EMSO MEDIT PROJECT

EMSO-MedIT is a project funded in the framework of PON R&C 2007-2013 - PAC Enhancement of public research infrastructures, related with the enhancement of multidisciplinary marine research infrastructures located in Sicily, Campania and Puglia. It is the Italian contribution to the consolidation in the above mentioned regions of the European research infrastructure EMSO (www.emso-eu.org), in synergy with the other ESFRIs coordinated by Italy (KM3NeT and EMBRC) and the Italian initiative for marine research RITMARE. The actions foreseen will be carried out according to the following objectives: enhancement of marine infrastructures and of scientific and technological facilities to strengthen and expand the network for multidisciplinary monitoring of coastal, deep and the water column marine environment; networking of all existing and enhanced infrastructures for the transmission in real-time/near-realtime integrating the data from fixed and relocatable observing systems; establishment of a mobile system of intervention to be used for monitoring campaigns at sites of strategic interest or in the case of environmentalemergencies. The network of monitoring infrastructures will be further enhanced through the creation of an exchange information system that will enable the sharing of the large amounts of data, providing access to a large community of Italian and foreign users. The enhancement project started on September 1st, 2013, lasting 18 months.