Moored current meter data in the Messina Strait, Italy (ULIXE project: 1979-80)
Data set information
| Query EDMED |
| General | |
| Data holding centre | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Country | Italy  |
| Time period | From December 1979 to July 1980 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | 10 stations in the Strait of Messina, Italy |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Temperature of the water column |
| Instruments | Unknown |
| Description | |
| Summary | The marine current data were collected in the framework of a program scheduled to reach a comprehensive knowledge of the current field in the Strait of Messina, in view of the realization of a road connection between Sicily and Italian peninsula. The moorings were deployed with 2, 3 or 4 current meters. The time series were recorded at sampling interval of 5 minutes. The data are fully quality controlled for gaps, spikes and spurious data. The raw data are averaged over 1 hour time interval and analyzed to produce spectral analysis, tidal component and residual. The data sets are stored as a raw time series for each current meter (1 data cycle of temperature, speed and direction every 5 minutes). The complete data set consists of 2120 current meter days. |
| Originators | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Data web site | http://www.ogs.trieste.it |
| Availability | |
| Organisation | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Availability | Organisation |
| Contact | Mosetti Renzo (Department Director) |
| Address | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Administration | |
| Collating centre | National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, Division of Oceanography |
| Local identifier | OGS-EDMED-42 |
| Global identifier | 3943 |
| Last revised | 1992-11-16 |
