A new buoy of the National Wave Network (RON) installed off the coast of Venice
On March 15, a new RON buoy was launched about 8 miles off the coast of Venice. The buoy was moored near the Acqua Alta Oceanographic Platform, in order to compare the wave measurements of the buoy with a sophisticated and advanced optical measurement system of the waves during storm surges of Bora and Scirocco that the CNR ISMAR of Venice has tested and exported to various international institutions
The activities, regulated by a specific study agreement stipulated between ISPRA and the CNR, will aim to test the accuracy of the wave measurements in real time of the new RON buoys which have been off Alghero for about a year. La Spezia, Ponza, Mazzara del Vallo, Crotone, Monopoli and Ancona. The data of the buoys, including those relating to Venice, are visible through the portal www.mareografico.it which can also be reached through the institutional site of ISPRA.