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	<Entry_Title>Beranzoli, Laura. (2003). ORION 1 campaign using INGV/GEOSTAR - SN-3 seafloor platform during ORION-GEOSTAR3 project in Southern Tyrrhenian Sea site (Marsili Basin), part of ORION network.</Entry_Title>
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			<Address>via di Vigna Murata, 605</Address>
			<City>Rome</City>
			<Province_or_State>RM</Province_or_State>
			<Postal_Code>00143</Postal_Code>
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		<First_Name>ADRIANO</First_Name>
		<Last_Name>AZZARONE</Last_Name>
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		<Term>OCEAN CIRCULATION</Term>
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		<Topic>OCEANS</Topic>
		<Term>OCEAN PRESSURE</Term>
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		<Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
		<Topic>OCEANS</Topic>
		<Term>MARINE SEDIMENTS</Term>
		<Variable_Level_1>TURBIDITY</Variable_Level_1>
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		<Category>EARTH SCIENCE</Category>
		<Topic>OCEANS</Topic>
		<Term>OCEAN OPTICS</Term>
		<Variable_Level_1>TURBIDITY</Variable_Level_1>
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	<Keyword>marine data</Keyword>
	<Keyword>INGV</Keyword>
	<Keyword>Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia</Keyword>
	<Keyword>GEOSTAR - SN-3</Keyword>
	<Keyword>ORION-GEOSTAR3</Keyword>
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		<Metadata>
			<Name>Orientation</Name>
			<Value>90</Value>
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	<Sensor_Name>
    	<Short_Name>ADCP</Short_Name>
		<Long_Name>Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler</Long_Name>
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	<Sensor_Name>
    	<Short_Name>CTD</Short_Name>
		<Long_Name>Conductivity, Temperature, Depth</Long_Name>
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	<Sensor_Name>
    	<Short_Name>Current meter</Short_Name>
		<Long_Name>CURRENT METERS</Long_Name>
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	<Sensor_Name>
    	<Short_Name>Transmissometer</Short_Name>
		<Long_Name>TRANSMISSOMETERS</Long_Name>
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	<Source_Name>
		<Short_Name>OCEAN PLATFORMS</Short_Name>
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	<Source_Name>
		<Short_Name>GEOSTAR - SN-3</Short_Name>
		<Long_Name>GEophysical and Oceanographic STation for Abyssal Research - Seismic Network node 3</Long_Name>
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	<Temporal_Coverage>
		<Start_Date>2003-12-02</Start_Date>
		<Stop_Date>2004-04-29</Stop_Date>
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	<Spatial_Coverage>
		<Southernmost_Latitude>39.488330</Southernmost_Latitude>
		<Northernmost_Latitude>39.488330</Northernmost_Latitude>
		<Westernmost_Longitude>14.172220</Westernmost_Longitude>
		<Easternmost_Longitude>14.172220</Easternmost_Longitude>
		<Minimum_Depth>3320M</Minimum_Depth>
		<Maximum_Depth>3320M</Maximum_Depth>
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	<Location>
		<Location_Category>Ocean</Location_Category>
		<Location_Type>Atlantic Ocean</Location_Type>
		<Location_Subregion1>North Atlantic Ocean</Location_Subregion1>
		<Location_Subregion2>Mediterranean Sea</Location_Subregion2>
		<Detailed_Location>Marsili Basin</Detailed_Location>
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		<Short_Name>ORION-GEOSTAR3</Short_Name>
		<Long_Name>Ocean Research by Integrated Observatory Networks</Long_Name>
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	<Data_Set_Language>ENGLISH</Data_Set_Language>
	<Originating_Center>INGV</Originating_Center>
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		<Data_Center_Name>
			<Short_Name>IT/INGV/MOIST</Short_Name>
			<Long_Name>Italy, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Multidisciplinary Oceanic Information SysTem</Long_Name>
		</Data_Center_Name>
		<Data_Center_URL>http://www.moist.it</Data_Center_URL>
		<Data_Set_ID>moist.orion.southern_tyrrhenian_sea.orion-geostar3.2003</Data_Set_ID>
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            <First_Name>PAOLO</First_Name>
            <Last_Name>FAVALI</Last_Name>
            <Email>paolo.favali@ingv.it</Email>
            <Phone>+39 0651860428</Phone>
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                <Address>via di Vigna Murata, 605</Address>
                <City>Rome</City>
                <Province_or_State>RM</Province_or_State>
                <Postal_Code>00143</Postal_Code>
                <Country>Italy</Country>
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	<Summary>
		<Abstract>ORION is the first underwater network of multiparameter seafloor observatories, based on GEOSTAR and two new multiparameter satellite observatories (nodes). This system was successfully operated in a mission in Southern Tyrrhenian Sea, at the base of Marsili volcano (3320 m w.d.)</Abstract>
		<Purpose>In ORION (Ocean Research by Integrated Observatory Networks), GEOSTAR was implemented to act as the main node of an underwater network of deep-sea observatories.GEOSTAR was equipped with an acoustic subsystem devoted: 1) to a vertical communication, used to transmit data of the observatory network to the surface buoy; 2) to the horizontal communication among the nodes ("horizontal" acoustic link) receiving data from the satellite nodes.</Purpose>
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		<URL>http://www.moist.it/sites/southern_tyrrhenian_sea/3/ORION1</URL>
		<Description>Campaign informations web page</Description>
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		<URL>http://roma2.rm.ingv.it/en/projects/european/55/ORION-GEOSTAR_3</URL>
		<Description>ORION-GEOSTAR3 - Ocean Research by Integrated Observatory Networks</Description>
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		<Short_Name>EU/ORION</Short_Name>
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	<Last_DIF_Revision_Date>2026-04-06</Last_DIF_Revision_Date>
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