Adriano Azzarone è stato un prezioso e attento web and software developer del nostro istituto. Dopo anni di precariato, viene assunto in INGV nel 2018 a tempo indeterminato collaborando prima nella sezione Roma 2 dove ha semplificato, migliorandole, le procedure che permettono di produrre le previsioni ionosferiche che ancora vengono prodotte e distribuite e negli ultimi anni nell’Osservatorio Nazionale Terremoti dove ha contribuito al settore IT della sala operativa e dei progetti ARISTOTLE (2016-2023). Per questi ultimi, Adriano ha sviluppato e mantenuto per 7 anni la piattaforma SPADA (Scientific Products Archiving and Document Assembly), una piattaforma Tiki-Wiki nata per facilitare la creazione dei dei bollettini e rapporti che forniamo allo European Response Coordination Centre della DG-ECHO, un luogo virtuale dove collaborare e mettere a sistema le informazioni scientifiche preliminari su esposizione ed impatto degli eventi naturali monitorati in forecast (Severe Weather, Floods e Forest Fires) o da monitorare (Terremoti, Tsunami, Vulcani) usate dal "multi-hazard operational board" per assemblare i report.
Questa piattaforma sarà la sua eredità, riconosciuta da tutta la comunità internazionale ARISTOTLElica che in queste ore si stringe intorno a lui, la sua famiglia e tutti noi colleghi INGV.
Inoltre, in collaborazione con altri colleghi va ricordato il suo personale contributo alla realizzazione del primo portale INGV di dati e metadati da esperimenti di osservazione geofisica e oceanografica in ambiente marino (www.moist.it).
Estremamente educato e sensibile, Adriano è sempre stato pronto ad aiutarci nella risoluzione di diverse problematiche che potevano sorgere durante la fornitura del servizio di sorveglianza sia nazionale che europea.
Era una persona molto acuta e sempre attento ad ogni minimo dettaglio. Poteva capitare di imbattersi in lui nei corridoi, spesso frettoloso e di corsa ma sempre con un sorriso e pronto ad una battuta. Una persona di cui ci si poteva fidare.
Altrettanto, Adriano dovrà essere ricordato per la sua “battaglia” a pro della tecnologia obsoleta (e per obsolescenza intendiamo che il mercato non la vuole più) e che quindi poteva essere riutilizzata diventando qualcosa di nuovo e diverso da ciò per cui era nata. In questo lo si può considerare un reale precursore.
Ci mancherà il suo accento Livornese così delicato e gentile, come il suo animo e la sua intelligenza.
A cura di Giovanna Forlenza e Alberto Michelini con il prezioso contributo di diversi colleghi dell’INGV che hanno evidenziato l’indubbia ecletticità di Adriano
Il ricordo e le testimonianze dei colleghi
..lascia un grande vuoto ed un eredità..
Giuseppe Salerno - Osservatorio Etneo INGV (Hazard Group Vulcani - ARISTOTLE)
..non immagino il dolore. Un abbraccio. Marco
Marco Olivieri - INGV Team (Task 7 - ARISTOTLE)
..I remember how he immediately helped us when we were facing technical problems during our first duty as report secretary and mainly our deep discussion in Vienna about politics and the overall situation in Italy and Slovakia.
Michaela Mikuličková - on behalf of Slovak hydrometeorological institute (SHMU, Slovakia) team
Dear all,
I am very sorry to hear such sad news. Please accept my sincere condolences to family, friends and colleagues.
Mgr. Lucia Čizmaziová
Lucia Čizmaziová - Slovak hydrometeorological institute (SHMU, Slovakia)
..After this terrible news, I can only express my most sincere condolences to all family and friends on behalf of GeoSphere Austria. SPADA remains for the posterity of ARISTOTLE. I am sure we will all keep Adriano in mind when we are working with it…
Maria Papi-Isaba - on behalf of GeoSphere Austria
Dear colleagues,
I am really shocked to hear this terrible news, and my thoughts are with his family, friends and all people close to him.
I never had the opportunity to work directly with him, but I know that he was a crucial contributor to the ARISTOTLE project.
Best regards,
Gerhard
Gerhard Wotawa - GeoSphere Austria
I am very sorry to read this. I share my thoughts with his colleagues, friends and family
Rémy Bossu - European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
Dear all,
This is very sad news and I would like to extend condolences from all at the Met Office to the family and friends of Adriano. In my conversations with Adriano he always demonstrated extreme professionalism and complete competence in the IT field, as well as a gentle humour. It was clear that he was always focussed on improving SPADA and would always entertain suggestions for how this should be done, even when we (I) suggested improvements that he probably thought were not good ideas!
He will be missed.
In caring sympathy,
Anton, Helen, Jo, Gavin and all at the Met Office
Anton Muscat - Met Office (UK)
Dear all,
We are so sorry to hear about this at FMI. On behalf of the FMI Aristotle team I would like to express our condolences to his colleagues, friends and family.
Anssi, on behalf of the FMI Aristotle team
Vähämäki Anssi - Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI, Finland)
Dear all,
really sorry to hear about his passing. On behalf of Météo-France Aristotle teams, please share our condolences to his family, friends and INGV colleagues.
Adriano really made an outstanding job with creating and continuously improving SPADA he was always preparing for us.
Sincerely,
Mathieu and Météo-France colleagues
Mathieu Regimbeau - Météo-France
Dear all,
We are so sad to receive this terrible news.
As the Meteo France ARISTOTLE team we would like to express our sincere condolences to colleagues, friends and family.
Best regards,
Christophe and Meteo France team.
Christophe Isson - Météo-France
Dear Friends,
I am very sorry to hear about this extremely sad news. I would like hereby to express my condolences to his family and also to our INGV colleagues. I am sure these are hard times and that sense of loss is not easy at all.
Warm regards,
Delia Arnold
Delia Arnold Arias - Former members of the ARISTOTLE Service Management Team
Dear All, we are very sorry to receive this sad news.
Please share our thoughts and condolences from myself and colleagues at NGI with his family and friends.
Best Regards, Finn
Finn Løvholt - Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI, Norway)
..It is very sad to hear the news today!
On behalf of the NOA group we would like to express our sincere
condolences to all of you working with Adriano and to his family.
It was always a pleasure to work with him in ARISTOTLE and we always had
a great collaboration. He will be greatly missed.
Our thoughts to his family and friends for this early and sudden loss.
Warm regards,
Nicos and the NOA group
Nicos Melis - The National Observatory of Athens (NOA, Greece)
Dear All,
I am saddened to hear this news.
Adriano was a pleasure to work with. He was considered and thoughtful with his approach to SPADA which remains as a legacy. On behalf of all of the BGS Aristotle team I extend our sympathies to all his colleagues, family and friends.
All the best
Charlotte
Charlotte Vye-Brown - British Geological Survey (BGS, UK)
Dear all,
It is with great sadness that we receive the news.
We would like to express our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Fernando, on behalf of IPMA ARISTOTLE teams
Fernando Carrilho - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA, Portugal)
I'm deeply saddened by the sudden loss of Adriano.
My sincere condolences to his family, friends and colleagues.
Best Regards,
Rachid Omira
Rachid Omira - Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA, Portugal)
Dear All,
We are sorry to hear about his to early and tragic passing. On behalf of SMHI Aristotle team I would like to express our condolences to family, colleagues and friends.
Best wishes,
Jon Stark
Jon Stark - Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI, Sweden)
..I’m very sorry to hear about the passing of Adriano. All of us here at ECMWF send our condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. I have very fond memories of working with Adriano, he was always really helpful, engaged during meetings and had a great sense of humour too. We will miss him. Regards,
Calum (and the ECMWF Aristotle team)
Calum Baugh - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)
Today is a sad day. IMO expresses vicinity and condolences to Adriano's family and all those close to him. We will remember him.
Sara and IMO's colleagues
Sara Barsotti - Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO, Iceland)
Dear all, We are so sad and sorry to hear about this at KNMI.
On behalf of KNMI Aristotle team I would like to express our condolences to his colleagues, friends and family.
Rob Groenland, on behalf of the KNMI Aristotle team
Rob Groenland - The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI, The Netherlands)
Dear all, We are so sad to receive this terrible news. As the KOERI ARISTOTLE team we would like to express our sincere condolences to colleagues, friends and family.
Warm regards,
Didem and the KOERI ARISTOTLE Team
Didem Cambaz - Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute (KOERI, Turkey)
I am absolutely shocked reading this and I cannot stop my tears while writing this,
We, UMA team, had the opportunity to work with Adriano closely and we are all shocked to hear this.
Rest in peace.
Jorge Macías Sánchez - University of Malaga (UMA, Spain)
Terrible, terrible, terrible news.
Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.
Our deepest condolences,
Luca, on behalf of CIMA FL
Luca Molini - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale (CIMA, Italy)
These are really terrible news.
I would like to express the deepest condolences on behalf of CIMA FF
team. We are close to his family, friends, and colleagues.
May he rest in peace.
Andrea, o behalf of CIMA FF Team
Andrea Trucchia - Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale (CIMA, Italy)
Dear colleagues,
On behalf of the AEMET FF team I want to express our most sincere
condolences to his family, friends and colleagues. We are deeply sorry.
Jaime Rey - Agencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET, Spain)
..During this difficult time for the family, friends and colleagues, we can only express our sincere condolences and acknowledge Adriano`s great dedication, passion and hard work in developing SPADA and in keeping Aristotle alive and operational for so many years.
May he rest in peace! Best regards,
Alex, on behalf of Aristotle NIEP team
Alexandru Tiganescu - The National Institute for Earth Physics (NIEP, Romania)
What terribly sad news, my sincere condolences to you and all Adriano's friends and colleagues at INGV as well as to his family.
Adriano's skills and vision for SPADA have been clear throughout the Aristotle project, his creativity and his achievements have enabled us all to deliver this fantastic service.
Adriano will be sorely missed but always remembered by his Aristotle colleagues across Europe
Best wishes,
Sue
Susan Laughlin - British Geological Survey (BGS)
Dear Giovanna, dear all,
We are very sorry to receive such sad news. On behalf of the IPMA-FF team, I would like to express our deepest and most sincere condolences. Our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues.
Mafalda Silva, Célia Gouveia, Rita Durão
Mafalda Silva, Célia Gouveia, Rita Durão - (IPMA, Portugal)