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General

Dataset Name: Drifting surface data collected during DOLCEVITA project
Data Holding Centre: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Time Period: From 21 September 2002 to December 2003
Start Date: 2002-01-01
End Date: 2003-12-31
Project: Dynamics of Localized Currents and Eddy Variability in the Adriatic

Parameters: Temperature of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Instruments: satellite tracking system

Summary: DOLCEVITA is an international project focusing on the Adriatic Sea sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and involving several oceanographers, both experimentalists and modelers, of the United States and Europe. The main objective of the DOLCEVITA project is to quantify the kinematic and dynamic properties of the northern and middle Adriatic (NMA) Sea. In particular the experimental work includes collection data provided by drifters and high-frequency coastal radars. 120 drifters were deployed in the North-Middle Adriatic Sea. Position and Sea Surface Temperature data are transmitted to OGS via ARGOS in real-time. Surface velocity fields are calculated.
Originator: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
References

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/