Venice, ISPRA enlists new "guardians" for the lagoon

Nine new stations measuring sea level, waves and weather conditions have been installed for the monitoring and prediction of extreme events and high water in Venice

Monitor sea level, weather conditions and waves in the lagoons of Venice and Marano Grado to predict extreme events and support coastal risk management, with precise and accurate data, also in relation to the operation of the Mose system. It is with this objective that Ispra will strengthen its meteorological-marine monitoring system by expanding its tide gauge network in the Venice Lagoon and the Upper Adriatic as part of the MER (Marine Ecosystem Restoration) project financed by the PNRR.

The contract involves the installation, to be completed by June 2025, of 9 new stations for monitoring sea level and meteorological conditions in the lagoons of Venice and Marano Grado, thus strengthening the meteorological-marine observation system already present and providing additional essential data for monitoring and predicting extreme events.
Particular attention will be dedicated to the monitoring of waves in the lagoon environment - a parameter currently little paid attention to by existing observation systems - but essential for the analysis and modeling of the hydrodynamic and morphological conditions in lagoon environments, functional to the understanding of the ongoing dynamics and the design of environmental protection and restoration interventions.