
A NEW COST-QUESTIONNAIRE has been constructed by FEEM and ALL MFSTEP PARTNERS
are kindly asked to compile it.
Please, download the new cost-questionnaire available here.
After having compiled it, rename the file with the name of your institution,
save it and send it to:
Aline Chiabai within
the end of June 2005. |
MFSTEP
BASIN SCALE FORESCAST
SYS2
Since May 2005, the basin scale forecast switched from SYS1 to SYS2. The sytem
is now assimilating all the available satellite SLA data and vertical profiles
from
XBT and ARGO floats.
See details |
E1-M3A
SYSTEM
May 2005. During the 3rd maintenance cruise in the Cretan Sea, the surface buoy
of the E1-M3A system was fixed and the system is now operational.
Real time data are available through the M3A-TEDC ftp
server (and soon through the central ftp server of the project):
The delayed mode data for the 2nd sampling period (November - March) will be
released soon. |
MALTA
SHELF FORECASTING SYSTEM
IS ONLINE
February 2005: Link to http://www.capemalta.net/MFSTEP/results0.html
to view the daily forecast fields. |
MEDITERRANEAN
SEA FORECAST: MONTHLY BULLETIN
AVAILABLE
January 2005: Monthly
bulletin for the Mediterranean
forecasting system can be downloaded
from the WP8 web
site . The monthly bulletin
starts from September 2004.
The bulletin
is based on high resolution
model (1/16°) results. |
IMPROVEMENT
OF THE ADRIATIC REGIONAL MODEL
Decembre 2004: The Adricosm forecasting system has been upgraded! The Adriatic
Regional Model (AREG) at 5 km has been improved and some errors have been corrected.
The new system is called AREG SYS3.
The "forecast bullettin" of the new system is on line on the main Adricosm web
site. |
GLIDER
DATA AVAILABLE THROUGH THE WEB
December 2004: 750
profiles have been loaded in the Coriolis
database. About 500 of them have been
Quality controlled and are available
(the next 250 profiles will be controlled
very quickly).
It is possible to display those maps on the following page:
http://www.ifremer.fr/mfstep/data_management/wp14_data_management/data_selection2.html |
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MFSTEP
MEDARGO NEW DEPLOYMENTS
During this fall season
six new MEDARGO floats were successfully
deployed in the Mediterranean:
- On 26-Oct-2004, one PROVOR was deployed by the team of Jordi Font in the Alboran
Sea.
- On 12-Nov-2004, one PROVOR was deployed by the team of Antonio Cruzado in the
southern Ionian Sea concurrently with VOS XBT measurements.
- On 6/7-Dec-2004, four APEX were deployed by the team of Isaac Gertman in the
northern Ionian and Levatine Seas concurrently with VOS XBT measurements.
Float trajectory plots are produced in near-real time at the MEDARGO/TEDC (OGS,
Trieste) and can be viewed at the following URL: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/real_time.html
MEDARGO full datasets can be visualized and downloaded in quasi-real time through
the ADDC (CORIOLIS, IFREMER, Brest).
http://www.coriolis.eu.org/cdc/projects/cdcMFSTEPFloats.asp |
MFSTEP
GLIDER on Italian RAI TV
November
2004 : "Linea Blu",
an Italian TV program dealing
with the sea problems, showed
MFSTEP GLIDERS. (go to MFSTEP
Gliders) |
MFSTEP
BUOY SYSTEM
October 2004
UPDATE
During the cruise on the R/V Urania we upgraded the ODAS Italia 1 to the W1-M3A
configuration by deploying a mooring with CTD and ADCP close to the W1-M3A
mooring site and by installing the new acqusition system with the interfaces
for the Seabird sensors and the new communication system based on a Globalstar
modem.
The mooring was deployed on 22/09/2004.
DATA TRANSMISSION
We are currently using the Globalstar system. The average baud rate is usually
higher than 3.kbps. This means that a single record (about 25KB) is usually
uploaded into 65 seconds. Occasionally we succeeded in reaching also 6 kpbs.
DATA AVAILABILITY
The old configuration (let's say ODAS) worked up to 22/09/2004. All the available
data are available in Medatlas format.
WEB UPDATE
The web site has been update with some photos and the link with the last available
data received from the buoy (starting from the "Product" section)
has been again activated.
Some snapshots from the cruise are in the web site under the section "Doc,
Pictures, & Video" -> September 2004
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MFSTEP
GLIDERS
October 2004 - The MFSTEP glider was successfully deployed in the Ionian Sea
from Research Vessel Luigi Sanzo by the IFM-GEOMAR and IAMC teams.
NRT plots are available at:
http://www.ifm.uni-kiel.de/fb/fb1/po2/research/mfstep/product.html |
MFSTEP
Regional Forecasts
September 2004 - All the new regional models produce nested current forecasts
! !
Levantine
Basin - Sicily
Channel - NorthWestern
Mediterranean
The models are nested within the new MFSTEP
OGCM based upon the OPA code. They are
initialized every week from the MFSTEP
OGCM using they VIFOP initialization
scheme and they use meterological forcing
from high resolution ALADIN and SKIRON
5 days forecasts. The forecast is relased
with 1 day delay with respect to the actual
start of the forecast. |
Four
more MEDARGO floats
successfully
deployed in the
western Mediterranean
Thanks to the efforts of the CNRS/LOB team four PROVOR floats were successfuly
deployed in the Liguro-Provencal and Algerian basins on 7-8 September 2004.
Float trajectory plots are produced in near-real time at the MEDARGO/TEDC
(OGS, Trieste) and can be viewed at the URL: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/real_time.html MEDARGO
full datasets can be visualized and downloaded in quasi-real time through
the ADDC (IFREMER,
Brest).
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MFSTEP-basin
scale forecast
September 2004 - The
production of the new high resolution MFSTEP basin
scale forecast has started. The new analysis and
forecast data are available every Wednesday in the WP8
web page. The on-line visualization will be available
asap. |
MFSTEP-VOS
started
MFS-VOS cruise has been done along the track TRACK nr 2a (Barcelona-Arzew),
managed by CEAB, on August 31, 2004.
XBT data from this track are on
line.
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MEDARGO-MFSTEP
floats successfuly deployed in Tyrrhenian
Three APEX floats were successfuly deployed on 15-16 August 2004.
Float trajectory plots are produced in near-real time at the MEDARGO/TEDC (OGS,
Trieste) and can be viewed at the following URL: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/real_time.html
MEDARGO full datasets can be visualized and downloaded in quasi-real time through
the ADCC (CORIOLIS,
IFREMER, Brest).
Next float deployments are scheduled for 8-11 September in the Provencal and
Algerian sub-basins (4 PROVOR to be released by CNRS/LOB; C. Millot).
Thanks to all who are contributing to the good success of MEDARGO. |
MEDARGO-MFSTEP
has officially started its operational phase with
the deployment of two floats at the end of June.
Two APEX floats were successfuly deployed on
30 June 2004. The floats have provided their first deep profiles
(down to 2000 m; on 5 June) and their firstshallow profiles
(down to 700 m; on 10 June) satisfactorily.
Float trajectory plots are produced in near-real time at the MEDARGO/TEDC (OGS,
Trieste) and can be viewed at the following URL: http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/WP4/real_time.html
MEDARGO full datasets can be visualized and downloaded in quasi-real time through
the MFSTEP Data management web
site. |
MFS-VOS again
provide data
One MFS-VOS cruise has been done along the track Limassol - Port Said on May
26 - 27, 2004 by DFMR. Another one is underway along the track Genova -
Palermo by CNR ISMAR La Spezia (in collaboration with ENEA).
Data will be available in the MFS-VOS
web page.
Download the MFS-VOS Newsletter
Special Number. |
Multiple Launcher
March 2004. The mechanical part of the multiple launcher prototype is ready
with a number of eight probes in parallel.
Within the next month it will
be test
at sea.
Photos
SlideShow
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Adriatic
buoy is
at Sea
February 2004. The Adriatic buoy was positioned at the E2M3A location
(41 deg. 16.59 N 17 deg. 39.89 E) and that, since 16 February at 12.00
GMT the continuous measurements has started.
Info
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MFSTEP-MedARGO
floats deployment
Two APEX floats were deployed Friday 26 September
2003 from from RV Garcìa del Cid at the locations:
ID ***35504 15h06 GMT *
 41º 44' 02.4" N
03º 43' 00.2" E
ID *35503 15h25 GMT *
41º 45' 00.0" N
03º 43' 00.1" E
They started the first cycle, and the floats were observed while sinking
slowly.
Two PROVOR floats were deployed October 2 2003 in a location close to
where the two APEX are expected to surface few hours later. A full set
of CTD casts is planned for October when the four floats will still be
at surface.
MFSTEP-MedARGO is at sea!
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Deployment Photos
SlideShow
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November 2003. All MEDARGO
floats were successfuly recovered a couple of days ago by the
CMIMA-CISC and OGS teams in the Catalan Sea.
Congratulations to all the people involved in these operations. |
