Progetto “Sale Operative Integrate e Reti di monitoraggio del futuro: l’INGV 2.0”. Report finale

Abstract

The project “Sale Operative Integrate e Rete di monitoraggio futuro” (Integrated Control Rooms and Future Monitoring Network, “S.O.I.R. future monitoring”) is aimed at integrating the seismic, volcanic and tsunami monitoring systems. The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology INGV), is Center of Competence for the National Civil Protection System, and carries out these services in three Control rooms: one at the Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti (National Earthquake Observatory - ONT) in Rome, the second at the Osservatorio Vesuviano (Vesuvian Observatory - OV) in Naples and the third at the Osservatorio Etneo (Etna Observatory - OE) in Catania.
The project, financed by the Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca (Ministry of Education, University and Research -MIUR) through the Fondo Integrativo Speciale per la Ricerca (Special Integrative Fund for Research - FISR) was approved at the end of 2017 and received several extensions. The final deadline of the project is now fixed at 31st December 2020, the last 10 months of the project suffer from the COVID-19 health emergency.
Undoubtedly, achieving a better integration between the three operating rooms in Rome, Naples and Catania was the most ambitious goal pursued and by the project, but numerous other technical...