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Head of the Climate Modelling Laboratory and Impacts of ENEA, he Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, since 2015. He has a M.Sc. degree in Physical Oceanography, and a PhD in Marine Science (University Federico II of Naples). He has more than 25 years of experience in climate and ocean modelling. During the last years he has worked in the field of regional climate modelling and ocean energy at ENEA. His current research activities are focused on the development and assessment of regional climate models and their application to the renewable energy sectored coastal protection. He is member of the scientific committee for the European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA), Climate Mediterranean CORDEX initiative, and the Italian Oceanographic Commission. He has published more than 80 papers in journals and books and contributed to several technical reports and presentations at international conferences as invited speakers.
In this study, a new regional Earth system model is developed and applied to the Med-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) region. The ENEA-REG system is made up of two interchangeable regional climate models as atmospheric components (RegCM, REGional Climate Model, and WRF, Weather Research and Forecasting), a river model (Hydrological Discharge, HD), and an ocean model (Massachusetts Institute of Technology General Circulation Model, MITgcm); processes taking place at the land surface are represented within the atmospheric models with the possibility to use several land surface schemes of different complexity. The coupling between these components is performed through the RegESM driver. Here, we present and describe our regional Earth system model and evaluate its components using a multidecadal hindcast simulation over the period 1980–2013 driven by ERA-Interim reanalysis. We show that the atmospheric components correctly reproduce both large-scale and local features of the Euro-Mediterranean climate, although we found some remarkable biases: in particular, WRF has a significant cold bias during winter over the northeastern bound of the domain and a warm bias in the whole continental Europe during summer, while RegCM overestimates the wind speed over the Mediterranean Sea. Similarly, the ocean component correctly reproduces the analyzed ocean properties with performances comparable to the state-of-art coupled regional models contributing to the Med-CORDEX initiative. Our regional Earth system model allows studying the Euro-Mediterranean climate system and can be applied to both hindcast and scenario simulations.
Alessandro Anav; Adriana Carillo; Massimiliano Palma; Maria Vittoria Struglia; Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu; Gianmaria Sannino. The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional Earth system model: sensitivity to different atmospheric components over the Med-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) region. Geoscientific Model Development 2021, 14, 4159 -4185.
AMA StyleAlessandro Anav, Adriana Carillo, Massimiliano Palma, Maria Vittoria Struglia, Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu, Gianmaria Sannino. The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional Earth system model: sensitivity to different atmospheric components over the Med-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) region. Geoscientific Model Development. 2021; 14 (7):4159-4185.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Anav; Adriana Carillo; Massimiliano Palma; Maria Vittoria Struglia; Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu; Gianmaria Sannino. 2021. "The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional Earth system model: sensitivity to different atmospheric components over the Med-CORDEX (Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment) region." Geoscientific Model Development 14, no. 7: 4159-4185.
We present results of three simulations of the Mediterranean Sea climate: a hindcast, a historical run, and a RCP8.5 scenario simulation reaching the year 2100. The simulations are performed with MED16, a new, tide-including implementation of the MITgcm model, which covers the Mediterranean - Black Sea system with a resolution of 1/16°, further increased at the Gibraltar and Turkish Straits. Validation of the hindcast simulation against observations and numerical reanalyses has given excellent results, proving that the model is also capable of reproducing near-shore sea level variations. Moreover, the spatial structure of the elevation field compares well with altimetric observations, especially in the Western basin, due to the use of improved sea level information at the Atlantic lateral boundary and to the adequate treatment of the complex, hydraulically driven dynamics across the Gibraltar Strait.Under the RCP8.5 future scenario, the temperature is projected to generally increase while the surface salinity decreases in the portion of the Mediterranean affected by the penetration of the Atlantic stream, and increases elsewhere. The warming of sea waters results in the partial inhibition of deep-water formation.The scenario simulation allows for a detailed characterization of the regional patterns of future sea level, arising from ocean dynamics, and indicates a relative sinking of the Mediterranean with respect to the Atlantic more pronounced than the current one. Explicit tidal forcing and an accurate resolution of the Gibraltar Strait are proved to be key features in the designing of numerical simulations for the Mediterranean Sea.
Gianmaria Sannino; Adriana Carillo; Roberto Iacono; Ernesto Napolitano; Massimiliano Palma; Giovanna Pisacane; Mariavittoria Struglia. Modelling Present and Future Climate in the Mediterranean Sea: A Focus on Sea-Level Change. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleGianmaria Sannino, Adriana Carillo, Roberto Iacono, Ernesto Napolitano, Massimiliano Palma, Giovanna Pisacane, Mariavittoria Struglia. Modelling Present and Future Climate in the Mediterranean Sea: A Focus on Sea-Level Change. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianmaria Sannino; Adriana Carillo; Roberto Iacono; Ernesto Napolitano; Massimiliano Palma; Giovanna Pisacane; Mariavittoria Struglia. 2021. "Modelling Present and Future Climate in the Mediterranean Sea: A Focus on Sea-Level Change." , no. : 1.
Knowledge about marine circulation and its variability is a basic requirement for the correct management of activities aimed at exploiting marine resources and for the prevention and eventual mitigation of the risks involved. The activities of the Marine Hazard Project, to which this special number of Sustainability is dedicated, focus on geothermal resources connected with some submerged volcanic systems located in the Tyrrhenian Sea. This sea hosts delicate coastal and marine ecosystems, and is characterized by rich dynamics, both driven by the interaction of the local forcing with the complex morphology and bathymetry of the basin, and by exchanges with adjacent sub-basins which take place at all depths. The main purpose of the present review is to summarize the present understanding of the Tyrrhenian Sea circulation and its variability, with special emphasis on the results of experimental and modelling works of the last decade.
Roberto Iacono; Ernesto Napolitano; Massimiliano Palma; Gianmaria Sannino. The Tyrrhenian Sea Circulation: A Review of Recent Work. Sustainability 2021, 13, 6371 .
AMA StyleRoberto Iacono, Ernesto Napolitano, Massimiliano Palma, Gianmaria Sannino. The Tyrrhenian Sea Circulation: A Review of Recent Work. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (11):6371.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRoberto Iacono; Ernesto Napolitano; Massimiliano Palma; Gianmaria Sannino. 2021. "The Tyrrhenian Sea Circulation: A Review of Recent Work." Sustainability 13, no. 11: 6371.
The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow and shallow channel that controls the thermohaline and biogeochemical balances of the Mediterranean Sea. Exchanges across this strait are known to be significantly modulated by tidal currents that induce an intense vertical mixing. However, the turbulent processes that control the location, timing and magnitude of this vertical mixing are still unclear. Based on twin tidal and non-tidal simulations, we shed light on the tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar, as simulated from a regional configuration of the three-dimensional numerical model MITgcm. The model domain covers the entire Mediterranean basin, the Black Sea and a part of the Atlantic Ocean, using a very high spatial resolution around the Strait of Gibraltar (1/200°). In both simulations we analyse the vertical mixing generated by the model's turbulence closure scheme based on a turbulent kinetic energy budget. As expected, tides strongly intensify the vertical mixing within the Strait of Gibraltar. Tidal currents also induce significant vertical motions that feed recirculation cells between Atlantic and Mediterranean layers. Conversely, the absence of tidal currents causes an overestimation of the velocities along with spurious mixing in the vicinity of the strait. We show that tidal mixing relies on two main ingredients: sustained vertical shear of horizontal velocities and the reduction of stratification, performed by the work of tidal currents against buoyancy forces. We conclude by proposing a revised conceptual view of tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar.
Nicolas Gonzalez; Robin Waldman; Gianmaria Sannino; Hervé Giordani; Samuel Somot. A new perspective on tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar from a very high-resolution model of the Mediterranean Sea. 2021, 1 .
AMA StyleNicolas Gonzalez, Robin Waldman, Gianmaria Sannino, Hervé Giordani, Samuel Somot. A new perspective on tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar from a very high-resolution model of the Mediterranean Sea. . 2021; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNicolas Gonzalez; Robin Waldman; Gianmaria Sannino; Hervé Giordani; Samuel Somot. 2021. "A new perspective on tidal mixing at the Strait of Gibraltar from a very high-resolution model of the Mediterranean Sea." , no. : 1.
In recent years, the territorial impacts connected to sea level rise have prompted a reflection on the responsibilities of policy makers in transposing these issues into urban agendas. The need also emerged to both broaden and update the skills of urban planners and to improve territorial governance tools, with the aim of developing feasible regeneration and resilience strategies to face climate change. In this paper, a methodology for the production of Flood Risk Maps is presented, as applied to the Municipality of Ravenna, Italy, by only considering the static component of inundation hazard, i.e., the projected Mean Sea Level Rise, as a first step towards increased preparedness. The resulting Flood Risk Maps represent, in fact, an innovation with respect to the current cognitive framework that supports local urban planning, by providing information on a potential risk that has so far been overlooked. The method combines sea level rise projections under the pessimistic RCP8.5 scenario with georeferenced territorial data, aiming to identify the physical consistency of the urban-structure components which are potentially at risk. For successive time horizons (2030, 2050 and 2100), our results show the progressive impairment and potential degradation of extensive urban areas that are disregarded in the urban planning regulations currently in force. This preliminary evaluation phase is aimed at prompting and supporting the necessary updating of the planning tools and regulations adopted by the public bodies responsible for territorial governance, by identifying priority areas for intervention, and helping define mitigation and adaptation actions.
Carmela Mariano; Marsia Marino; Giovanna Pisacane; Gianmaria Sannino. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts: Innovation and Improvement of the Local Urban Plan for a Climate-Proof Adaptation Strategy. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1565 .
AMA StyleCarmela Mariano, Marsia Marino, Giovanna Pisacane, Gianmaria Sannino. Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts: Innovation and Improvement of the Local Urban Plan for a Climate-Proof Adaptation Strategy. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (3):1565.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarmela Mariano; Marsia Marino; Giovanna Pisacane; Gianmaria Sannino. 2021. "Sea Level Rise and Coastal Impacts: Innovation and Improvement of the Local Urban Plan for a Climate-Proof Adaptation Strategy." Sustainability 13, no. 3: 1565.
In this study, a new regional Earth system model is developed and applied to the Med-CORDEX region. The ENEA-REG system is made up of two interchangeable regional climate models as atmospheric components (RegCM and WRF), a river model (HD), and an ocean model (MITgcm); processes taking place at the land surface are represented within the atmospheric models with the possibility to use several land surface schemes of different complexity. The coupling between these components is performed through the RegESM driver. Here, we present and describe our regional Earth system model and evaluate its components using a multidecadal hindcast simulation over the period 1980–2013 driven by ERA-INTERIM reanalysis. We show how the atmospheric components are able to correctly reproduce both large-scale and local features of the Euro-Mediterranean climate, although some remarkable biases are relevant for some variables. In particular, WRF has a significant cold bias during winter over North-Eastern bound of the domain, while RegCM systematically overestimates the wind speed over the Mediterranean Sea. This latter bias has severe consequences on the ocean component: we show that when WRF is used as the atmospheric component of the Earth system, the performances of the ocean model are remarkably better compared with the RegCM version. Our regional Earth system model allows studying the Euro-Mediterranean climate system and can be applied to both hindcast and scenario simulations.
Alessandro Anav; Adriana Carillo; Massimiliano Palma; Maria Vittoria Struglia; Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu; Gianmaria Sannino. The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional earth system model. Sensitivity to different atmospheric component over Med-CORDEX region. 2021, 2021, 1 -58.
AMA StyleAlessandro Anav, Adriana Carillo, Massimiliano Palma, Maria Vittoria Struglia, Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu, Gianmaria Sannino. The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional earth system model. Sensitivity to different atmospheric component over Med-CORDEX region. . 2021; 2021 ():1-58.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlessandro Anav; Adriana Carillo; Massimiliano Palma; Maria Vittoria Struglia; Ufuk Utku Turuncoglu; Gianmaria Sannino. 2021. "The ENEA-REG system (v1.0), a multi-component regional earth system model. Sensitivity to different atmospheric component over Med-CORDEX region." 2021, no. : 1-58.
The City of Venice and the surrounding lagoonal ecosystem are highly vulnerable to variations in relative sea level. In the past ~150 years, this was characterized by a secular linear trend of about 2.5 mm/year resulting from the combined contributions of vertical land movement and sea-level rise. This literature review reassesses and synthesizes the progress achieved in understanding, estimating and predicting the individual contributions to local relative sea level, with focus on the most recent publications. The current best estimate of historical sea-level rise in Venice, based on tide-gauge data after removal of subsidence effects, is 1.23 ± 0.13 mm/year (period from 1872 to 2019). Subsidence thus contributed to about half of the observed relative sea-level rise over the same period. A higher – yet more uncertain – rate of sea-level rise is observed during recent decades, estimated from tide-gauge data to be about 2.76 ± 1.75 mm/year in the period 1993–2019 for the climatic component alone. An unresolved issue is the contrast between the observational capacity of tide gauges and satellite altimetry, with the latter tool not covering the Venice Lagoon. Water mass exchanges through the Gibraltar Strait currently constitute a source of substantial uncertainty for estimating future deviations of the Mediterranean mean sea-level trend from the global-mean value. Subsidence and regional atmospheric and oceanic circulation mechanisms can deviate Venetian relative sea-level trends from the global mean values for several decades. Regional processes will likely continue to determine significant interannual and interdecadal variability of Venetian sea level with magnitude comparable to that observed in the past, as well as non-negligible differential trends. Our estimate of the likely range of mean sea-level rise in Venice by 2100 due to climate change is presently estimated between 11 and 110 centimetres. An improbable yet possible high-end scenario linked to strong ice-sheet melting yields about 170 centimetres of mean sea-level rise in Venice by 2100. Projections of natural and human induced vertical land motions are currently not available, but historical evidence demonstrates that they can produce a significant contribution to the relative sea-level rise in Venice, further increasing the hazard posed by climatically-induced sea-level changes.
Davide Zanchettin; Sara Bruni; Fabio Raicich; Piero Lionello; Fanny Adloff; Alexey Androsov; Fabrizio Antonioli; Vincenzo Artale; Eugenio Carminati; Christian Ferrarin; Vera Fofonova; Robert J. Nicholls; Sara Rubinetti; Angelo Rubino; Gianmaria Sannino; Giorgio Spada; Rémi Thiéblemont; Michael Tsimplis; Georg Umgiesser; Stefano Vignudelli; Guy Wöppelmann; Susanna Zerbini. Review article: Sea-level rise in Venice: historic and future trends. 2020, 2020, 1 -56.
AMA StyleDavide Zanchettin, Sara Bruni, Fabio Raicich, Piero Lionello, Fanny Adloff, Alexey Androsov, Fabrizio Antonioli, Vincenzo Artale, Eugenio Carminati, Christian Ferrarin, Vera Fofonova, Robert J. Nicholls, Sara Rubinetti, Angelo Rubino, Gianmaria Sannino, Giorgio Spada, Rémi Thiéblemont, Michael Tsimplis, Georg Umgiesser, Stefano Vignudelli, Guy Wöppelmann, Susanna Zerbini. Review article: Sea-level rise in Venice: historic and future trends. . 2020; 2020 ():1-56.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavide Zanchettin; Sara Bruni; Fabio Raicich; Piero Lionello; Fanny Adloff; Alexey Androsov; Fabrizio Antonioli; Vincenzo Artale; Eugenio Carminati; Christian Ferrarin; Vera Fofonova; Robert J. Nicholls; Sara Rubinetti; Angelo Rubino; Gianmaria Sannino; Giorgio Spada; Rémi Thiéblemont; Michael Tsimplis; Georg Umgiesser; Stefano Vignudelli; Guy Wöppelmann; Susanna Zerbini. 2020. "Review article: Sea-level rise in Venice: historic and future trends." 2020, no. : 1-56.
We introduce a new version of the Earth System Regional Climate RegCM‐ES model and evaluate its performances for the first time over the Mediterranean region. The novel aspect of this coupled system is the possibility to simulate the dynamics of the marine ecosystem through a biogeochemical model, BFM (Biogeochemical Flux Model), coupled on‐line with the ocean circulation model MITgcm (MIT general circulation model). The validation of atmosphere and ocean components has shown that the model is able to capture interannual and inter‐monthly variabilities of the atmospheric heat fluxes and spatial patterns of land surface temperature, precipitation, evaporation and sea surface temperature with a general improvement compared to previous versions. At the same time, we diagnosed some prominent deficiencies as a warm and dry bias associated in summer with the resolution of the atmospheric module and the tuning of the boundary layer and convective precipitation scheme. On the biogeochemical side, RegCM‐ES shows good skills in reproducing mean values and spatial patterns of net primary production, phosphate and horizontal/vertical patterns of chlorophyll‐a. Limitations in this case include deficiencies mainly in the simulation of mean values of nitrate and dissolved oxygen in the basin which have been associated with too large vertical mixing throughout the water column, deficiencies in the boundary conditions and solubility computations. Overall, RegCM‐ES has the potential to become a suitable tool for the analysis of the impacts of climate change on the ocean and marine biogeochemistry in the Mediterranean region and many other domains.
Marco Reale; Filippo Giorgi; Cosimo Solidoro; Valeria Di Biagio; Fabio Di Sante; Laura Mariotti; Riccardo Farneti; Gianmaria Sannino. The Regional Earth System Model RegCM‐ES: Evaluation of the Mediterranean Climate and Marine Biogeochemistry. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 2020, 12, 1 .
AMA StyleMarco Reale, Filippo Giorgi, Cosimo Solidoro, Valeria Di Biagio, Fabio Di Sante, Laura Mariotti, Riccardo Farneti, Gianmaria Sannino. The Regional Earth System Model RegCM‐ES: Evaluation of the Mediterranean Climate and Marine Biogeochemistry. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems. 2020; 12 (9):1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMarco Reale; Filippo Giorgi; Cosimo Solidoro; Valeria Di Biagio; Fabio Di Sante; Laura Mariotti; Riccardo Farneti; Gianmaria Sannino. 2020. "The Regional Earth System Model RegCM‐ES: Evaluation of the Mediterranean Climate and Marine Biogeochemistry." Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems 12, no. 9: 1.
Sediment dynamics is the primary driver of the evolution of the coastal geomorphology and of the underwater shelf clinoforms. In this paper, we focus on mesoscale and sub-mesoscale processes, such as coastal currents and river plumes, and how they shape the sediment dynamics at regional or basin spatial scales. A new methodology is developed that combines observational data with numerical modelling: the aim is to pair satellite measurements of suspended sediment with velocity fields from numerical oceanographic models, to obtain an estimation of the sediment flux. A numerical divergence of this flux is then computed. The divergence field thus obtained shows how the aforementioned mesoscale processes distribute the sediments. The approach was applied and discussed on the Adriatic Sea, for the winter of 2012, using data provided by the ESA Coastcolour project and the output of a run of the MIT General Circulation Model.
Mario Benincasa; Federico Falcini; Claudia Adduce; Gianmaria Sannino; Rosalia Santoleri. Synergy of Satellite Remote Sensing and Numerical Ocean Modelling for Coastal Geomorphology Diagnosis. Remote Sensing 2019, 11, 2636 .
AMA StyleMario Benincasa, Federico Falcini, Claudia Adduce, Gianmaria Sannino, Rosalia Santoleri. Synergy of Satellite Remote Sensing and Numerical Ocean Modelling for Coastal Geomorphology Diagnosis. Remote Sensing. 2019; 11 (22):2636.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMario Benincasa; Federico Falcini; Claudia Adduce; Gianmaria Sannino; Rosalia Santoleri. 2019. "Synergy of Satellite Remote Sensing and Numerical Ocean Modelling for Coastal Geomorphology Diagnosis." Remote Sensing 11, no. 22: 2636.
In this study, underwater noise from a full-scale wave energy converter system (ISWEC), installed on the coast of Pantelleria Island (central Mediterranean Sea), was characterized. The noise was measured using an autonomous acoustic recorder anchored to the sea bottom 40 m from the ISWEC hull. Acoustic monitoring continued for 15 months, starting 7 months before (PRE), 2 months during (INST) and 6 months after the ISWEC installation (POST). The levels of noise, assessed with power spectrum density and octave and third-octave band sound pressure levels (BSPLs), were higher during the POST period than during the PRE period at lower frequencies up to 4 kHz and increased with wave height. During the ISWEC activation for energy production (POST_ON) in the wave height range 1–2.9 m, the BSPLs increased much more at lower frequencies up to 4 kHz (the median BSPLs at 63 Hz for the PRE, POST, and POST_ON conditions were 73, 106, and 126 dB re 1μPa, respectively). Considering the biophonies that make up the soundscape of the area, we examined the possible masking of fish choruses due to ISWEC noise and highlighted that at a distance of 1000 m, the 800 Hz peak frequency was 10 dB above the ISWEC signal. Within this distance from ISWEC, a possible masking effect is supposed.
Giuseppa Buscaino; Giuliana Mattiazzo; Gianmaria Sannino; Elena Papale; Giovanni Bracco; Rosario Grammauta; Adriana Carillo; Jose M. Kenny; Norma De Cristofaro; Maria Ceraulo; Salvatore Mazzola. Acoustic impact of a wave energy converter in Mediterranean shallow waters. Scientific Reports 2019, 9, 1 -16.
AMA StyleGiuseppa Buscaino, Giuliana Mattiazzo, Gianmaria Sannino, Elena Papale, Giovanni Bracco, Rosario Grammauta, Adriana Carillo, Jose M. Kenny, Norma De Cristofaro, Maria Ceraulo, Salvatore Mazzola. Acoustic impact of a wave energy converter in Mediterranean shallow waters. Scientific Reports. 2019; 9 (1):1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiuseppa Buscaino; Giuliana Mattiazzo; Gianmaria Sannino; Elena Papale; Giovanni Bracco; Rosario Grammauta; Adriana Carillo; Jose M. Kenny; Norma De Cristofaro; Maria Ceraulo; Salvatore Mazzola. 2019. "Acoustic impact of a wave energy converter in Mediterranean shallow waters." Scientific Reports 9, no. 1: 1-16.
We implement a 3D state-of-the-art hydrodynamic-biogeochemical model that is based on MITgcm-BFM online coupling to describe the temporal scales of the variability of the multi-decadal marine biogeochemistry in the Mediterranean Sea. This model is characterised by a horizontal resolution of 1/12° and a multi-nutrient and multi-plankton framework and can reproduce the main physical and biogeochemical processes from the seasonal (and its inter-annual modulation) to the sub-weekly scales. The corroboration shows that the MITgcm-BFM hindcast exhibits good and consistent performance when simulating the basin-wide gradients of temperature, salinity and nutrients and the seasonal cycles of physical and phytoplankton dynamics, including the deep chlorophyll maximum and the primary production at the basin and sub-basin scales for the period of 1994–2012. Novel statistical metrics show that the seasonal variability equals approximately 50% of the spatio-temporal sub-domain mean for the surface temperature and is higher than 150% for nutrients and chlorophyll. Nevertheless, the high-frequency (sub-weekly) variability is not negligible and is approximately equal to the inter-annual modulation of the seasonal variability, i.e., 3% of the spatio-temporal mean for the temperature and 30% or greater for nutrients and chlorophyll. Moreover, the high-frequency variability exhibits a decreasing southward gradient in the Mediterranean basin, similar to the seasonal variability. A further analysis based on the wavelet method and performed at different Mediterranean sites highlights the significant power that is associated with sub-weekly periods, which adds to the annual and semi-annual patterns, confirming the importance of the high frequency scale of variability in the biogeochemistry of the basin.
Valeria Di Biagio; Gianpiero Cossarini; Stefano Salon; Paolo Lazzari; Stefano Querin; Gianmaria Sannino; Cosimo Solidoro. Temporal scales of variability in the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: Insight from a coupled model. Journal of Marine Systems 2019, 197, 103176 .
AMA StyleValeria Di Biagio, Gianpiero Cossarini, Stefano Salon, Paolo Lazzari, Stefano Querin, Gianmaria Sannino, Cosimo Solidoro. Temporal scales of variability in the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: Insight from a coupled model. Journal of Marine Systems. 2019; 197 ():103176.
Chicago/Turabian StyleValeria Di Biagio; Gianpiero Cossarini; Stefano Salon; Paolo Lazzari; Stefano Querin; Gianmaria Sannino; Cosimo Solidoro. 2019. "Temporal scales of variability in the Mediterranean Sea ecosystem: Insight from a coupled model." Journal of Marine Systems 197, no. : 103176.
The European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA) is an association of leading European research institutions in the field of climate research (http://www.ecra-climate.eu/, last access: 6 December 2018). ECRA is a bottom-up initiative and helps to facilitate the development of climate change research, combining the capacities of national research institutions, and inducing closer ties between existing national research initiatives, projects and infrastructures. ECRA works as an open platform to bring together climate researchers, providing excellent scientific expertise for policy makers and of societal relevance. The ECRA Board consists of representatives of ECRA partners and decides on governance, scientific priorities, and organisational matters. Currently organized into four Collaborative Programmes, climate scientists share their knowledge, experience and expertise to identify the most important research requirements for the future, thus developing a foresight approach. The CPs cover the topics: (1) Arctic variability and change, (2) Sea level changes and coastal impacts, (3) Changes in the hydrological cycle and (4) High impact events. The CP activities are planned in workshops and participation is open to all interested scientists from the relevant research fields. In particular, young researchers are actively encouraged to join the network. Each CP develops its joint research priorities for shaping European research into the future. Because scientific themes are interconnected, the four Collaborative Programmes interact with each other, e.g. through the organization of common workshops or joint applications. In addition, the Collaborative Programme leads attend the Board meetings. The different formats of ECRA meetings range from scientific workshops to briefing events and side events at conferences to involve different groups of interests. This facilitates the interaction of scientists, various stakeholder groups and politicians. A biennial open ECRA General Assembly that is organised in Brussels represents an umbrella event and acts as a platform for discussion and contact with stakeholders. This event is an excellent opportunity to jointly discuss research priorities of high societal relevance.
Winfried Hoke; Tina Swierczynski; Peter Braesicke; Karin Lochte; Len Shaffrey; Martin Drews; Hilppa Gregow; Ralf Ludwig; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Elisa Palazzi; Gianmaria Sannino; Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Ecra Network. The European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA): Collaboration from bottom-up. Advances in Geosciences 2019, 46, 1 -10.
AMA StyleWinfried Hoke, Tina Swierczynski, Peter Braesicke, Karin Lochte, Len Shaffrey, Martin Drews, Hilppa Gregow, Ralf Ludwig, Jan Even Øie Nilsen, Elisa Palazzi, Gianmaria Sannino, Lars Henrik Smedsrud, Ecra Network. The European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA): Collaboration from bottom-up. Advances in Geosciences. 2019; 46 ():1-10.
Chicago/Turabian StyleWinfried Hoke; Tina Swierczynski; Peter Braesicke; Karin Lochte; Len Shaffrey; Martin Drews; Hilppa Gregow; Ralf Ludwig; Jan Even Øie Nilsen; Elisa Palazzi; Gianmaria Sannino; Lars Henrik Smedsrud; Ecra Network. 2019. "The European Climate Research Alliance (ECRA): Collaboration from bottom-up." Advances in Geosciences 46, no. : 1-10.
1st National Workshop on Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean; Rome, Italy, 5–6 July 2018
Gianmaria Sannino. Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean. Eos 2019, 100, 1 .
AMA StyleGianmaria Sannino. Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean. Eos. 2019; 100 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGianmaria Sannino. 2019. "Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in the Mediterranean." Eos 100, no. : 1.
Vertical transfers of heat, salt and mass between the inflowing and outflowing layers at the Strait of Gibraltar are explored basing on the outputs of a three-dimensional fully nonlinear numerical model. The model covers the entire Mediterranean basin and has a very high spatial resolution around the strait (1/200∘). Another distinctive feature of the model is that it includes a realistic barotropic tidal forcing (diurnal and semi-diurnal), in addition to atmospheric pressure and heat and water surface fluxes. The results show a significant transformation of the properties of the inflowing and outflowing water masses along their path through the strait. This transformation is mainly induced by the recirculation of water, and therefore of heat and salt, between the inflowing and outflowing layers. The underlying process seems to be the hydraulic control acting at the Espartel section, Camarinal Sill and Tarifa Narrows, which limits the amount of water that can cross the sections and forces a vertical recirculation. This results in a complex spatio-temporal pattern of vertical transfers, with the sign of the net vertical transfer being opposite in each side of the Camarinal Sill. Conversely, the mixing seems to have little influence on the heat and salt exchanged between layers (∼2 %–10 % of advected heat and salt). Therefore, the main point of our work is that most of the transformation of water properties along the strait is induced by the vertical advection of heat and salt and not by vertical mixing. A simple relationship between the net flux and the vertical transfers of water, heat and salt is also proposed. This relationship could be used for the fine-tuning of coarse-resolution model parameterizations in the strait.
Antonio Sanchez-Roman; Gabriel Jorda; Gianmaria Sannino; Damia Gomis. Modelling study of transformations of the exchange flows along the Strait of Gibraltar. Ocean Science 2018, 14, 1547 -1566.
AMA StyleAntonio Sanchez-Roman, Gabriel Jorda, Gianmaria Sannino, Damia Gomis. Modelling study of transformations of the exchange flows along the Strait of Gibraltar. Ocean Science. 2018; 14 (6):1547-1566.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Sanchez-Roman; Gabriel Jorda; Gianmaria Sannino; Damia Gomis. 2018. "Modelling study of transformations of the exchange flows along the Strait of Gibraltar." Ocean Science 14, no. 6: 1547-1566.
This works aims to describe current perspectives for marine energy exploitation in the Mediterranean basin, highlighting challenges and opportunities as well as the factors that still limit its market deployment. Technologies for the conversion of Marine Energy (ME) into electricity are now ready for full-scale deployment in farms of devices, making the final step from demonstration to operability and commercial exploitation. Although marine energy is more abundant along the Atlantic and Nordic European coasts, significant resources are also available in the Mediterranean Sea, opening up new perspectives for sustainable energy production in sensitive coastal areas and for the economic development of Southern Europe. The implementation of ME converters in the Mediterranean is in fact liable to induce significant technological advancements leading to product innovation, due to the local low energy levels which impose more restrictive constraints on device efficiency and environmental compatibility. In addition, the milder climate allows the testing of concepts and prototypes in the natural environment at more affordable costs, lowering capital risks for new and innovative small and medium enterprises. Research institutions and industrial players in Mediterranean countries have already taken up the challenge, despite the numerous limiting factors that still need to be removed. In particular, the ME sector adds up to the many different traditional maritime activities and to the new ocean-related industries that are developing, potentially exacerbating the competition for the use of marine space in the Mediterranean region and threatening its environmental status. The ME sector needs therefore to design suitable instruments to involve all the relevant stakeholders in a participative public debate as to how to best manage the maritime space. As the prospective sea use patterns are rapidly changing, an adequate international legal and policy framework needs to be designed for the coherent management of sea space, and Marine Spatial Planning needs to be finally implemented by EU Member States also in the Mediterranean area. To this end, the creation of transnational clusters of stakeholders is expected be an effective catalyzer, especially as they can foster the exchange of knowledge and best practices both across European countries and between the North and the South shore of the Mediterranean basin.
Giovanna Pisacane; Gianmaria Sannino; Adriana Carillo; Maria Vittoria Struglia; Simone Bastianoni. Marine Energy Exploitation in the Mediterranean Region: Steps Forward and Challenges. Frontiers in Energy Research 2018, 6, 1 .
AMA StyleGiovanna Pisacane, Gianmaria Sannino, Adriana Carillo, Maria Vittoria Struglia, Simone Bastianoni. Marine Energy Exploitation in the Mediterranean Region: Steps Forward and Challenges. Frontiers in Energy Research. 2018; 6 ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGiovanna Pisacane; Gianmaria Sannino; Adriana Carillo; Maria Vittoria Struglia; Simone Bastianoni. 2018. "Marine Energy Exploitation in the Mediterranean Region: Steps Forward and Challenges." Frontiers in Energy Research 6, no. : 1.
Samuel Somot; Paolo Ruti; Bodo Ahrens; Erika Coppola; Gabriel Jordà; Gianmaria Sannino; Fabien Solmon. Editorial for the Med-CORDEX special issue. Climate Dynamics 2018, 51, 771 -777.
AMA StyleSamuel Somot, Paolo Ruti, Bodo Ahrens, Erika Coppola, Gabriel Jordà, Gianmaria Sannino, Fabien Solmon. Editorial for the Med-CORDEX special issue. Climate Dynamics. 2018; 51 (3):771-777.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamuel Somot; Paolo Ruti; Bodo Ahrens; Erika Coppola; Gabriel Jordà; Gianmaria Sannino; Fabien Solmon. 2018. "Editorial for the Med-CORDEX special issue." Climate Dynamics 51, no. 3: 771-777.
Vertical transfers of heat, salt and mass between the inflowing and outflowing layers at the Strait of Gibraltar are explored basing on the outputs of a three-dimensional, fully non-linear numerical model. The model covers the entire Mediterranean basin and has a very high spatial resolution around the Strait (1/200°). Another distinctive feature of the model is that it includes a realistic barotropic tidal forcing (diurnal and semidiurnal), in addition to atmospheric pressure and heat and water surface fluxes. The results show a significant transformation of the properties of the inflowing and outflowing water masses along their path through the Strait. This transformation is mainly induced by the recirculation of water, and therefore of heat and salt, between the inflowing and outflowing layers. The underlying process seems to be the hydraulic control acting at the Espartel section, Camarinal Sill and Tarifa Narrows, which limits the amount of water than can cross the sections and forces a vertical recirculation. This results in a complex spatio-temporal pattern of vertical transfers, with the sign of the net vertical transfer being opposite in each side of Camarinal Sill. Conversely, the mixing seems to have little influence on the heat and salt exchanged between layers (∼ 2–10 % of advected heat/salt). Therefore, the main point of our work is that most of the transformation of water properties along the Strait is induced by the vertical advection of heat and salt and not by vertical mixing. A simple relationship between the net flux and the vertical transfers of water, heat and salt is also proposed. This relationship could be used for the fine tuning of coarse resolution model parameterizations in the Strait.
Antonio Sanchez-Roman; Gabriel Jorda; Gianmaria Sannino; Damia Gomis. Modelling study of transformations of the exchange flows along the Strait of Gibraltar. 2018, 1 -40.
AMA StyleAntonio Sanchez-Roman, Gabriel Jorda, Gianmaria Sannino, Damia Gomis. Modelling study of transformations of the exchange flows along the Strait of Gibraltar. . 2018; ():1-40.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio Sanchez-Roman; Gabriel Jorda; Gianmaria Sannino; Damia Gomis. 2018. "Modelling study of transformations of the exchange flows along the Strait of Gibraltar." , no. : 1-40.
Christian Ferrarin; Debora Bellafiore; Gianmaria Sannino; Marco Bajo; Georg Umgiesser. Tidal dynamics in the inter-connected Mediterranean, Marmara, Black and Azov seas. Progress in Oceanography 2018, 161, 102 -115.
AMA StyleChristian Ferrarin, Debora Bellafiore, Gianmaria Sannino, Marco Bajo, Georg Umgiesser. Tidal dynamics in the inter-connected Mediterranean, Marmara, Black and Azov seas. Progress in Oceanography. 2018; 161 ():102-115.
Chicago/Turabian StyleChristian Ferrarin; Debora Bellafiore; Gianmaria Sannino; Marco Bajo; Georg Umgiesser. 2018. "Tidal dynamics in the inter-connected Mediterranean, Marmara, Black and Azov seas." Progress in Oceanography 161, no. : 102-115.
Tal Ezer; Lie-Yauw Oey; Huijie Xue; Marco Zavatarelli; Gianmaria Sannino; Ricardo De Camargo. Editorial—the 8th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO 2016) in Bologna, Italy, June 7–10, 2016. Ocean Dynamics 2017, 68, 153 -156.
AMA StyleTal Ezer, Lie-Yauw Oey, Huijie Xue, Marco Zavatarelli, Gianmaria Sannino, Ricardo De Camargo. Editorial—the 8th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO 2016) in Bologna, Italy, June 7–10, 2016. Ocean Dynamics. 2017; 68 (1):153-156.
Chicago/Turabian StyleTal Ezer; Lie-Yauw Oey; Huijie Xue; Marco Zavatarelli; Gianmaria Sannino; Ricardo De Camargo. 2017. "Editorial—the 8th International Workshop on Modeling the Ocean (IWMO 2016) in Bologna, Italy, June 7–10, 2016." Ocean Dynamics 68, no. 1: 153-156.
In this paperwe present and discuss data concerning themorphostructural evolution at Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian\ud Sea, Italy) during Late Quaternary. New insights on the relative sea-level changes of Ustica are coming from data\ud collected during a geomorphological field survey around the island, togetherwith the bathymetric analysis of the\ud surrounding seabed and 14C datings on samples of speleothems, flowstones and marine shells found inside three\ud selected sea caves.\ud The survey was mainly accomplished on June 2015 through the first complete snorkel investigation off the\ud about 18 km-long volcanic coast of the island, which allowed to precisely define location, relationship and\ud morphometric features of coastal landforms associated with modern sea level.\ud This study highlights the occurrence, for the first time in the Mediterranean, of tidal notches in correspondence\ud of carbonate inclusions in volcanic rocks. The elevation of the modern tidal notch suggests that no significant\ud vertical deformations occurred in the southeastern and eastern sectors of Ustica in the last 100 years. However,\ud the presence of pillow lavas along the coast demonstrates that Ustica was affected by a regional uplift since the\ud Late Quaternary, as also confirmed by MIS5.5 deposits located at about 30 m a.s.l., which suggests an average\ud uplift rate of 0.23 mm/y. Radiocarbon dating of fossil barnacles collected inside the Grotta Segreta cave indicate\ud an age of 1823 ± 104 cal. BP. The difference in height with respect to living barnacles in the same site suggests\ud that their present elevation could be related to stick-slip coseismic deformations caused by the four earthquake\ud sequences (two of which with Mw = 4.63 ± 0.46) that strongly struck the island between 1906 and 1924
Stefano Furlani; Fabrizio Antonioli; Danilo Cavallaro; Pietro Chirco; Francesco Caldareri; Franco Foresta Martin; Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli; Carmelo Monaco; Attilio Sulli; Gianluca Quarta; Sara Biolchi; Gianmaria Sannino; Sandro de Vita; Lucio Calcagnile; Mauro Agate. Tidal notches, coastal landforms and relative sea-level changes during the Late Quaternary at Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Geomorphology 2017, 299, 94 -106.
AMA StyleStefano Furlani, Fabrizio Antonioli, Danilo Cavallaro, Pietro Chirco, Francesco Caldareri, Franco Foresta Martin, Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli, Carmelo Monaco, Attilio Sulli, Gianluca Quarta, Sara Biolchi, Gianmaria Sannino, Sandro de Vita, Lucio Calcagnile, Mauro Agate. Tidal notches, coastal landforms and relative sea-level changes during the Late Quaternary at Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy). Geomorphology. 2017; 299 ():94-106.
Chicago/Turabian StyleStefano Furlani; Fabrizio Antonioli; Danilo Cavallaro; Pietro Chirco; Francesco Caldareri; Franco Foresta Martin; Maurizio Gasparo Morticelli; Carmelo Monaco; Attilio Sulli; Gianluca Quarta; Sara Biolchi; Gianmaria Sannino; Sandro de Vita; Lucio Calcagnile; Mauro Agate. 2017. "Tidal notches, coastal landforms and relative sea-level changes during the Late Quaternary at Ustica Island (Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy)." Geomorphology 299, no. : 94-106.