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Giovanni Coppini^1,2
N. Pinardi^1,2, A.Guarnieri¹, N. Fabbroni², P. Oddo¹

(1) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy
(2) Università di Bologna, Ravenna, Italy

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ADRICOSM real time marine operational monitoring and forecasting system is the result of an international effort, the system delivers real time Marine Core Services such as Temperature, Salinity and Currents analyses and forecast, Temperature and Chlorophyll daily maps from satellite, in situ Temperature and Salinity observations (CTD, XBT, coastal buoys). ADRICOSM products and services are available through the MOON website. The numerical forecasting model used (AREG, Adriatic REGional model) is based on the Princeton Ocean Model; its implementation covers the entire Adriatic Sea and extends into the Ionian Sea. Every week the operational system produces 7 days of hindcast (from noon of the previous Tuesday up to noon of the current week Tuesday) and 9 days of forecast. The hindcast is forced at the surface by the European Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecast (ECMWF) atmospheric analyses; it uses the Mediterranean Forecasting System (MFS) analyses as lateral open boundary conditions, and the observed daily Po run-off. For the forecast the model is forced using ECMWF and MFS operational forecast while the last available Po values are persisted.. ADRICOSM forecasting system as been coupled with MEDSLIK oil spill model to simulate and forecast the dispersal of oil spill at sea. The ADRICOSM-MEDSLIK integrated system has been used to quantify and assess the risk from operational oil tanker discharges for the marine and coastal areas of the Adriatic Sea; moreover a lagrangian numerical code has been implemented to forecast particle spreading and several lagrangian models have been validated comparing numerical trajectories and observed drifter launched in Adriatic sea. ADRICOSM monitoring and forecasting system is the base of the ADRICOSM Partnership (launched ad Type II Initiative-World Summit on Sustainable development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, 2002) and is supported by the Italian Ministry of Environment Land and Sea and by EU projects.

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