Moored current meter data between Sicily and Tunisia (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 | 12 moorings in the Sicily Channel between Sicily and Tunisia along the transect Mazara del Vallo - Cap Bon |
| Observations | |
| Parameters | Temperature of the water column; Wind strength and direction |
| Instruments | Unknown |
| Description | |
| Summary | The marine current data were collected in the framework of a research program scheduled to study the currents of the Strait in view of the deployment of a pipeline from Tunisia to Sicily. The moorings were deployed with a number of current meters ranging from 2 to 7. The time series were recorded at sampling interval of 10 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 10 minutes). The complete data set consists of 4280 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-16 |
| Global identifier | 3969 |
| Last revised | 2001-03-06 |
