M3A system (2000–2005) – operation and maintenance

Petihakis, G.; Drakopoulos, Panagiotis; Nittis, C.; Zervakis, V.; Christodoulou, Chris; Tziavos, C.

doi:10.5194/osd-3-165-2006

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“…The M3A buoy has operated since January 2000 and provides real time measurements of temperature, chlorophyll-a, nitrate and oxygen, every 3 h at various depths. A detailed description of the structure and set-up of the moorings comprising the M3A array can be found in Petihakis et al (2007).…”

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confidence: 99%

Atmospheric deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean. A driving force for ecosystem dynamics

Christodoulaki

Petihakis

Kanakidou

et al. 2013

Journal of Marine Systems

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Atmospheric deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean. A driving force for ecosystem dynamics

Christodoulaki

Petihakis

Kanakidou

et al. 2013

Journal of Marine Systems

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“…An example of these technological innovations were the antifouling methods that were tested for the upgraded E1-M3A observatory under the POSEIDON-II project, based on the experience of the early deployments [40] of the system and that have significantly improved the quality of the data. Indeed, from the very first deployments it became evident that factory calibration of the fluorometers and turbidity sensors were not appropriate, as primary production in the Mediterranean sea and particularly in the Cretan Sea, is significantly lower compared to most other areas in the world where marine observatories are operating.…”

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The M3A network of open ocean observatories in the Mediterranean Sea

Bozzano

Pensieri

Pensieri³

et al. 2013

2013 MTS/IEEE OCEANS - Bergen

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The effective management and protection of the marine ecosystem as requested by European latest directives can be achieved only by an operational monitoring and forecasting of marine environmental conditions that require the use of multivariable real-time measurements combined with advanced physical and ecological numerical models. A modern approach to the ocean observations involves a variety of sources, including satellite-based instruments, in-situ platforms such as surface and sub-surface buoys and floats, autonomous vehicles and volunteer observing ships. Fixed oceanographic buoys still remain among the more powerful and cost-effective tool for collecting data over the oceans and they contribute significantly to operational monitoring especially when continuous, long-term, high frequency and multiple parameters are among the requirements. The Mediterranean Moored Multi-sensor Array network of open ocean observing systems operates by the end of the '90ies as primary providers of near real-time in-situ observations incorporating state-of-the-art sensor for optical and chemical measurements in the surface layers of the ocean and physical measurements in the ocean interior down to the seafloor. The network is composed by three independent observatories deployed in the Ligurian sea, the south Adriatic sea and the Cretan sea. Although the three observatories had different past objectives, they are managed by different Institutions and they are instrument to answer to site-specific scientific issues, they have been upgraded in the recent years to a common conceptual structure. Furthermore, they are now characterized by common components such as sampling strategies, similar or partly interchangeable instrumentation, sharing of calibration facilities, data management architectures and quality control procedures. The network is part of national, European and international alliances to respond to local and global needs in ocean monitoring.

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“…In the last years much work was focused on minimizing power requirements and reducing the size of sensors towards miniaturized lab-on-a-chip micro sensors, able to minimize the payload and enable multiparametric observation from single platforms such as gliders and drifting buoys. Operation and maintenance activities are probably the most crucial elements in the life cycle of a research infrastructure and in some cases even more demanding than the design and construction of the infrastructure itself [2,3]. Their successful implementation guarantees the good performance of the infrastructure and the protection of the investment.…”

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Harmonization in the joint European research infrastructure network for coastal observatories - JERICO

Petihakis

Petersen

Nair

et al. 2015

OCEANS 2015 - MTS/IEEE Washington

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The JERICO European research infrastructure (RI) is integrating diverse platform types such as fixed buoys, piles, moorings, drifters, FerryBoxes, gliders, HF radars, coastal cable observatories and the associated technologies dedicated to observe and monitor coastal European seas. The first steps of setting up, coordination and harmonization were done during 2011 to 2015 in the framework of FP7-JERICO (www.jerico-fp7.eu), a 4-year long infrastructure project co-funded by the European Commission with 27 partners from 17 European countries under the coordination of IFREMER. Next steps are driven in the H2020-JERICO-NEXT European project until 2019, involving 33 partners. The main objective of the JERICO consortium is to establish a Pan European approach for a European coastal marine observatory network. This is a dynamic activity going beyond a project's lifetime including continuous efforts towards harmonization in terms of design, operation, and maintenance, the evolution and extension of the current systems as well as the delivery of data and products to the users. Our scope here is to present the work done towards the harmonization of operation and maintenance methods, in FP7-JERICO and the next steps in JERICO-NEXT. As a starting point of harmonization assessment, the priority was given to the most pressing issues like calibration and biofouling, while it is the first time that a Best Practice report on all phases of the system from first installation to operation and maintenance is attempted adopting a platform based approach.

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M3A system (2000–2005) – operation and maintenance

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Atmospheric deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean. A driving force for ecosystem dynamics

Atmospheric deposition in the Eastern Mediterranean. A driving force for ecosystem dynamics

The M3A network of open ocean observatories in the Mediterranean Sea

Harmonization in the joint European research infrastructure network for coastal observatories - JERICO

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