ARGOMARINE
Automatic Oil-Spill Recognition and Geopositioning integrated in a Marine Monitoring Network
| Coordinatore | ENTE PARCO NAZIONALE ARCIPELAGO TOSCANO
Organization address
address: VIA GUERRAZZI 1 contact info |
| Nazionalità Coordinatore | Italy [IT] |
| Sito del progetto | http://www.argomarine.eu/public/ |
| Totale costo | 4˙846˙612 € |
| EC contributo | 3˙270˙314 € |
| Programma | FP7-TRANSPORT
Specific Programme "Cooperation": Transport (including Aeronautics) |
| Code Call | FP7-SST-2008-RTD-1 |
| Funding Scheme | CP-FP |
| Anno di inizio | 2009 |
| Periodo (anno-mese-giorno) | 2009-09-01 - 2012-11-30 |
Partecipanti
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
ENTE PARCO NAZIONALE ARCIPELAGO TOSCANO
Organization address
address: VIA GUERRAZZI 1 contact info |
IT (PORTOFERRAIO) | coordinator | 332˙617.06 |
| 2 |
CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Organization address
address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 contact info |
IT (ROMA) | participant | 989˙430.75 |
| 3 |
NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS - NTUA
Organization address
address: HEROON POLYTECHNIOU 9 ZOGRAPHOU CAMPUS contact info |
EL (ATHINA) | participant | 552˙764.40 |
| 4 |
NATO Undersea Research Centre
Organization address
address: Viale San Bartolomeo 400 contact info |
IT (La Spezia) | participant | 476˙144.00 |
| 5 |
UNIVERSIDADE DO ALGARVE
Organization address
address: CAMPUS DE PENHA contact info |
PT (FARO) | participant | 343˙390.00 |
| 6 |
STIFTELSEN NANSEN SENTER FOR MILJOOG FJERNMALING
Organization address
address: THORMOHLENSGATE 47 contact info |
NO (BERGEN) | participant | 294˙714.00 |
| 7 |
JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Organization address
address: Rue de la Loi 200 contact info |
BE (BRUSSELS) | participant | 227˙038.80 |
| 8 |
Management Agency of Zakynthos National Marine Park
Organization address
address: El. Venizelou 1 contact info |
EL (ZAKYNTHOS) | participant | 54˙215.00 |
| 9 |
SCENSIVE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
Organization address
address: "Ripley Drive,Normanton Business Park" contact info |
UK (NORMANTON) | participant | 0.00 |
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Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)
'The concept of the ARGOMARINE proposal is the monitoring of the marine traffic due to carriers and commercial ships through environmental-sensitive sea areas. This monitoring will be realized by means of sophisticated electronic, geopositioning, and telematic tools connected through a high speed network along with data transmission through suitable data links. Data from different sources will be collected in an independent and remote fashion and sent to a main acquisition and elaboration central unit. . Motivation and scope of the Argomarine project is the safe detection, notification and interventions on vessels in emergency situation and the protection of sea and insular environment, endangered by heavy and continuous activities, mainly due to intensive ship traffic, generating a consistent pollution risk.The envisaged goal is connected to the necessity of precise and punctual pollution control in areas and shores which are, for instance, of particular naturalistic value, and/or are exposed to risk of accidental or even intentional contamination due to their vicinity to industrial or highly densely populated settlements, or crossed by a heavy ship traffic. All the data and the information obtained will be merged and elaborated in a Marine Information System (MIS), i.e. an information system where remote sensing data, field experiment results and estimates from simulation models will be integrated, and tools for data storage and retrieval, data manipulation and analysis, as well as for presentation, will available through a common interface'
Introduzione (Teaser)
Heavy and continuous shipping activity pollutes and damages marine life and water quality, which can also impact human health. A recent project has developed improved monitoring and prevention systems for oil spills and other marine pollutants.
Descrizione progetto (Article)
Limited bodies of water, such as the Mediterranean, are under serious threat from oil spills as well as chronic pollution. To help address the problem, the EU funded a project called 'Automatic oil-spill recognition and geopositioning integrated in a marine monitoring network' (ARGOMARINE). The aim was to develop a network to monitor and protect heavily used shipping lanes, and to institute a data management system for public use.
The first part of the project involved developing an algorithm to detect oil spills using satellite imaging. Researchers designed algorithms that used synthetic aperture radar (which is good for recognising oil on water) and a vessel detection method to enable the automated identification and tracking of oil spills.
During the next phase of the project, an autonomous sensing platform was developed. Both patrolling and stationary versions were investigated and researchers built an 'electronic nose' that could detect hydrocarbons in seawater. The sensing platforms also incorporated acoustic monitoring (to detect vessels) and other environmental sensors.
Finally, an overall http://www.argomarine.eu/index.php/central-portal/ ('Marine Information System') was developed. This tool incorporates all the data generated by ARGOMARINE into a publically available system for monitoring and data management.
ARGOMARINE successfully created mathematical and physical tools to protect the oceans from pollution, especially oil spills. The work will have an impact on coastal environments, and could potentially save money by preventing large spills.