Temporal and Spatial Variability of Water Masses: The Strait of Sicily (MEDMILOC 72).
Abstract
Salinity/Temperature/Depth (STD) stations in the central region of the Strait of Sicily indicated the geostrophic character of the flow and the uniformity of the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW) at depths below 200 m. Short period STD time series and a longer thermistor array record in this region revealed small fluctuations (max. amplitude less than 5 m) with a semidiurnal period. Current observations at the secondary western sill gave a mean northerly LIW flow of 20 cm/s at a depth of about 250 m. The path of the LIW core in the Sardinia Channel was investigated with closely spaced stations. The results indicated that after crossing the sills the core appeared to flow ENE towards the Tyrrhenian Sea and fanned out after entering the basin, with one branch turning towards the Sardinia Channel.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1975
- Accession Number
- ADA008626
Entities
People
- Erdogan Ozturgut
Organizations
- SACLANT ASW Research Centre