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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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