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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

Associated datasets

Associated datasets
Id Name Roscop Code Start Date End Date
129 OTRANTO 6 IO48199595005 5/20/95 5/24/95
404 OTRANTO 2 IO48199494002 5/16/94 5/23/94
405 OTRANTO 4 IO48199494004 10/30/94 11/6/94
407 OTRANTO 1 IO48199494001 2/23/94 3/5/94
408 OTRANTO 3 IO48199494003 8/7/94 8/16/94
456 OTRANTO 5 IO48199595001 2/7/95 2/13/95