PALOMA elastic beacon P.I. for RITMARE project: C. Cantoni, F. Raicich Participants: S. Sparnocchia, A. Luchetta, V. Meccia, E. Caterini PROGETTO BANDIERA RITMARE SP ’SISTEMI OSSERVATIVI‘ - WP3.AZ2

Mettere qualche foto Current Status of the Observatory/Mooring Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015 Meteorological St. Air XCO 2 pCO 2, T, S, DO pressure, 3m T 15 m T 24 m

Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015 Near-real time data acquisition, transmission and dissemination Meteorological station* (9 m): air temperature, solar radiation, wind speed and direction, precipitation, pressure, relative humidity. (2002) Continuous measurements *The station is managed by the Civil Protection of FVG and ARPA- OSMER FVG Air temperature and sea water temperature: 3, 15, 24 m (precision ± 0.05°C) (2009) Continuous measurements

Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015 Delayed mode Seawater pCO 2 (every 6h) 3 m, HydroCO 2 – Contros (Dec 2012) Air XCO 2 LI-840A, data acquisition every 2h (Aug 2013) Salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and pressure (every 15 min), at 3 m, SBE37-ODO Seabird. (T, S, pressure, Aug 2012; DO Sep 2013) Sea water temperature 15, 25 m, SBE39 – Seabird Near-real time data acquisition and transmission

Scientific and Technological Results Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015 Near-real time data acquisition, transmission and dissemination ISMAR web site Air temperature and sea water temperature: 3, 15, 24 m (precision ± 0.05 °C) transmission to My Ocean, implementation supported by Jerico project

Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015

Data acquired Jan 2013 – Sep 2015 ParameterStart% func /period Start RT% RT AirAir TBP≈ 70 %BP≈ 90 % XCO2 airAug %Aug % 3 m depthpCO2BP55 %no RT CTDBP70 %Apr 2015≈ 70 % OxySep %Apr 2015≈ 70 % TBP≈ 70 %BP≈ 90 % 15 m depthT sbeSep %Sep 2015 TBP≈ 80 %BP≈ 90 % 24 m depth T sbeSep %Sep 2015 TBP≈ 80 %BP≈ 90 % Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015 BP: Before the indicated period

Data Management (1) Real Time Sensors/parameters: Air temperature and sea water temperature: 3, 15, 24 m (precision ± 0.05°C), Air XCO2, Salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen and pressure (every 15 min), at 3 m, Sea water temperature 15, 25 m, SBE3 Data formats availability: ASCII Quality control: daily check for instrument functioning. QC on selected period when data are requested. Regular instrument calibration, monthly comparison with independent CTD probe and discrete Winkler samples. Data depository: the server of CNR-ISMAR in Trieste Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015

Data Management (2) Delayed Mode Sensors/parameters: pCO2 3m Data formats availability: ASCII Manuals used for the quality control: Monthly comparison with discrete chemical analysis Data depository: Server ISMAR-TS Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015

Dissemination PALOMA website Global Ocean Acicidifcation Observing Network Eurocean: Marine Research infrastructure database Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015

Future Vision Near real time trasmission of all the parameters. New server for data acquisition and dissemination Integration with starting projects and international networks – JERICO NEXT, ICOS, GOA-ON … Workshop Ritmare Sp5-Wp3, Trieste October 2015