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General

Dataset Name: Current meter data in La Maddalena Archipelago (Sardinia, Italy), 1976-77
Data Holding Centre: CNR, Institute of Marine Science U.O.S. of Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)
Time Period: from June 1976 to June 1977
Start Date: 1976-01-01
End Date: 1977-12-31
Project

Geocoverage: Archipelago of La Maddalena (9deg 22E to 9deg 31E; 41deg 08N to 41deg 13N) off Sardinia
Geographic Box (south,north,west,east): 41, 9, 10, 42
Sea Area: Mediterranean Sea; Tyrrhenian Sea

Parameters: Temperature of the water column; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Instruments

Summary: - Current measurements were carried out at different times in the period between June 1976 and June 1977 confined at two shallow depths (10-45 meters) in 5 mooring positions. The periods of the recordings varied between 18 and 61 days. RCM4 Aanderaa current meters, equipped with a Savonius rotor and a magnetic compass, provided the speed and the direction of the water flow. The temperature and pressure sensors were a thermistor and a Bourdon tube driving a potentiometer respectively. The sampling rate was 10 minutes, the speed being integrated over this interval. The direction, temperature and pressure were recorded instantaneously every 10 minutes. Spurious and/or degraded data were detected and eliminated and the resulting gaps removed by interpolation. A data set consisting of velocity and water temperature time series was obtained.
Originator: CNR, Institute of Marine Science U.O.S. of Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)
References: "Technical Report, CNEN-RT/FI(78)14, 1978" 1978-06-01, unknown, unknown; "A. Bruschi et al., A numerical investigation of the wind-driven circulation in the Archipelago of La Maddalena. Oceanol. Acta, 4, 3, 1981. Requests for published material and other information can be forwarded to CNR ISMAR Sezione di La Spezia." 1981-06-01, unknown, unknown

Availability: unknown
Organization: CNR, Institute of Marine Science U.O.S. of Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)
Contact: Astraldi Mario
Address: CNR, Institute of Marine Science U.O.S. of Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP); Lerici (SP); 19032; Italy; astraldi@iof.cnr.it; http://www.ismar.cnr.it