CUGRI, in collaboration with the former Istituto Universitario Navale, now Parthenope University, has arguably the longest experience in handling wavemeter buoys among the Italian Academic Institutions (see OGS Paper), http://www2.ogs.trieste.it/bgta/provapage.php?id_articolo=399)
CUGRI has operated and supervised wave measurement buoys for many years.
Some of the data are available on the RESEARCH HOME PAGE
A Datawell Directional Waverider, owned by the Salerno Provincial Authority is now operating under the scientific supervision of CUGRI (prof. Fabio Dentale)
www.rilevazioneondametrica.provincia.salerno.it
A Datawell Directional Waverider was deployed off Salerno for three months in 2001 and eventually for some time in 2011 off Sorrento, jointly with the Parthenope University of Naples. At the time it was the only directional wave meter to have operated off the Campania Region coast . Data were used together with ECMWF WAM forecasts, satellite altimeters and Campania Region Stack wave meter to test the integration of different data sources in the vicinity of the coast
Coordinates of the mooring point: 40° 36.68’ N 14°47.01’ E Mooring depth 40 m
Receiving station was located in the "Masuccio Salernitano" Marina in Salerno
Some of the data are available on the RESEARCH HOME PAGE
Wave data from CUGRI Wave meter and Campania Region Civil Protection Foce Sele (SIMN)- A comparison.
Data from two the CUGRI wave meter were instrumental in correcting some inconsistencies in the Foce Sele measurements : See the difference between the first diagram (corrected) and the second (raw)
CUGRI also operated on joint project with of Impresa Ambiente, a MkII Waverider buoy which is available for contract work
Other instruments are available, both for contract work and basic research.
For instance, a Doppler Bottom Wavemeter (SONTEC TRITON) has been extensively used
in the Riposto Marina, in Sicily, and is now temporarily on loan to the Universities of Catania and Reggio Calabria.
Two ADCPs and a Current meter are also available
Last revised 2023 EPC