Prof. Aldo DragoProject Leader, University of Malta

Project Final MeetingPublic Seminar

Broadening the uptake of HF radar data applications

2nd December 2015, Catania, Sicily

HF Radar Monitoring System and Response

against Marine Oil Spills in the Malta Channel

Success of CALYPSOOperational oceanography in practice

Infrastructure for meteo-marine

observations and forecasting

Added value services to a range of

users

Success of CALYPSOOperational oceanography in practice

Solid partnership between Maltese and

Sicilian institutions

Success of CALYPSOOperational oceanography in practice

Consolidated links to Maltese and

Sicilian stakeholders

Success of CALYPSOOperational oceanography in practice

Mapping sea surface currents

in real-time

with hourly updates

at 3 km of spatial resolution

in the Malta-Sicily Channel

Success of CALYPSOOperational oceanography in practice

Assisting Stakeholders

Oil spill response - MALTEX

2015

Oil spill simulations

MALTA MEDSLIK MODEL

Based on ROSARIO shelf scale forecasting system

Oil spill simulations

MALTA MEDSLIK MODEL

Based on ROSARIO shelf scale forecasting system

SAR Data (09/08/2015 17:03)

SAR Data (09/08/2015 17:03)

6-hour current files (MS), 1-hour wind files (SK1), 1-hour wave files (WAM)

SAR Data (09/08/2015 17:03)

6-hour current files (MS), 1-hour wind files (SK1), 1-hour wave files (WAM)

Forecasting sea currents

Low to High Resolution

Approaching closer to

the coast .....ROSARIO-SHYFEM

Approaching closer to

the coast .....ROSARIO-SHYFEM

Approaching closer to

the coast .....ROSARIO-SHYFEM

Publishing

ROSARIO-SHYFEM forecasts

Smartphone application

Targeting public non-professional

users

Smartphone application

Targeting public non-professional

users

Web service also on the CALYPSO

portal

Smartphone application

Targeting public non-professional

users

Wider use of HF radar

.......but not only

Four services

on both android and iOS

Web service also on the CALYPSO

portal

Smartphone application

Search and Rescue Optimal

Planning System (SAROPS) is a

comprehensive search and

rescue (SAR) planning system

used by the U.S. Coast Guard

and Armed Forces of Malta .

3 components of SAROPS:

Graphical User Interface (GUI),

the Environmental Data Server

(EDS) and the Simulator (SIM).

CALYPSO data and meteo-

marine forecasts are fed

operationally to EDS.

CALYPSO data for SAROPS

CALYPSO data for EMODnet

The initiative for an overarching EMODnet (European Marine Observation and Data

Network) is included in the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD), adopted

in December 2007 by the European Parliament and Council. EMODnet is

developing into a network of existing and developing European observation

systems, linked by a data management structure covering all European coastal

waters, shelf seas and surrounding ocean basins..

The future…

CALYPSO SOUTH

CALYPSO SOUTH

The future…

CALYPSO SOUTH

Search and rescue in a hot area of

illegal immigration

Assisting safer navigation

.....but not only

The future…

CALYPSO SOUTH

Search and rescue in a hot area of

illegal immigration

Improving forecasting models and oil

spill simulations with HF radar data

assimilation and closer to the coast

The future…

CALYPSO SOUTH

Search and rescue in a hot area of

illegal immigration

Assisting safer navigation

.....but not only

Improve knowledge on circulation

patterns south of Malta

The future…

CALYPSO SOUTH

CALYPSO

GYRE

MEDINA GYRE

Search and rescue in a hot area of

illegal immigration

Assisting safer navigation

.....but not only

Improving forecasting models and oil

spill simulations with HF radar data

assimilation and closer to the coast

Potential sites for

CALYPSO SOUTH

If permission to build everything inside the Plant, the Radar and equipment are protected, close to

sea, good elevation, good view angle, and electrical source can be from the Plant directly.

Potential sites for

CALYPSO SOUTH

Slightly on a cliff, but view angle and elevation are both good. Electrical source would be available

from a nearby farm. The terrain might not be solid rock everywhere. Connection to a nearby farm.

Prof. Aldo DragoCALYPSO – FO Project Leader

Head

Physical Oceanography Research Group

Dept. of Geosciences

Faculty of Science

University of Malta

Web: www.capemalta.net/calypso

Email: aldo.drago@um.edu.mt

Tel/Fax: +356 2144 0972

Tel/Fax: +356 2340 2843 / 2844

THANK

YOU