Spring Test & Meeting – Isola d’Elba 2012

SPRING TEST & MEETING, Isola d’Elba

28-30 May | 4th Test Experiment

31 May – 1 June | 6th Steering Committee Meeting

Program

4th SPRING TEST EXPERIMENT

Monday 28th  – National Park of the Tuscany Archipelago, Enfola – Portoferraio

Arsenal hall – La Tonnara di Portoferraio

 

Morning:                   Arrival and accommodation

h. 9.00 – 11.00         Release of CIMA drifting buoys (PNAT, CIMA)

Afternoon:                Test setup (PNAT, CIMA, NURC, NTUA, JRC, CNR)

Deployment of the tetrahedron hydrophone station (NURC)

 

Tuesday 29th – National Park of the Tuscany Archipelago, Enfola – Portoferraio

Arsenal hall – La Tonnara di Portoferraio

 

h.9.00-11.00              Test Experiment- Briefing

h.11.00 – 13.00          Test Experiment – activities:

a) GER radiometer hyperspectral measurements  from m/boats (NTUA)

b) Data acquisition from drifting buoys deployed by m/boat (CIMA)

c) SAR image acquisition and integration into MIS (NERSC)

d) Data acquisition from AIS (CNR_ISTI)

e) Signal acquisitions from volunteer’s white box and smartphone applet (CNR-ISTI)

f) SUMO running for vessel detection and integration into MIS (JRC)

g) Acoustic acquisition from hydrophone station (NURC)

h) FOLAGA AUV mission and GPS positioning (NURC)

i) Simulation of Enose communications from AUV and and moored buoy to the MIS (CNR-ISTI and IFC)

j) Running of a oil spillage simulation animation (CIMA)

k) Data fusion and integration of all the above entering data into MIS and display (CNR-ISTI)

l) Running of MIS and risk map analysis map (CNR-ISTI)

 

13.00-14.30                lunch break

 

Afternoon:                  Test Experiment – activities

(see above)

 

Wednesday 30th – National Park of the Tuscany Archipelago, Enfola – Portoferraio

Arsenal hall – La Tonnara di Portoferraio

 

Morning                                 Test Experiment – activities

(starting from 9.00)             (see above)

h. 13.00-14.30                        lunch break

 

Afternoon:                              Test Experiment – activities

Test Experiment- Briefing

 

Thursday 31st – Friday 1st – National Park of the Tuscany Archipelago, Enfola – Portoferraio

Arsenal hall – La Tonnara di Portoferraio

6TH STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING

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Saturday 2nd – Pianosa Island

A tour in one of the protected islands of the Tuscan Archipelago

 

TRAVEL, ACCOMMODATION  AND LOGISTICS

TRAVEL:

By Airplane:

We suggest to choose Pisa International Airport (PSA) for your arrival which is only 1 hour driving time from Piombino Marittima, the harbour where you can take the ferry to Elba.

Train service from Pisa airport to Piombino Marittima is available, but you must change in Pisa Central Station and,  often also in Campiglia Marittima station where you catch a train or a bus to Piombino Marittima. The train ticket is valid also for the bus journey.

You can chack the Trenitalia official web site for train schedule: www.trenitalia.com (insert as arrival: Piombino Marittima)

By Car:

Wherever you come from, to reach Piombino Marittima, the harbour where you can take the ferry to Elba, from the SS1 highway, you have to exit at “Venturina/Piombino/Island of Elba” and follow the signs for Piombino Marittima.

Here you can find all the information about your travel and how long it takes.

Once you get to Piombino Marittima you can choose whether to leave your car in a paying guarded car park or take it across to the Island of Elba.

By Train:

If you want to come by train, get off in Piombino Marittima train station.

Usually, wherever you come from, you must change in Campiglia Marittima where you can find a train or a bus to reach Piombino Marittima (the ticket train is also valid for the bus journey).

Here you can find the Trenitalia official web site: www. trenitalia.com (write in the Arrival field “Piombino Marittima”).

By Bus:

If you come from Milan, Florence or Siena/Grosseto, bus services are also available. Click on the journey below for more details:

Milan-Piombino Marittima

Florence-Piombino Marittima

Siena/Grosseto-Piombino Marittima

 

Ferries:

To go to Elba you can choose among three different companies: Toremar, Moby, Blunavy.

Please  take the ferry to Portoferraio where your hotels are located. As regards the company, if you want to embark  your car, it is better to check the prices first: sometimes they are very different  one from the other.

Here you can find two different booking services to check the timetable, the availability and the prices: http://bit.ly/HW7Zq2 or http://www.traghettilines.it/.

 

If you don’t travel with your own car, you can also take the hydrofoil that takes only 35 minutes from Piombino to Portoferraio.

Here you can find the timetable: www.toremar.it

 

ACCOMMODATION

As regards accommodation, we have have already contacted the Hotel Crystal and the Hotel Villa Padulella in Portoferraio, close to Le Ghiaie beach and at 10 minutes driving from the location of the experiment and the meeting.

As you arrive in Portoferraio, follow the direction (or ask) for “Le Ghiaie” beach. At the end of the road, in front of the garden, on your left, you can find Crystal Hotel, and 100 mt. ahead, on the same side, you can find the Villa Padulella Hotel.

Please book directly at the Hotel, telling that you are part of the Argomarine project of the Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano.

 

HOTEL CRYSTAL ****

www.hotelcrystal.it

Loc. Le Ghiaie, 57037 Portoferraio (LI) – See the Map

Tel. +39 0565 917 971 – 915 710

Fax +39 0565 916 864

E-mail: mailbox@hotelcrystal.it

Prices per night (special price for Parco Nazionale Arcipelago Toscano):

Double room: 40 euros per person (80 euros per room)

Double room for single use: 55 euros

 

HOTEL VILLA PADULELLA ***

www.hotelvillapadulella.it

Viale Einaudi, 1, 57037 Portoferraio – See the Map

Tel.: +39 0565 914 742

E-mail:  info@hotelvillapadulella.it

Prices per night:

Sea view double room: 45 euros per person

Standard double room: 42 euros per person

Double room for single use: 15 euros of extra charge

 

LOCATION OF THE EXPERIMENT AND THE MEETING

Both the experiment and the meeting will take place at The National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago, in Enfola, 10 minutes driving from the hotels.

To know how to arrive in Enfola click here.

 

TRANSPORTATIONS FROM THE HOTELS:

For those who don’t come to Elba by car, a car pooling or a bus shuttle will be provided from the hotel to The National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago.

 

SOCIAL EVENTS

We are organizing a traditional social dinner and an excursion on Wednesday afternoon. For  those who want stay over the week-end, a day excursion to Pianosa Island will be organized.

 

More details will follow….

 

 

 

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