EDMED Details

General

Dataset Name: Current meter, bottom pressure and met. data in Strait of Sicily during the JANUS Experiment (1985-86)
Data Holding Centre: CNR, Institute of Marine Science U.O.S. of Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)
Time Period: from November 1985 to June 1986
Start Date: 1985-01-01
End Date: 1986-12-31
Project

Parameters: Air pressure; Temperature of the water column; Air temperature; Wind strength and direction; Vertical spatial coordinates; Horizontal velocity of the water column (currents)
Instruments: current meters

Summary: The Western Mediterranean Circulation Experiment (WMCE), JANUS experiment project - During the WMCE the Stazione Oceanografica developed an observational program called the Janus Experiment, for the study of the water exchanges and characteristics in the Strait of Sicily. Three current meter moorings were deployed in the Strait of Sicily along the 13deg E meridian from November 1985 to June 1986 (35.90deg N, 12.93deg E; 36.45deg N, 12.98deg E; 36.15deg N, 12.98deg E). Pressure gauges were deployed at Mazara del Vallo, Pantelleria and Lampedusa. An additional bottom pressure gauge was deployed in the middle of the strait. Wind direction and speed, atmospheric pressure, and temperature were collected by a weather station assembled aboard an oil tanker moored on the Sicilian shelf.
Originator: CNR, Institute of Marine Science U.O.S. of Pozzuolo di Lerici (SP)
References: "The JANUS Experiment, CNR-TR 140, 1987. " 1987-06-01, unknown, unknown; "G.M.R. Manzella et al., Water exchange between the eastern and western Mediterranean through the Strait of Sicily. Deep Sea Res., 35, 6, 1988. " 1988-06-01, unknown, unknown; "WMCE Consortium of Investigators - Western Mediterranean Circulation Experiment: a preliminary review of results. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, vol. 70, 31, 1989. " 1989-06-01, unknown, unknown; "G.M.R. Manzella et al., Atlantic Water in the Strait of Sicily, J. Geoph. Res., 95 (C2), 1990." 1990-06-01, 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