EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name

Current meter data collected in the Adriatic and in the Ionian Sea during MATER Project

Data Holding Centre

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

Time Period

From March 1997 to August 1999

Start Date

1997-01-01

End Date

1999-12-31

Project

MEDITERRANEAN TARGETED PROJECT MTP II-MATER

Geographic Area

Geocoverage

Southern Adriatic Sea, Otranto Strait, Ionian Sea

Geographic Box (south,north,west,east)

38, 17, 20, 42

Sea Area

Mediterranean Sea

Ionian Sea

Adriatic Sea

Observations

Parameters

Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)

Vertical velocity of the water column (currents)

Electrical conductivity of the water column

Temperature of the water column

Instruments

current meters

Description

Summary

Current meter data were collected, toghether with CTD data, within the framework of multidisciplinary studies aimed at investigating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Adriatic/Ionian basin, paying particular attention to deep water spreading and vertical convection events. Current meter data were visually inspected to eliminate spikes and averaged over one hour time intervals. Quality control has been implemented for header information before the final data-archiving following the MATER Quality Control protocol (SISMER, 1997). 23 current time series were collected at multiple depths on three mooring positions: in the Adriatic Sea, in the Otranto Strait and in the Ionian Sea. Sediment traps were coupled to the mooring as well.

Originator

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

References

An integrated system for managing multidisciplinary oceanographic data collected in the Mediterranean Sea during the basin-scale research project EU/MAST-MATER (1996-2000) 2002-06-01, Maillard C., Balopoulos E., Giorgetti A., Fichaut M., Iona A., Larour M., Latrouite A., Manca B., Maudire G., Nicolas P., Sanchez-Cabeza J.-A., J. Mar. Sys. 33-34, 2002, pp. 523-538

general description and inventories, vers. 2.1, SISMER/1997/IS/002 1997-06-01, unknown, MATER DATA MANUAL, 1997,vol. I

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

1064

Creation Date

2014-10-02

Revision Date

2013-07-25