Oceanography

Research Activity
The main research subjects of the laboratory are physical oceanography, climatology and disaster risk reduction and civil protection. The methodological approaches are multidisciplinary; next to research methods of the physical sciences and earth, socio-cultural approaches are also carried out.
Physics Oceanography and Climatology
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Observation of physical oceanographic features Direct measurements and analysis of the main variables that characterize the physical marine environment both in offshore and in coastal area (temperature, salinity, currents, waves)
Climatology and climate change on regional-local scale In order to provide adaptation and mitigation actions of the effects of climate change on a local scale, it is important to have reliable projections on the expected changes, with particular attention to temperature and precipitation variations and their impact on the environment and on human activities (health, energy, agriculture, transportation, infrastructure, etc.). This line of research aims at increasing the understanding of the climatic conditions and the expected changes at the regional and local scale, possibly overcoming the considerable uncertainty shown by the results of climate models available for these scales.
Relations between marine environment and marine ecosystems The results of oceanographic measurements and numerical hydrodynamic simulations are coupled with observations of marine ecosystems to study the effects on the latter (for example regarding the transport of eggs and fish larvae, the development of anoxic phenomena, massive appearance of mucilage).
Marine operational forecasting for the civil and environmental protection The hydrodynamic models and wave motion are applied in an operational manner, in particular to the Adriatic Sea, both in the laboratory and in external research institutions aimed at providing a continuous short-term forecasts (typically 3 days) of particular marine hazards such as storms, coastal flooding, transport of pollutants, anoxia.
Numerical modelling of the marine environment Application of numerical models for simulation of the marine environment in terms of circulation, level, waves, temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, chlorophyll, sediment transport.

The laboratory works directly with several national and international institutions (click to directly access to the web page)

Staff

Prof. Aniello Russo Ricercatore 0712204333 a.russo@univpm.it

Dr. Alessandro Coluccelli Tecnico cat. D 0712204140 a.coluccelli@univpm.it

Fulvio Toseroni Phd Student 0712204332 f.toseroni@univpm.it

Lorenzo Sangelantoni Post Doc 0712204332 l.sangelantoni@univpm.it

Francesco Memmola Phd Student 0712204322 f.memmola@univpm.it

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