1. SA E2-M3A – SOUTHERN ADRIATIC DEEP WATER FORMATION, HEAT BUDGET, AND CARBONATE SYSTEM TO ASSESS CLIMATIC VARIATION AND OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
OGS, Trieste, Italy
Manuel Bensi*, Cardin V., Ursella L., Siena G., Giani M., Brunetti F., Giorgetti A., Partescano E.
Here I present the service activity outputs from E2M3A observatory,
General Assembly 2017
Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain; 27 – 29 June 2017

2. SA E2-M3A
WP 10 – Service Activities
Category: Ocean physics and climate change
The E2-M3A observatory, located in the South Adriatic Sea (Eastern Mediterranean), provides the following variables available by graphical output and data access:
Meteorological parameters at the sea surface,
pH, pCO2 below the sea surface (2m depth)
T, Sal, dissolved oxygen, turbidity, transmittance, and ocean currents (horizontal and vertical) at various depths (from 2m to 1200m)
Some parameters are made publicly available in Near-Real time, others in delayed mode ~ 3-4 months after each yearly maintenance.
As probably part of you already know, E2M3A is a multy array observatory, located in the southern part of the Adriatic Sea, in the Mediterranean
It is composed by a deep mooring 1000 m length, and a surface buoy with both atmospheric sensors and sub surface intruments. Hence the SA outputs include data from air sea interaction and deep sea processes.

3. SA E2-M3A
WP 10 – Service Activities
The Evolution of the E2M3A within FIXO3
Service activities:
E2M3A Observatory offered 34 months data starting in September’14 (month 13) within the FIXO3 - SA.
2006…
Let me say that the observatory had an important evolution within the FIXO3 project. We can summarize this evolution through five points.
Surface buoy with nRT data added
Sediment traps added (collaboration with italian CNR-ISMAR)
pH and pCO2 added
Deep sensors upgrades (CT with oxygen, pressure sensors, etc…)
TNA experiment between in collaboration with Aanderaa

4. SA 11.1. E2-M3A Service activities outputs Air-Sea interaction
WP 10 – Service Activities
Service activities outputs
Air-Sea interaction
Time series available for visualization through web graphic tools and graphic outputs.
Starting from the air-sea interaction data we can see here example of outputs available within fixo3 service activity task.

5. SA 11.1. E2-M3A Service activities outputs Deep sea Variability
WP 10 – Service Activities
Service activities outputs
Deep sea Variability
Time series available for visualization through web graphic tools and graphic outputs.
Examples of recent scientific products:
Bensi et al. (DSR–I), 2016
Ingrosso et al. (DSR–I), 2017

6. SA E2-M3A
WP 10 – Service Activities
Web-Links
Available on E2-M3A Web-Portal (Real Time data and delayed mode)
Available on FIXO3 Web-Portal:
Quality checked data are available on the NODC-OGS database:
time-series  ; time-series ; time-series
Metadata (e.g. observatory type, time, geographical location, and sensor type and depths) available on the FIXO3 webpage, as well as at the following url:
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