The monitoring sites of I-AMICA project were identified and for each measurement site t a proper technical analysis has been carried out to define the strengthening strategy: new sensors and instruments to be installed were identified.

The design of the hardware/software for the expansion of the high-performance computing infrastructure, able to support the Cloud Computing application, was finalized.  It was designed also a system that will harvest the metadata of existing I-AMICA observatory infrastructures and will be linked to the database of GeoNetwork.

L'articolo OR1 Observing facilities for climate and environmental monitoring sembra essere il primo su iamica.bo.cnr.it.

The realization of innovative and integrated systems for environmental and geophysics monitoring activities was begun; in particular a first Remote Climate Station (RCS) was finalized. This station is a transportable system that can be equipped with different modules in order to guarantee the monitoring of atmospheric composition and other environmental indicators, according to the customer requests. RCS is maintained by green energy and able to send data acquired by instruments in near-real- time via satellite connection.

The establishment of the Ev-K2-CNR Scientific and Technological Laboratory was begun. The activities, here promoted, will be characterized by a strong synergy between research and business both at scientific and technological level.

L'articolo OR2 Innovation, technological development, industrial transfer sembra essere il primo su iamica.bo.cnr.it.

The aim of the Development Objective 3 is to connect the I-AMICA’s environmental and climatic monitoring stations to European and global networks, e.g. ACTRIS, GAW-WMO, ICOS, …. Within an international context, environmental agencies and programs emphasize the importance of the observational capacities, in order to support the international scientific community and the policy makers toward climate and environmental issues, as well as sustainable development.

L'articolo OR3 Climate-environment observation network as integrated part of international infrastructures sembra essere il primo su iamica.bo.cnr.it.

These applications are devoted to identify, define and quantify the contributions that natural and anthropic processes (e.g. wildfires, desert dust transport, salt wedge introgression, biosphere-atmosphere and biosphere-hydrosphere exchanges,…) have in affecting the environmental-climatic conditions in the Italian Convergence Regions.

In particular, advanced techniques and methodologies (based both on observations and models) have been implemented to gather the assessment of the natural and anthropic contributions to the air quality variability in the Convergence Regions, according to the UE directive 2008/50/EC.

Preliminary information on land-water interactions were collected in order to solve important problems in the Convergence Regions such as the introgression of the salt wedge affecting the lives of agro-forest ecosystems especially near the coasts.

A station network for studying the biosphere-atmosphere exchanges of pollutant and climate-altering trace gases has been designed.

Preliminary activities has been carried out for improving of knowledge on the biosphere-hydrosphere processes occurring along the coast-lines of the Convergence Regions. Interaction between natural climatic system/extreme events meteo-sea and historical anthropic impacts along the coastal area land-sea, near the mouth of the Volturno River was promoted. The seismic reflection profile of 537.5 m was acquired with the use of a marine seismic source Watergun in July.

In the framework of I – AMICA High Education program a 320 hour – training course has been started. This course forecast theoretical (200 hours) and practical lessons (120 hours) and it is organized in 5 sessions facing particular topic as like as business planning, UE funding, management, project management and selling high-tech products. During the year, theoretical lessons were concluded while practical lessons will be started in 2013.

L'articolo OR4 Technological applications and territorial services sembra essere il primo su iamica.bo.cnr.it.