Wave measurements in the Sicily Channel (DESIL project: 1976- 77)
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 March 1976 to March 1977 |
| Ongoing | No |
| Geographical area | 3 stations in the Sicily Channel, offshore Mazara del Vallo (Sicily), and the islands of Marettimo and Pantelleria |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents); Wave height and period statistics |
| Instruments | Unknown |
| Description | |
| Summary | The wave data were collected in the framework of an environmental study in view of the deployment of a pipeline from Tunisia to Sicily. The data were sampled with a frequency of 4 Hz (1st part) or 1.5 Hz (2nd part), the duration of individual records ranging from 5 to 20 minutes, at intervals of 90 minutes. The data sets are stored as a raw time series together with the related characteristic parameters Hs, Ts, Hm, Tm, Tz, obtained by Tucker method (M.J. Tucker, 1983: Analysis of records of sea waves, Proc. of the Inst. of Civil Eng., 26, 305-316). |
| 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-18 |
| Global identifier | 3967 |
| Last revised | 2001-03-06 |
