Southern Adriatic Sea, Otranto Strait

Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column; Electrical conductivity of the water column

Current meters

Current meter data were collected, toghether with CTD data, within the framework of multidisciplinary studies aimed at investigating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Adriatic/Ionian basin, paying particular attention to deep water spreading and vertical convection events. Original data were inspected to eliminate spikes. Subsequently, the time series of East, North and Vertical components have been reconstructed by means of autoregressive (AR) models. The archived data, averaged over one hour time intervals, may contain some missing values only in the Vertical component when the AR reconstruction failed. Quality control on the header information has been implemented before the final data-archiving following the MATER Quality Control protocol (SISMER, 1997). 3 mooring positions were maintained in the Strait of Otranto covering the whole period, recovered every 5-6 months, giving 5 time series for each position (15 total). Three additional time series were measured in the Southern Adriatic and in the Strait of Otranto.

National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography
Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c
Sgonico (Trieste)

34010
Italy