Browsing by Subject "Water masses"
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A contribution to the hydrology of the Strait of Sicily
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)The Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale of Trieste made a series of hydrological measurements in the Mediterranean in 1968. The areas concerned were the Gulf of Taranto, the Tyrrhenean Sea and the Western Basin. At. the ... -
A deep stepped thermohaline structure deep in the Mediterranean
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)A deep stepped thermohaline structure has been observed in the Tyrrhenian Sea below the Levant ine water salinity maximum. The layers are remarkably homogeneous starting with a thickness of 10 m - 20 m at 600 m and thereafter ... -
A study of the turbulent flow and character of the water masses over the Sicilian ridge in both summer and winter
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)The western sill region of the Strait of Sicily lies between Sicily (Capo Lilibeo) and Tunisia (Cap Bon) and is part of the submarine ridge separating the eastern from the western Mediterranean. [Fig. lJ. It was studied ... -
Deep-sea circulation in the Alboran sea
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1985/04)Alboran Sea circulation between 220 and 1100 m depth is studied. Interaction between three types of water masses in this area causes a complicated flow pattern. Atlantic water flowing as a jet through the Strait of Gibraltar ... -
Intermediate water downstream of the Strait of Sicily
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)In July 1970 the ATLANTIS II sailed through the western Mediterranean providing an opportunity to make a quasi-synoptic observation of the Levantine Intermediate Water between the Strait of Gibraltar and the Strait of ... -
The hydrological characteristics of the waters exchanged between the eastern and the western basins of the Mediterranean
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)An analysis is done of hydrographic data obtained in 1965 and 1966 in the region of Tunis-Sicily-Malta. Vertical sections permit to follow the opposite spreadings of the surface water of Atlantic origin and the levantine ... -
The Levantine intermediate water mass from Sardinia to Rhodes
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The steady state of the step structure in the Tyrrhenian Sea
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1978/10)A deep step structure, in which mixed layers alternate with high gradient interfaces, is a characteristic feature of the Tyrrhenian Sea. Three oceanographic cruises (May 1972, May 1973 and October 1974), supported by the ... -
The structure of fronts in the seasonal thermocline
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 1972/09)Some years ago, when the first continuous profiling temperaturesalinity- depth probes came available it was discovered that tht thermocline had a layered structure. The thickness of these layers was a few metres and ... -
Water masses, sound velocity structure and circulation between the eastern Algerian Basin and the Strait of Sicily in October 1996
(NATO. SACLANTCEN, 2002/01)The investigation is based on data collected between the eastern Algerian Basin and the Strait of Sicily and in the southern Tyrrhenian Sea. The major pathways of water masses are identified by the