Physical Access - EMSO - Southern Adriatic Sea

Created March 4, 2026

Updated on March 12, 2026

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The EMSO regional facility for the South Adriatic Sea includes two sites, namely the South Adriatic Pit observatory (E2M3A) and the Shelf-slope observatory site (BB and FF) located in the western part of the basin. The E2M3A site is a two mooring system where the main one hosts the surface buoy instrumented with meteorological station and radiometers to collect air-sea interaction measurements, sensors for physical (temperature and salinity) and biochemical (oxygen, partial CO2 and pH) parameters distributed in the mixed layer, telemetry and services. The surface buoy collects the acquired data and transmits them in real time to the on-line server. The secondary mooring line houses an instrumental chain with sensors at different depths for physical and chemical measurements from the sea floor to the intermediate layer. Each of the BB and FF moorings consists of a single mooring of about 100 m that measures physical and geochemical parameters and have the role of intercepting the passage of North Adriatic Dense Water (NAdDW), which forms during the winter between Trieste and Ancona, as it sinks.

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Tags:
Access Types - Physical
Access mode - Peer Reviewed
Mooring Systems
Ocean Observatories
Provider - CNR-ISP
Provider - OGS
South Adriatic Sea
Basic
Abbreviation
Physical Access - EMSO - Southern Adriatic Sea
Research Infrastructure
EMSO
Resource Providers
OGS - CNR_ISP
Webpage
https://emso.eu/observatories-node/south-adriatic-sea/
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Description
The EMSO regional facility for the South Adriatic Sea includes two sites, namely the South Adriatic Pit observatory (E2M3A) and the Shelf-slope observatory site (BB and FF) located in the western part of the basin. The E2M3A site is a two mooring system where the main one hosts the surface buoy instrumented with meteorological station and radiometers to collect air-sea interaction measurements, sensors for physical (temperature and salinity) and biochemical (oxygen, partial CO2 and pH) parameters distributed in the mixed layer, telemetry and services. The surface buoy collects the acquired data and transmits them in real time to the on-line server. The secondary mooring line houses an instrumental chain with sensors at different depths for physical and chemical measurements from the sea floor to the intermediate layer. Each of the BB and FF moorings consists of a single mooring of about 100 m that measures physical and geochemical parameters and have the role of intercepting the passage of North Adriatic Dense Water (NAdDW), which forms during the winter between Trieste and Ancona, as it sinks.
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Classification
Access Types
Physical
Access mode
Peer Reviewed
Categories
Access physical and eInfrastructures
Scientific Domain
Natural Sciences
Scientific Sub-Domain
Natural Sciences. Earth & Related Environmental Sciences
Sub Category
Access physical and eInfrastructures. Instrument and equipment
Target Users
Research Communities
Availability
Geographic Availability
Worldwide
Language Availability
English (en)
Location
Resource Geographic Location
Italy
Contact
Helpdesk Email
vcardin@ogs.it
Main contact
Vanessa Cardin
Public contact
Vanessa Cardin/Stefano Miserocchi
Security Contact Email
stefano.miserocchi@cnr.it
Dependencies
Maturity
Life Cycle Status
Operational
trl: Technology Readiness Level
9 - actual system proven in operational environment
attribution
Funding Body
Ministry for Education, University and Research (MIUR)
Management
Order
Financial
Detailed informations
Provider
  • OGS
  • CNR-ISP
system:type
Service
Management Info
Author
Partescano Elena
Maintainer
Partescano Elena
Version
1
Last Updated
March 12, 2026, 15:01 (UTC)
Created
March 4, 2026, 13:33 (UTC)
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