Acronym:
Title:
ADRIARadNet
ADRIAtic integrated RADar-based and web-oriented information processing system
NETwork to support hydro-meteorological monitoring and civil protection decision
Call:
Ordinary projects 2nd call
Priority:
3
Measure:
3.3 Communication networks
Total budget:
€ 2.811.000,00
IPA contribution:
€ 2.365.125,00 (84,14%)
Start date:
10/2012 End date:
09/2014 Project email:
Project website:
Description:
Information and communication technology (ICT) has proved to be an essential tool to
develop and finalize applications of public usefulness due to its capability to handle
complex scenarios and integrate inhomogeneous components. In this respect,
hydro-meteorological hazards, like convective outbreaks affecting the Adriatic areas mainly
due to easterly fronts and leading to torrential rain and flooding, represent a dramatic
threat which needs to be faced by resorting to robust data measuring and processing ICT
infrastructures. Flooding causes the greatest loss of life among all natural hazards,
whereas convective storms, often accompanied by strong surface winds, can cause
significant impacts particularly in coastal areas. Thus a growing demand for improved
forecasts and timely warnings of such hazards in order to protect lives and properties. The
main difficulty to disseminate prompt information about hydro-meteorological severe
events to the end-users, such as civil protection agencies, is to set up near-real time
monitoring integrated systems, able to ingest precipitation data from distributed sensors
and models and to perform forecasting of the evolving hydro-meteorological scenario. This
flux of data and information needs to be handled with advanced web-based access tools in
order to provide a scientifically-based and user-friendly support to the decision makers as
well as receiving feedback from the civil protection managing system. In this respect the
ADRIARadNet objective is to set up an integrated web-based
scalable-flexible-interoperable ICT infrastructure, based on a network of low-cost
microwave scanning weather radars, satellite radiometers data receivers and available
rainfall ground sensors, to be integrated with web-oriented geographic information
systems, regionally-tuned numerical prediction models and decision-support systems for
civil prevention and protection within the Central and Southern Adriatic regions. The
ADRIARadNet project is involving within its team both applied research centres,
hydro-meteorological services and civil protection agencies in order to share, export and
fertilize the ICT know-how and expertise from the research/development step to the
procedural/pre-operational stage. The involved territories include Central Italy, Croatia and
Albania and aims at exchanging and training cross-border partner staff about ICT
capabilities to handle data and processes for hydro-meteorological risk prevention and
assessment. The 4 main components to be developed within the ADRIARadNet project
are: 1) monitoring module ADRIARadObs, based on X-band low-cost mini-radar system
networks deployed in 2 pilot areas and integrated with satellite-based precipitation data
processing and ground raingauge networks; 2) nowcasting and forecasting module
ADRIARadMod, based on coupled hydro-meteorological numerical modelling and
observational data assimilation, tuned to the local territory; 3) data sharing module
ADRIARadWeb, based on web-platform able to ingest heterogeneous data, represent data
layers and disseminate information through internet and other media; 4) managing
module ADRIARadApp, including the design of a support decision system for
hydro-meteorological risks and the development of common best practices and guidelines
for civil protection managers. Two pilot areas (Marche/Abruzzo regions and
Croatia/Albania territories) are identified as test-bed areas where experimenting the
integrated ADRIARadNet decision support system and automatic procedures in support to
civil protection agencies. In these areas low-cost radar-based infrastructures will be
installed and integrated with existing precipitation sensor network in order to be exploited
after the ADRIARadNet project accomplishment. The web-based data and information
platform will be optimized in such a way to be open to new sensor integration, new
developments of data processing algorithms and flexible decision support criteria.
Lead partner:
CETEMPS Center of Excellence University of L'Aquila Country:
ITALY Phone:
+39 320 4357254 Beneficiary:
Region Abruzzo Direction of Civil Protection an Environment Country:
ITALY Phone:
Beneficiary:
Dubrovnik Neretva County Email: frank.marzano@uniroma1.it Total budget:
€ 570.000,00 Email: Total budget:
€ 542.000,00 Country:
CROATIA Phone:
Beneficiary:
Beep Innovation Srl Country:
ITALY Phone:
Beneficiary:
Institute of GeoSciences, Energy, Water and Environment Country:
ALBANIA Phone:
Beneficiary:
General Directorate of Civil Emergency, Ministry of Interior Country:
ALBANIA Phone:
Beneficiary:
Marche Region - Security and Civil Protection integrated policies Department (SCPD) Country:
ITALY Phone:
Beneficiary:
Branch of CIMA Research Foundation Country:
ALBANIA Phone:
Results:
Email: Email: Email: Email: Email: Email: Total budget:
€ 306.000,00 Total budget:
€ 190.000,00 Total budget:
Total budget:
€ 152.000,00 € 309.000,00 Total budget:
€ 442.000,00 Total budget:
€ 300.000,00