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Elvira Armenio
Regional Agency for the Environmental Prevention and Protection (ARPA Puglia), 70126, Bari, Italy

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Journal article
Published: 02 June 2021 in Ocean & Coastal Management
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The recent COVID-19 pandemic has constrained world governments to impose measures of restraint and social distancing which also involves coastal areas. One of the most affected activities is tourism due to travel restrictions imposed by precautionary measures. This is also reflected in the recreative use of the coastal strip. Consequently, beaches and coastal stretches of small municipalities can potentially become contagious outbreaks of COVID-19 if adequate control and management measures are not promptly implemented. During the 20th century, several factors, both natural and human induced, caused alterations to coastal processes and consequently to the services they were providing. Coastal environments are very vulnerable and sensitive to change. This raises the need for careful assessment prior to any intervention or strategy involving the coastal system. Several literature studies have been focused both in the past and in recent years on examining the main factors affecting coastal vulnerability highlighting critical issues and shortcomings. The present paper, addressing all critical issues from literature review, illustrates a consistent methodology to support coastal management which combines both physical and socio-economic aspects and provides for the quantification of two different coastal vulnerability indices. The approach adopted has led to a distinction of different coastal peculiarities and a mapping of risk levels providing, in addition, the basis for the implementation of strategies risks related to COVID-19. The methodology proposed can be a useful reference in several areas, in demonstrating its effectiveness it has been applied with respect to a coastal area in southern Italy.

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Elvira Armenio; Michele Mossa; Antonio Felice Petrillo. Coastal vulnerability analysis to support strategies for tackling COVID-19 infection. Ocean & Coastal Management 2021, 211, 105731 -105731.

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Elvira Armenio, Michele Mossa, Antonio Felice Petrillo. Coastal vulnerability analysis to support strategies for tackling COVID-19 infection. Ocean & Coastal Management. 2021; 211 ():105731-105731.

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Elvira Armenio; Michele Mossa; Antonio Felice Petrillo. 2021. "Coastal vulnerability analysis to support strategies for tackling COVID-19 infection." Ocean & Coastal Management 211, no. : 105731-105731.

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Published: 28 May 2020 in Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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Sustainable management of coastal areas involves dealing with problems such as coastal erosion, rapid growth in the rate of urbanization, tourism, environmental degradation associated with industrial and urban activities. Besides consideration is provided for the effects of climate change, whose scenarios also have significant consequences on coastal systems that are already extremely vulnerable and prone to many human pressures. Over the years, several international and national studies have been conducted to deepen the coastal processes. To date—despite considerable efforts—there are still problems. Two relevant priorities emerge: managing coastal risks and ensuring sustainable coastal management. In response to the above-mentioned challenges, it is worthwhile to elaborate an integrated methodology that, basing on the collection, analysis and evaluation of data, may provide an effective guideline for the successful implementation of each action, while providing timely and targeted information for the adoption of governance strategies concerning the prevention and management of marine-coastal risks. In the present study, considering what emerged in the major research projects on the coastal field during the last decades, a methodological proposal is outlined to pursue the principles of the integrated coastal zona management (ICZM) and join the managing coastal risks with sustainable uses focusing on the implementation scale.

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Elvira Armenio; Michele Mossa. On the Need for an Integrated Large-Scale Methodology of Coastal Management: A Methodological Proposal. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 2020, 8, 385 .

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Elvira Armenio, Michele Mossa. On the Need for an Integrated Large-Scale Methodology of Coastal Management: A Methodological Proposal. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering. 2020; 8 (6):385.

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Elvira Armenio; Michele Mossa. 2020. "On the Need for an Integrated Large-Scale Methodology of Coastal Management: A Methodological Proposal." Journal of Marine Science and Engineering 8, no. 6: 385.

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Published: 15 February 2020 in Environmental Modelling & Software
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Coastal shallow basins are often heavily anthropized and greatly exposed to environmental risk areas, thus requiring strict monitoring action by local authorities and stakeholders. Preventive measures against environmental degradation and early warning to hazards have been proved to benefit from the combined use of numerical models and field measurements. The present work sets out to show the potential of a meteorological-hydrodynamic model system, validated with field data, to identify the main physical processes characterizing a semi-enclosed basin located in the inner part of the Ionian Sea, in southern Italy. Furthermore, based on the model results, we adopted some convenient indicators, especially related to flow exchanges, in order to identify and characterize the area in the basin most sensitive to environmental problems. The results highlight the retentive feature of the inner part of the basin and different times necessary for the water renewal in both the surface and bottom layers.

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Francesca De Serio; Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Gennaro Capasso; Vera Corbelli; Diana De Padova; Francesca De Pascalis; Annalisa Di Bernardino; Giovanni Leuzzi; Paolo Monti; Agnese Pini; Raffaele Velardo; Michele Mossa. Detecting sensitive areas in confined shallow basins. Environmental Modelling & Software 2020, 126, 104659 .

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Francesca De Serio, Elvira Armenio, Mouldi Ben Meftah, Gennaro Capasso, Vera Corbelli, Diana De Padova, Francesca De Pascalis, Annalisa Di Bernardino, Giovanni Leuzzi, Paolo Monti, Agnese Pini, Raffaele Velardo, Michele Mossa. Detecting sensitive areas in confined shallow basins. Environmental Modelling & Software. 2020; 126 ():104659.

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Francesca De Serio; Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Gennaro Capasso; Vera Corbelli; Diana De Padova; Francesca De Pascalis; Annalisa Di Bernardino; Giovanni Leuzzi; Paolo Monti; Agnese Pini; Raffaele Velardo; Michele Mossa. 2020. "Detecting sensitive areas in confined shallow basins." Environmental Modelling & Software 126, no. : 104659.

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Published: 02 September 2019 in Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Wind, waves, tides, sediment supply, changes in relative sea level and human activities strongly affect shorelines, which constantly move in response to these processes, over a variety of timescales. Thus, the implementation of sound coastal zone management strategies needs reliable information on erosion and/or deposition processes. To suggest a feasible way to provide this information is the main reason for this work. A chain approach is proposed here, tested on a vulnerable coastal site located along southern Italy, and based on the joint analysis of field data, statistical tools and numerical modeling. Firstly, the coastline morphology has been examined through interannual field data, such as aerial photographs, plane-bathymetric surveys and seabed characterization. After this, rates of shoreline changes have been quantified with a specific GIS tool. The correlations among the historical positions of the shoreline have been detected by statistical analysis and have been satisfactorily confirmed by numerical modeling, in terms of recurrent erosion–accretion area and beach rotation trends. Finally, based on field topographic, sediment, wave and wind data, the response of the beach through numerical simulation has been investigated in a forecasting perspective. The purpose of this study is to provide a feasible, general and replicable chain approach, which could help to thoroughly understand the dynamics of a coastal system, identify typical and recurrent erosion–accretion processes, and predict possible future trends, useful for planning of coastal activities.

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Elvira Armenio; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa; Antonio F. Petrillo. Coastline evolution based on statistical analysis and modeling. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 2019, 19, 1937 -1953.

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Elvira Armenio, Francesca De Serio, Michele Mossa, Antonio F. Petrillo. Coastline evolution based on statistical analysis and modeling. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 2019; 19 (9):1937-1953.

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Elvira Armenio; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa; Antonio F. Petrillo. 2019. "Coastline evolution based on statistical analysis and modeling." Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 19, no. 9: 1937-1953.

Journal article
Published: 30 March 2019 in Sensors
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The present work aims at illustrating how the joint use of monitoring data and numerical models can be beneficial in understanding coastal processes. In the first part, we show and discuss an annual dataset provided by a monitoring system installed in a vulnerable coastal basin located in Southern Italy, subjected to human and industrial pressures. The collected data have been processed and analysed to detect the temporal evolution of the most representative parameters of the inspected site and have been compared with recordings from previous years to investigate recursive trends. In the second part, to demonstrate to what extent such type of monitoring actions is necessary and useful, the same data have been used to calibrate and run a 3D hydrodynamic model. After this, a reliable circulation pattern in the basin has been reproduced. Successively, an oil pollution transport model has been added to the hydrodynamic model, with the aim to present the response of the basin to some hypothetical cases of oil spills, caused by a ship failure. It is evident that the profitable prediction of the hydrodynamic processes and the transport and dispersion of contaminants strictly depends on the quality and reliability of the input data as well as on the calibration made.

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Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Diana De Padova; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa. Monitoring Systems and Numerical Models to Study Coastal Sites. Sensors 2019, 19, 1552 .

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Elvira Armenio, Mouldi Ben Meftah, Diana De Padova, Francesca De Serio, Michele Mossa. Monitoring Systems and Numerical Models to Study Coastal Sites. Sensors. 2019; 19 (7):1552.

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Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Diana De Padova; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa. 2019. "Monitoring Systems and Numerical Models to Study Coastal Sites." Sensors 19, no. 7: 1552.

Journal article
Published: 12 November 2018 in Geosciences
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Awareness of coastal landscapes vulnerability to both natural and man-made hazards induce to monitor their evolution, adaptation, resilience and to develop appropriate defence strategies. The necessity to transform the monitoring results into useful information is the motivation of the present paper. Usually, to this scope, a coastal vulnerability index is deduced, by assigning ranking values to the different parameters governing the coastal processes. The principal limitation of this procedure is the individual discretion used in ranking. Moreover, physical parameters are generally considered, omitting socio-economic factors. The aim of the present study is to complement a geographical information system (GIS) with an analytical hierarchical process (AHP), thus allowing an objective prioritization of the key parameters. Furthermore, in the present case, socio-economic parameters have been added to physical ones. Employing them jointly, an integrated coastal vulnerability index (ICVI) has been estimated and its effectiveness has been investigated. To show how it works, the proposed method has been applied to a portion of the Adriatic coastline, along the Apulian region in southern Italy. It has permitted to identify and prioritize the most vulnerable areas, revealing its efficacy as a potential tool to support coastal planning and management.

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Francesca De Serio; Elvira Armenio; Michele Mossa; Antonio Felice Petrillo. How to Define Priorities in Coastal Vulnerability Assessment. Geosciences 2018, 8, 415 .

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Francesca De Serio, Elvira Armenio, Michele Mossa, Antonio Felice Petrillo. How to Define Priorities in Coastal Vulnerability Assessment. Geosciences. 2018; 8 (11):415.

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Francesca De Serio; Elvira Armenio; Michele Mossa; Antonio Felice Petrillo. 2018. "How to Define Priorities in Coastal Vulnerability Assessment." Geosciences 8, no. 11: 415.

Conference paper
Published: 01 October 2018 in 2018 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea)
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The present work shows and discusses a monitoring system installed in a vulnerable coastal basin, named Mar Grande, located in Southern Italy, affected by human and industrial pressures. The most recent collected data are processed and analyzed to detect the evolution of the examined parameters in the investigated area. Comparisons with analogous recordings of previous years are also discussed. Finally, a monitoring tool based on an oil drift model and remote sensing observations is proposed for oil spill monitoring in the target area.

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Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Diana De Padova; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa. Monitoring System in Mar Grande Basin (Ionian Sea). 2018 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea) 2018, 104 -109.

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Elvira Armenio, Mouldi Ben Meftah, Diana De Padova, Francesca De Serio, Michele Mossa. Monitoring System in Mar Grande Basin (Ionian Sea). 2018 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea). 2018; ():104-109.

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Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Diana De Padova; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa. 2018. "Monitoring System in Mar Grande Basin (Ionian Sea)." 2018 IEEE International Workshop on Metrology for the Sea; Learning to Measure Sea Health Parameters (MetroSea) , no. : 104-109.

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Published: 19 September 2018
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Current monitoring programs in the nearshore region are necessary to allow a thorough knowledge of coastline erosion as well as diffusion and dispersion of polluting tracers. Collecting a large amount of data in widespread areas is challenging, because of technical and economic limitations, thus numerical models are often preferred to simulate the hydrodynamics and the transport of tracers in extended areas with the desired level of precision. To be accurate, models need to be calibrated and validated by high quality field measurements. Therefore, to examine current and tracer patterns in a basin, using data and numerical modelling in conjunction could be the best practice. The aim of the present work is: i) to provide some information on the typical and recurrent processes occurring in a target basin, by analyzing a set of current field data; ii) to reproduce the principal current patterns and derive information on the possible sediment transport fluxes in the basin by applying mathematical modelling. The site selected for this study is a semi enclosed coastal sea, in southern Italy. The obtained results successfully confirm the typical hydrodynamic behavior of the basin, and delineate areas which are more exposed to erosion.

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Francesca De Serio; Elvira Armenio; Diana De Padova; Michele Mossa. Data Analysis and Numerical Modelling to Detect Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in a semi Enclosed Basin. 2018, 1 .

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Francesca De Serio, Elvira Armenio, Diana De Padova, Michele Mossa. Data Analysis and Numerical Modelling to Detect Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in a semi Enclosed Basin. . 2018; ():1.

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Francesca De Serio; Elvira Armenio; Diana De Padova; Michele Mossa. 2018. "Data Analysis and Numerical Modelling to Detect Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport in a semi Enclosed Basin." , no. : 1.

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Published: 11 July 2017 in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Many coastal monitoring programmes have been carried out to investigate in situ hydrodynamic patterns and correlated physical processes, such as sediment transport or spreading of pollutants. The key point is the necessity to transform this growing amount of data provided by marine sensors into information for users. The present paper aims to outline that it is possible to recognize the recurring and typical hydrodynamic processes of a coastal basin, by conveniently processing some selected marine field data. The illustrated framework is made up of two steps. Firstly, a sequence of analysis with classic methods characterized by low computational cost was executed in both time and frequency domains on detailed field measurements of waves, tides, and currents. After this, some indicators of the hydrodynamic state of the basin were identified and evaluated. Namely, the assessment of the net flow through a connecting channel, the time delay of current peaks between upper and bottom layers, the ratio of peak ebb and peak flood currents and the tidal asymmetry factor exemplify results on the vertical structure of the flow, on the correlation between currents and tide and flood/ebb dominance. To demonstrate how this simple and generic framework could be applied, a case study is presented, referring to Mar Piccolo, a shallow water basin located in the inner part of the Ionian Sea (southern Italy).

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Elvira Armenio; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa. Analysis of data characterizing tide and current fluxes in coastal basins. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 2017, 21, 3441 -3454.

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Elvira Armenio, Francesca De Serio, Michele Mossa. Analysis of data characterizing tide and current fluxes in coastal basins. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences. 2017; 21 (7):3441-3454.

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Elvira Armenio; Francesca De Serio; Michele Mossa. 2017. "Analysis of data characterizing tide and current fluxes in coastal basins." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 21, no. 7: 3441-3454.

Conference paper
Published: 01 May 2017 in 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC)
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The goal of the present work is to show how measured current data could be used to improve mathematical hydrodynamic modelling. Some current field measurements assessed offshore Taranto, a city placed in Southern Italy, were utilized in conjunction with numerical simulations to reproduce some circulation patterns. Field measurements were carried out on 29/12/2006 by means of a Vessel Mounted Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (VM-ADCP). Measurements were acquired at nine stations offshore Taranto into the homonymous gulf. The Northern and Eastern components of the water velocity provided the horizontal field of motion at various depths. The comparison between field measurements of sea currents and the results of the MIKE 3 FM HD model (by DHY) was analyzed. In order to achieve a good agreement between the measured and numerical data, a model calibration was carried out. It was pointed out that the tuning of the seabed roughness and of the wind stress factor was necessary to achieve a good overlapping between the measurements and the computed data. The calibrated numerical model may also be used as starting point for further simulations and for future ecological model in such a sensitive area.

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Diana DE Padova; F. De Serio; Michele Mossa; Elvira Armenio. Investigation of the current circulation offshore Taranto by using field measurements and numerical model. 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) 2017, 1 -5.

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Diana DE Padova, F. De Serio, Michele Mossa, Elvira Armenio. Investigation of the current circulation offshore Taranto by using field measurements and numerical model. 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC). 2017; ():1-5.

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Diana DE Padova; F. De Serio; Michele Mossa; Elvira Armenio. 2017. "Investigation of the current circulation offshore Taranto by using field measurements and numerical model." 2017 IEEE International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference (I2MTC) , no. : 1-5.

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Published: 01 June 2016 in 2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS)
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The present paper aims to show and discuss the long term and continuous recordings of both meteorological and hydrodynamic data collected in a semi enclosed sea. The site in question is composed by the Mar Grande and Mar Piccolo basins (Southern Italy), which are mutually connected. In turn, the Mar Grande is joined to the Ionian Sea by means of two openings. Therefore, the system shows features typical of a lagunar environment, which is also affected by coastal heavy industry and anthropic pressure, thus being highly vulnerable. A monitoring of its hydrodynamics could be useful, allowing both to check the real-time status of the basin and promptly intervene when accidents occur and to create a dataset necessary to calibrate and validate modelling systems providing forecasts. To this, in the framework of the Italian flagship Project RITMARE, a meteo-oceanographic station, a wave-current meter and a tide gauge have been installed in the area, since December 2013. In detail, measurements of wind, waves, tides and current profiles, are acquired on site with different sampling frequencies and are transmitted on a web cloud by a router 3G, where they are stored, thus being available for download by remote users. The data acquisition and processing is managed by the research group of the Department of Civil, Environmental, Building, Engineering and Chemistry (Technical University of Bari). All the acquired data are archived in monthly time-series, examined and discussed. The analysis of currents is made in two different measuring stations for the whole year 2015, as well as the analysis of wave data. On the contrary, tide data have been assessing only recently, since August 2015. Comparisons with available recordings of the year 2014 are examined. Also spatial and temporal correlations of both waves and currents are discussed. Finally, tidal trends are shown, consistent with current inversions.

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Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Maria Francesca Bruno; Diana DE Padova; Francesca De Pascalis; Francesca DE Serio; Annalisa DI Bernardino; Michele Mossa; G Leuzzi; Paolo Monti. Semi enclosed basin monitoring and analysis of meteo, wave, tide and current data: Sea monitoring. 2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS) 2016, 1 -6.

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Elvira Armenio, Mouldi Ben Meftah, Maria Francesca Bruno, Diana DE Padova, Francesca De Pascalis, Francesca DE Serio, Annalisa DI Bernardino, Michele Mossa, G Leuzzi, Paolo Monti. Semi enclosed basin monitoring and analysis of meteo, wave, tide and current data: Sea monitoring. 2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS). 2016; ():1-6.

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Elvira Armenio; Mouldi Ben Meftah; Maria Francesca Bruno; Diana DE Padova; Francesca De Pascalis; Francesca DE Serio; Annalisa DI Bernardino; Michele Mossa; G Leuzzi; Paolo Monti. 2016. "Semi enclosed basin monitoring and analysis of meteo, wave, tide and current data: Sea monitoring." 2016 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems (EESMS) , no. : 1-6.

Conference paper
Published: 14 December 2012 in Coastal Engineering Proceedings
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The knowledge of the behavior of floating offshore wind turbines (W/T) under wave and/or wind action remains one of the most difficult challenges in offshore engineering which is mostly due to the highly non-linear response of the structure. The present study describes the design process of a 3D physical experiment to investigate the behavior of the most promising structure technology of floating W/T: spar buoy (SB) and tension leg platform (TLP) under different meteo conditions. In order to properly design the two W/T models, the following topics have been analyzed: mooring lines, mass distribution, appropriate scaling factor and data relative to the geometrical characteristics, wave basin dimensions and wind and waves conditions. In addition, the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics method (SPH) (Monaghan 1994) has been considered to simulate the 3D behavior of a floating offshore W/T. In particular, the SPH, calibrated and verified on the basis of the experimental observations, may represent a reliable tool for preliminary test of changes in the floater geometry.

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Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio; Elvira Armenio; Felice D'alessandro; Nuno Fonseca; Spyros A. Mavrakos; Valery Penchev; Holger Schüttrumpf; Spyridon Voutsinas; Jens Kirkegaard; Palle M. Jensen. DESIGN OF A 3D PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT ON FLOATING OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings 2012, 1, 1 .

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Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio, Elvira Armenio, Felice D'alessandro, Nuno Fonseca, Spyros A. Mavrakos, Valery Penchev, Holger Schüttrumpf, Spyridon Voutsinas, Jens Kirkegaard, Palle M. Jensen. DESIGN OF A 3D PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT ON FLOATING OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINES. Coastal Engineering Proceedings. 2012; 1 (33):1.

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Giuseppe Roberto Tomasicchio; Elvira Armenio; Felice D'alessandro; Nuno Fonseca; Spyros A. Mavrakos; Valery Penchev; Holger Schüttrumpf; Spyridon Voutsinas; Jens Kirkegaard; Palle M. Jensen. 2012. "DESIGN OF A 3D PHYSICAL AND NUMERICAL EXPERIMENT ON FLOATING OFF-SHORE WIND TURBINES." Coastal Engineering Proceedings 1, no. 33: 1.

Conference paper
Published: 01 January 2011 in Volume 3: Materials Technology; Jan Vugts Symposium on Design Methodology of Offshore Structures; Jo Pinkster Symposium on Second Order Wave Drift Forces on Floating Structures; Johan Wichers Symposium on Mooring of Floating Structures in Waves
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The study focuses on wind-waves-bottom characterization as first step in the feasibility evaluation of an offshore windfarm in the offing of Apulian coast - Italy. Planning offshore windfarm, hydrodynamic and aerodynamic fields, and their interaction, must be investigated. Waves studies and their transformation due to diffraction, shoaling, refraction, etc. are fundamental to predict the effects that sea could have on turbine’s foundation, especially for floating turbine, mooring lines, structural stress and moreover to consider the influence that frequently high waves may have on installation, operation and maintenance. In this study, starting from wind data and a nautical map, a good determination of the wave motion has been obtained. Particularly, three-hours measurements of wind intensity and direction, by on-land anemometer, have been used. Wind data of a period of time of 45 years, from 1951 to 1996, have been statistically processed to extract the most relevant winds with velocity and duration bigger than 10 knots and 6 hours respectively. Using the nautical map of the area under investigation, the sea bottom morphology has been reconstructed to obtain a model of bathymetry. After that, the bathymetric curves have been traced on the map, converted in a depth matrix and then transformed into an interpolated grid point. Subsequently, the assessment of waves propagation has been obtained through both Jonswap Spectrum and SPM method and the results have been compared. Finally, the wave heights and peak periods were calculated with reference to return period of fifty years and used as input in two model: Nearshore Spectral Waves (NSW) model and Parabolic Mild Slope Spectra Waves (PMS) model. In conclusion, this study can represent a useful approach to plan an offshore windfarm.

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Elvira Armenio; Domenico Laforgia; Marco Milanese; Michele Mossa. Wind and Wave Study for Off-Shore Wind Farm Applications. Volume 3: Materials Technology; Jan Vugts Symposium on Design Methodology of Offshore Structures; Jo Pinkster Symposium on Second Order Wave Drift Forces on Floating Structures; Johan Wichers Symposium on Mooring of Floating Structures in Waves 2011, 201 -207.

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Elvira Armenio, Domenico Laforgia, Marco Milanese, Michele Mossa. Wind and Wave Study for Off-Shore Wind Farm Applications. Volume 3: Materials Technology; Jan Vugts Symposium on Design Methodology of Offshore Structures; Jo Pinkster Symposium on Second Order Wave Drift Forces on Floating Structures; Johan Wichers Symposium on Mooring of Floating Structures in Waves. 2011; ():201-207.

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Elvira Armenio; Domenico Laforgia; Marco Milanese; Michele Mossa. 2011. "Wind and Wave Study for Off-Shore Wind Farm Applications." Volume 3: Materials Technology; Jan Vugts Symposium on Design Methodology of Offshore Structures; Jo Pinkster Symposium on Second Order Wave Drift Forces on Floating Structures; Johan Wichers Symposium on Mooring of Floating Structures in Waves , no. : 201-207.