EDMERP Details

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Project Title: Hydrodynamics and Geochemical Fluxes in the Strait of Otranto
Project Acronym: OTRANTO
Project Reference: MAS2-CT93-0068
Associated programme: MAST/MTP
Start Date: 1993-07-01
End Date: 1996-06-30

Abstract: The scientific objectives are to improve knowledge of the hydrodynamics of the Strait of Otranto at synoptic, seasonal and interannual time scales, to evaluate the water and particle fluxes between the Adriatic and Ionian Seas, to increase the understanding of the influence of the Otranto Strait upon the adjacent water bodies, and to provide a consistent data set both for validation of the models and for the assessment of complementary programmes. A long-term (15 months) monitoring program of marine currents (with current recorders) and sediment fluxes (with sediment traps) in the Otranto Strait was performed. Six seasonal hydrological surveys in the Otranto Strait area, including one general survey covering the southern Adriatic and northern Ionian Seas, complemented the above observation. The synoptic shipboard measurements included CTD casts, as well as water sampling for the determination of nutrients and dissolved/particulate elements.
Project website: http://doga.ogs.trieste.it/medar

Coordinator: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography
Contact name: Mosetti R.
Fax: +39 040 2140266
E-mail: rmosetti@ogs.trieste.it
Other Partners: OGS (Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale), Division of Oceanography; Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre (HCMR/HNODC); University of Athens, Department of Applied Physics, Laboratory of Meteorology and Oceanography (LMO/UATH); CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia - ex IBM); CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Trieste)