Near-Surface Dispersion and Circulation in the Marmara Sea (MARMARA)

Abstract

Long-term goals are to investigate the dynamics of semi-enclosed seas dominated by buoyancy input and wind forcing, and influenced by complex topography. To improve the understanding of coastal marine environmental evolution, with particular emphasis on eddy dynamics. The main objective of the MARMARA project was to study the near-surface dispersion and circulation in the Marmara Sea, a small (70 x 250 km) basin connecting the Mediterranean Sea (through the Dardanelles Strait) to the Black Sea (via the Bosphorus Strait). It was planned to study the surface circulation dynamics of the Marmara Sea at scales from inertial/tidal to seasonal using drifter observations and ancillary satellite data (SST and ocean color) over about a year (from summer 2008 to spring 2009), in conjunction with other observational programs and numerical simulation exercises conducted by colleagues in the Turkish Straits System.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA542667

Entities

People

  • Pierre-Marie Poulain

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Black Sea
  • Deployment
  • Dispersions
  • Dynamics
  • Information Operations
  • Mediterranean Sea
  • Military Research
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Oceans
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Simulations
  • Statistics
  • Surface Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Oceanography.

Technology Areas

  • Space