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Decision support system for emergency management of oil spill accidents in the Mediterranean Sea
Svitlana Liubartseva
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via M. Franceschini 31, 40128 Bologna, Italy
Giovanni Coppini
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Nadia Pinardi
Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia (DIFA) Università degli Studi di Bologna, viale Berti-Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
Michela De Dominicis
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, via D. Creti 12, 40128 Bologna, Italy
National Oceanography Centre, 6 Brownlow Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L3 5DA, UK
Rita Lecci
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Giuseppe Turrisi
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Sergio Cretì
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Sara Martinelli
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Paola Agostini
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Palmalisa Marra
Links Management and Technology S.p.A. – via R. Scotellaro 55, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Francesco Palermo
Fondazione CMCC – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici, via Augusto Imperatore 16, 73100 Lecce, Italy
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An innovative fully operational 24/7 web-based decision support system, WITOIL (Where Is The Oil), has been developed to support oil pollution response. The system meets the real-time requirements in terms of performance and dynamic service delivery. Comprehensive computational resources and network bandwidth efficiently support the multi-user regime. The eight-language graphical user interface incorporates a great variety of user services, e.g., help and support, tooltips, and video tutorials.
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