EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name

OTRANTO: Hydrographic stations (CTD profiles) in the Strait of Otranto (1994-95)

Data Holding Centre

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

Time Period

from February 1994 to May 1995

Start Date

1994-01-01

End Date

1995-12-31

Project

Hydrodynamics and Geochemical Fluxes in the Strait of Otranto

Geographic Area

Geocoverage

a grid of CTD stations covering the strait area, ranging from 39deg 30'N to 41deg N

Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)

39, 18, 20, 41

Sea Area

Mediterranean Sea

Ionian Sea

Adriatic Sea

Observations

Parameters

Salinity of the water column

Temperature of the water column

Instruments

Description

Summary

The CTD data were collected in the frame of a research program with the following main objectives: - to improve knowledge of the hydrodynamics of the strait at synoptic, seasonal and interannual time scales; - to estimate the exchange of water and associated material between the Adriatic and the Ionian Seas, and to evaluate their variability; - to increase understanding of the influence of the strait upon the adjacent water bodies; - to provide a consisent data set both for validation of the models and assessment of complementary programs. The original CTD data were collected, controlled, analyzed and worked up by OGS and NCMR teams. The high resolution data of each station were averaged over 1 dbar pressure interval. The salinity has been computed according to the practical salinity scale of 1978. The data are stored as depth series per cruise and per station. The CTD stations were occupied during 6 cruises: February-March, May, August, November 1994, February and May 1995. The data set comprises about 400 vertical profiles.

Originator

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

References

Theocharis, A. and Vetrano, A. (1994): Variability of thermohaline conditions in the area of the Strait of Otranto. 1994-06-01, Manca, B., Gacic, M., Kovacevic, V., Mosetti, R., Papageorgiou, E., Scarazzato, P., Extended Abstracts of the First Workshop of the Mediterranean Targeted Project, 37-46

Thermohaline properties and circulation in the Strait of Otranto. 1996-06-01, Gacic, M., Kovacevic, V., Manca, B., Papageorgiou, E., Poulain, P.M., Scarazzato P. and Vetrano, A., Bulletin de l'Institut Oceanographique, Monaco, n. special 17, 4-32

Biogeochemical exchanges in the Strait of Otranto. 1996-06-01, Civitarese, G., Bregant, D., Luchetta, A., Rabitti, S., De Lazzari, A., Boldrin, A., Manca, B., Scarazzato, P., Souvermezoglou, E. and Krassakopoulou, E., Extended Abstracts of the Second Workshop of the Mediterranean Targeted Project, 189-190

Variability of thermohaline properties and circulation in the area of the Otranto Strait. 1996-06-01, Manca, B., Papageorgiou, E. and Scarazzato, P., Extended Abstracts of the Second Workshop of the Mediterranean Targeted Project. 196-204

Availability

Availability

unrestricted

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

1013

Creation Date

2014-10-02

Revision Date

2012-01-24