Branko Čermelj
First place of MBS
Piran, on the place of
former soap factory
Salvetti
1969-1979
Marine Biology Station
1978-1999
2000-2003
2005
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LABORATORIES
CONGRESS
ROOM
CLASSROOM
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ROOM FOR
PRACTICAL
WORK IN
BIOLOGY AND
CHEMISTRY
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National Research & Monitoring activities
• National Research Programme: Coastal Water Research
(550 k €/year) Alenka Malej
• Instrumental Centre MBS (research vessels, coastal buoy
Vida), 170 k €/year Branko Čermelj
• Water Framework Directive ( 98 k €) Janja France
• Marine Strategy FW Directive (300 k €) M. Orlando Bonaca
• National Monitoring Programmes
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Monitoring ‘Water Framework Directive’ & National
Regulations (harmful algal blooms, 80 k €/year)
Patricija Mozetič
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Monitoring ‘Barcelona Convention’ (40 k €/year) V. Turk
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International research projects
(last 10 years)
 EU funded projects
 4 Phare CBC (Crossborder) projects (INTERREG ISMO 530 k€)
 1 LIFE project (117 k€)
 2 project 4th Framework Programme (118 k€)
 5 projects 5th Framework Programme (460 k€)
 4 projects 6th Framework Programme (357 k€)
 5 projects 7th Framework Programme (652 k€)
 1 project Eco Innovation Programme (175 k€)
 Bilateral projects
 17 with partners from 10 countries
2010: Brasil, Argentina, Cech, Monte Negro, France, Russia, USA,
Croatia
 Projects funded by international organisations
 8 projects (UNEP, MAP, IAEA, IOC, FAO)
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Staff: 35
18 researchers (15 Ph.D.)
 9 young researchers
8 expert, technical & administrative collaborators
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Interdisciplinary team:
biologists, chemists, physicist,
geologists, modeler
Early 80-ties: 29 staff (2 Ph.D.)
Activities
Basic and applied research
Monitoring, environmental impact assessment
(undergraduate, graduate, educator’s
Education
education – marine issues, summer courses)
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Observing systems:
1.
2.
Oceanographyc Buoy “Vida” (from November 2002)
HF Radar (from 2014)
Oceanographyc Buoy:
Air :
 Temperature, Humidity, Wind speed, Wind direction, Wind gusts
Sea:
 Temperature and salinity at the sea surface (depth ~2 m, at the sea floor)
 Waves: Wave height: maximum height, mean direction (azimouth),
mean period
 Currents: measured (from 2 m above sea floor - 21 above sea floor , 20
cells, 30 min average)
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Some more ecological parameters are also measured
From May 2008
 O2 concentration
measured at
 Chlorophyll – a
sea surface
PAR (From June 2011 ), CO2 in the air (2012), 1 additional O2 optode at the
bottom (2013)
A marine in situ laboratory
A group of biosensors :
 a multi-modular miniaturized apparatus that will host in a single
unit—the Main Box—a Sampling Module and an Analysis Module.
 Saxitoxin, Okadaic acid, Domoic acid, Palytoxin,Tributyltin, Diuron,
PentaBDPE, Sulphonamides - biotoxins.
7th FP project: “Sensing toxicants in Marine waters makes Sense using
biosensors” (SMS)
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Due to a mayor maintenance work, the Buoy data are acquired but not yet
trasmitted to EMODNET again.
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HF radar is expected to be installed in 2014.
Data – currents and waves are expected to be available on the
web in near real time on a user defined grid (“HAZADR” - IPA
project) .
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OCEANOGRAPHY: MEASUREMENTS, &
MODELING
Adriatic Sea, climatic circulation in
summer with tides
B. Petelin, V. Malačič
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ADCP measurements with a moving vessel – Marine Strategy
Vlado Malačič & Urška Martinčič
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Partners of Seadatanet and
MyOcean
We are involved in WP3 of MyOcean where we:
the feedback of the usefulness of MyOcean
Provideproducts
in the National applications (spatial-temporal
data mining),
deliver User Assessment reports,
We
Engaged in external validation system of MyOcean, based
on in situ data and models products provided by
National Systems.
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Priorities in 2014-2015:
1.
2.
3.
Data handling after the data collection (quality control procedures, the
use of existing standards - IOC, WMO/JCOMM manuals).
HF radar installation and setup: Integration of the new system to the
MBS network:
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The study of IT of the radar,
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Integration and connection to the existing central database,
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The setup of ETL – (Export-Transform -Load) procedures for
the potential data exchange,
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Automatisation of procedures.
Buoy “Vida”: All but the meteorological data need additional
automatic QC. It relates to :
•
near real time data and
•
historical data already in existing databases (Seadatanet, CDI)
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There is more:
4.
5.
CTD casts:
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Data QC for historical datasets already in databases and
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Automatic QC procedures at CTD acquisition.
For the purposes of the MSFD a database has to be setup and filled
with data and information gathered during the preparation of the
criteria for GES and the preparation of the monitoring program
according to MSFD
In 2014 at least 8 -10 man/month is necessary to accomplish all the
planned work .
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Thank you for your
attention!
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