Original scientific paper

Statistical approach to wind induced currents in the Northern Adriatic

Valter Krajcar

Abstract

Wind induced currents in the Northern Adriatic were analysed from a
statistical point of view based on a 10 year long meteorological data set and
a large amount of current-meter data measured in the same period at two
stations. More than a hundred Bora and Sirocco episodes were averaged to
typical Bora and Sirocco episodes. Using principal component analysis (PCA)
it was found that the first four modes explain more than 80% of the total sea
current variability. The first two modes describe about 50% of the current
variability. There is a significant response of the first mode to Bora forcing
and the second mode to Sirocco forcing, in good agreement with an earlier
numerical model.

Keywords

northern Adriatic Sea; Bora; Sirocco; wind-driven currents; principal component analysis

Hrčak ID:

17199

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/17199

Publication date:

1.12.2003.

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