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Seasonal, INterannual and decAdal variabilità of the atmosPhere, oceanS
and related marIne ecosystems
SINAPSI
Italian Ministry for the Environment and Territory
Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS)
University of Bologna, Environmental Science, Laboratory SINCEM
01/01/97
31/12/03
Yes
Adriatic Sea and Ionian Sea (34-46N, 12-22E)
Offshore
Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea
The SINAPSI project aims to study the climate system at global and regional
scales in order to improve our capability to understand and predict the
climate variability at seasonal, interannual and decadal time scales for the
atmosphere, ocean and marine ecosystems. The proposed research is based
upon both existing observational data sets and modeling work and the
collection of new observations and development of new models with two
general goals:
 to increase our capability to predict climate fluctuations in the
atmosphere, ocean and marine ecosystems at the relevant time scales;
 to define key climatic biogeochemical and physical parameters and key
marine areas for monitoring the Mediterranean basin fluctuations in
terms of the ecosystem response at the seasonal, interannual and
decadal time scales.
The SINAPSI Progetto Strategico connects with and complements some of
the European Union activities in the MAST and ENVIRONMENT and
CLIMATE programs (MTP-I, MATER, DICE, Seasonal Predictions,
EuroCLIVAR, etc.) and it is in line with the general scope of CLIVAR, GOALS
and IGBP (especially PAGES and GLOBEC).
Monitoring, climate variability, global ocean-atmosphere interaction
COMPUTER MODELS, OCEAN COMPOSITION, PHYSICAL
OCEANOGRAPHY, COASTAL STUDIES (e.g. shores, estuaries)
http://sinapsi.cineca.it/
University of Bologna, Environmental Science, Laboratory SINCEM
Coordinator
ARPA-SMR, Bologna; Aquila University; Bologna University, CINECA
(Bologna); DINMA (Univ. of Trieste); DISAT (Univ. of Milano); DISTER (Univ.
of Milano); ENEA, La Spezia; ENEA, Roma; FISBAT, Bologna; IAN, Genova;
IB-CNR, Pisa; IFA, Roma; IGM, Bologna; IMC, Oristano; IMGA, Bologna;
IRPEM, Ancona; ISDGM, Venezia; IST, Messina; ITT, Trieste; ITPP, Mazara
del Vallo; IUN, Napoli; OGS, Trieste; Padova University; SO, La Spezia; SZ,
Napoli
Nadia Pinardi
University of Bologna, Environmental Science, Laboratory SINCEMNumerical Simulation of Climate and Marine Ecosystems, Piazza
J.F.Kennedy 12, Palazzo Rasponi, 48100 Ravenna, Italy
+39-0544-481769
+39-0544-481768
n.pinardi@ambra.unibo.it
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A. Giorgetti, OGS, Italy (agiorgetti@ogs.trieste.it)
25/09/2003
25/09/2003
OGS, Trieste, Italy
25/09/2003