ERDDAP of the W1M3A research facility

The W1M3A observing system is one of the most important infrastructures of the National Research Council of Italy and it is part of the network of deep ocean European observatories, and the two ERICs EMSO and ICOS. The open sea laboratory is moored in the middle of the Ligurian Sea, inside the area known as the "Cetaceans Sanctuary" on the route between Genoa and Cape Corse, about 80 Km off the coast of Liguria where the water depth is about 1200 m. The observatory helps to monitor the conditions and the sea state of the Ligurian basin by continuously acquiring meteorological, physical, bio-geochemical and wave measurements. The collected data are transmitted in near real time to the station ashore to be used by national and international agencies and institutions. The buoy can be also imagined as a "miniature island" able to offer a substrate for the development of a rich biological community. Many organisms settle and develop on the buoy, colonising its entire underwater surface.

W1M3A观测系统为国家研究委员会意大利的至关重要的基础设施之一，同时隶属于欧洲深海观测网络，并与两个ERICs机构EMSO和ICOS相连接。该开放式海洋实验室系泊于利古里亚海中央，位于介于热那亚与科尔塞角之间的“鲸类保护区”区域内，距离利古里亚海岸线约80公里，该处水深约为1200米。该观测站通过持续收集气象、物理、生物地球化学以及波浪测量数据，有助于监测利古里亚盆地的状况和海况。所收集的数据几乎实时传输至岸上站点，供国内外机构和机构使用。此浮标亦可视为一座‘微型岛屿’，能够为丰富生物群落的发育提供基底。众多生物在此浮标上定居并生长，覆盖其整个水下表面。