354 Nadia Pinardi et al.
a)
M3A buoy
b)
'4H
UN
'lN
4lIH
38N
lcSlI
14H
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lOH
5W
( ARGQS
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Fig. 17.6 The large scale monitoring system of the Mediterranean Sea working in near real
time. a) the schematic of ali the components; b) the implemented tracks for the Voluntary
Observ ing Ship subsystem (see Manzella et al., 2001).