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Title: | MeDir-OP, a Mediterranean directory for operational oceanography developed within the MAMA Project |
Authors: | Drago, Aldo Vallerga, Silvana Manzella, Giuseppe Font, Jordi Aarup, Thorkild Abdelbaki, Alaeldin Abuissa, Abdul Baset A. Awad, Hassan B. Besiktepe, Sükrü T. Capari, M. Carlier, Aurélie Čermelj, Branko Casazza, Gianna Drakopoulos, Panos Flemming, Nicholas C. Gertman, Isaac Georgiou, Georgios C. Harzallah, Ali Herrouin, Guy Ibrahim, Amir Kabbara, Nijad Ali Kljajic, Zoran Lopez-Jurado, Jose Luis Magni, Paolo Mahmoud Al-Sheikh, Ali Maillard, Charles Malacic, Vlado Morovic, Mira Nittis, Kostas Rosen, Dov S. Ribotti, Alberto Selenica, Agim Salihoglu, llkay Sammari, Cherif Sauzade, Didier Silvestri, Cecilia Snoussi, Maria Sorgente, Roberto Tziavos, Christos Umgiesser, Georg Vargas-Yanez, Maria Vucijak, Branko Zavatarelli, Marco Zodiatis, George |
Authors: | The MAMA Consortium |
Keywords: | Oceanography -- Mediterranean Region Oceanography -- Research -- International cooperation Environmental monitoring -- Technological innovations Marine sciences Metadatabases |
Issue Date: | 2006 |
Publisher: | EuroGOOS |
Citation: | Drago, A., Vallerga, S., Font, J., Aarup, T., & Manzella, G. & The MAMA Consortium (2006). MEDIR-OP, a Mediterranean directory for operational oceanography developed with in the MAMA Project. In Dahlin, H., Flemming, N.C., Marchand, P. & Petersson, S.E.(Eds.), European Operational Oceanography: Present and Future, France, 576 - 584. |
Abstract: | The Mediterranean network to Assess and upgrade the Monitoring and forecasting Activity (MAMA), a 3-year thematic network project shared by leading marine research institutions from all the Mediterranean countries, has contributed to strengthening the institutional and scientific platform for the establishment of operational oceanography in the region. A key task in the MAMA project consisted in the stocktaking of activities and identifi- cation of current capabilities in operational oceanography on a country basis with a focus on availability of technological infrastructures, human resources and funding, applica- tions and product needs. The information was collected by: 1. Country Profiles on the operations of institutes/agencies/organisations dealing with marine monitoring; national structures supporting such activities and marine affairs in general; relevance of marine sectors in the economic activities of each country 2. a structured questionnaire targeting a comprehensive inventory on the routine marine monitoring activities in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Directory on Operational Oceanography (MeDir-OP) presents this information through the use of a user-friendly internet-based graphical interface allowing easy viewing of the metadata according to a number of categories. Specific information sets are collated into searchable mini-databases. MeDir-OP provides the basis for assessing the needs and potentials for operational oceanography in the region. It serves as an essential step to identifying gaps in infrastruc- tures, to underpin further research and technological developments specific to the region, and to designing an observing system that meets the needs of end-users. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93400 |
ISBN: | 9289497882 |
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