Increasing observation coverage in the Mediterranean
Augmentation de la couverture d'observation en Méditerranée
Lavers, David ; Poulain, Pierre-Marie ; Clementi, Emanuela ; Menna, Milena ; Piermattei, Viviana ; Desprez De Gesincourt, Olivier ; Pere, Sébastien ; Cacciamani, Carlo ; Porciello, Lina ; Pagliaro, Davide Giacomo ; Oddo, Paolo ; Pinardi, Nadia ; Wilson, Anna ; Centurioni, Luca
Année de publication
2025
Throughout September and October 2025, 15 drifting buoys are due to be released into the Ionian Sea and central Mediterranean. These buoys provide valuable sea-level pressure observations in a region with few in situ observations and where recent extreme events have occurred, such as Storm Daniel in September 2023, which makes this an important deployment for weather forecasting activities. The buoys can operate for up to two years, depending partly on the ocean currents and eddies, and are a cost-effective component of the global observing system.</p>
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