1. Geostrophic Circulation Patterns in the Northeastern Adriatic Sea and the Effects of Air-Sea Coupling: May-September 2003
- Author
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Nastjenjka Supić, Daniel Mark Lyons, and Nenad Smodlaka
- Subjects
Atmospheric Science ,Drainage basin ,Soil Science ,Aquatic Science ,Oceanography ,Geostrophic current ,Mediterranean sea ,Geochemistry and Petrology ,Earth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Earth-Surface Processes ,Water Science and Technology ,geography ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Ecology ,Paleontology ,Forestry ,Geology ,temperature ,salinity ,geostrophic currents ,air-sea coupling ,northern Adriatic ,Salinity ,Geophysics ,Circulation (fluid dynamics) ,Space and Planetary Science ,Anticyclone ,Climatology ,Period (geology) ,Geostrophic wind - Abstract
[1] CTD data were collected weekly during 20 cruises from May to September 2003 over a 19 station grid in a coastal region of the northeastern Adriatic Sea as part of the Adriatic Sea Integrated Coastal Areas and River Basin Management System Pilot Project (ADRICOSM). Relative geostrophic velocities indicated fine scale circulation patterns in the area consisting of two pronounced circulation cells, of cyclonic and anticyclonic character, and that were present in the area for most of the investigated period. These motions were induced primarily by spatial variations in the temperature field and may be strengthened during episodes of very strong northeasterly bora wind, when the investigated region is not heated (cooled) uniformly.
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- 2007