IMPACT : Port economic development and environment
PI : Marcello Magaldi (CNR ISMAR)
2017-2020
Partners : CNR ISMAR (PI, It), LaMMA (It), CIBM (It), Tuscany Region (It), IFREMER (Fr), LECOB CNRS (Fr), University of Toulon (Fr)
Head of the University of Toulon : Yann Ourmieres (MIO)
Objectives of the project
- Understand how to reconcile the economic development of Mediterranean industrial ports with their proximity to marine protected areas.
- Understand the impact of port activity in terms of pollution on an adjacent marine protected area
- Consolidate environmental knowledge, develop monitoring methodologies
Selected workshop sites
- Bastia / Cap Corse Marine Park (site monitored by IFREMER)
- Rade de Toulon / Parc National de Port-Cros (site monitored by the University of Toulon)
- La Spezia / Cinque Terre (site monitored by CNR ISMAR)
- Livorno / Secche de la Melloria (site monitored by the LaMMA consortium)
Numerical and experimental strategy
- Numerical modeling :
- High resolution for the entire area to better understand the mass water exchanges between the 2 bays
- Very high resolution for the Toulon harbour to better simulate the 3D mixing of water masses and thus the transport of pollutants
- In-situ current measurement to complete / validate model simulations
- Deployment of geolocatable drifting buoys
- Deployment of ADCP (current meters)
Déploiement de drifters
Exemple de trajectoires obtenues avec les drifters dans la rade de Toulon
Current modeling with NEMO-NIDOR192
for the Var coastal area
Very high resolution current modeling
in the bay of Toulon with TBAY100
Modeling the transport of dissolved contaminants (here, copper) in the Toulon harbour in different wind conditions. Up and down: weak mistral, strong mistral, weak East, strong East.
Left column: integrated concentration on the water column.
Right column: depth of maximum concentration.