General info | |
Project title | Hydrodynamics and Geochemical Fluxes in the Strait of Otranto |
Project acronym | OTRANTO |
Project reference | MAS2-CT93-0068 |
Associated programme | MAST/MTP |
Project website | http://doga.ogs.trieste.it/medar |
Begin date | 1993-07-01 |
End date | 1996-06-30 |
Location | |
Geographic coverage | Otranto Strait (38-42N, 17-20E) |
Sea area (C19) | Adriatic Sea,Ionian Sea,Mediterranean Sea |
Description | |
Data-themes (P08) | Chemical oceanography,Physical oceanography |
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. |
Coordinator | |
Coordinating organisation | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
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Country of Coordinator | Italy |
Contact name | Mosetti Renzo |
Contact organisation | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
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Project partners | |
Other partners | CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (Sezione di Venezia) CNR, National Research Council, Institute of Marine Science (Trieste) Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Hellenic National Oceanographic Data Centre National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography University of Athens, Department of Applied Physics, Laboratory of Meteorology and Oceanography
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Edmerp metadata | |
Edmerp id | 7828 |
Collating centre | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
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Latest update | 2009-01-30 |