Dettaglio EDMED

General

Dataset Name

Meteo and tide gauge data in the Sicily Channel (SOMME Project: 1991)

Data Holding Centre

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

Time Period

From Jannuary to June 1991

Start Date

1991-01-01

End Date

1991-12-31

Project

SOMME, on behalf of Snamprogetti S.p.A.

Geographic Area

Geocoverage

3 tide gauge stations (Scilla, Gioia Tauro, Reggio Calabria) and 3 meteorological stations (Palmi, Punta Faro, Gioia Tauro) on the Calabrian Coast.

Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)

37, 15, 16, 38

Sea Area

Tyrrhenian Sea

Mediterranean Sea

Observations

Parameters

Air pressure

Wind strength and direction

Sea level

Temperature of the water column

Instruments

meteorological packages

sea level recorders

Description

Summary

The data were collected in the framework of an environmental study in the Sicily Channel. The experimental activity is based on 7 current meter moorings, 3 tide gauge stations and 3 meteorological stations. sea level data were collected using SEADATA and LASTEM sensors. The data were sampled at at one-hour interval. The complete set consists of 33.623 recordings of sea level and 7.445 recordings of meteo data.

Originator

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

References

Availability

Availability

by negotiation

Organization

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

Contact

Mosetti R.

Address

OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography

Sgonico (Trieste)

34010

Italy

rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it

http://www.ogs.trieste.it/

Administration

Local identifier

1002

Creation Date

2014-10-02

Revision Date

2013-07-25