Acta Adriatica, Vol. 47 No. Supplement, 2006.
Review article
Variations of thermal conditions in the southern Adriatic from XBT measurements in the period October 2002 – June 2003
Miroslav GAČIĆ
Vanessa CARDIN
Vedrana KOVAČEVIĆ
Abstract
XBT measurements along two sections in the southern Adriatic carried out from the preconditioning through spreading phase of the deep convection in the season 2002/03 enabled us to describe in detail the process of dense water formation. In autumn, thermal conditions revealed a prominent doming structure and cyclonic circulation in the area that strengthened the inflow of Ionian waters. In March, the vertical convection reached 600 m depth but the air-sea heat and buoyancy losses were mitigated by the horizontal advection of buoyancy. Comparison with previously collected data reveals that the temperature of the mixed water patch shows a continuous interannual increasing trend noticed in the last decade.
Keywords
XBT measurements; oceanic convection; air-sea interaction; Adriatic Sea
Hrčak ID:
8541
URI
Publication date:
1.12.2006.
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