ARCOBLEU, an integrated surveillance system for chronic and accidental pollution

An integrated surveillance system for chronic and accidental marine pollution is proposed to improve decision making. This project, called ARCOBLEU, is based on organizing advanced communication and information tools and techniques in a multi-source/multi-user architecture. A franco-Italian consortium associating private companies and public research institutes has already received the support of the EEC MAST program to carry out the preliminary phase of the system requirement, by using the high Tyrrhenean Sea as a pilot zone, Future extension to the Western Mediterranean basin is already planned under the name of MED-ARCOBLEU