Mediterranean Drifter Data Analyses

Abstract

The long-term goal is to contribute to the understanding of the dynamics of marginal seas such as the Mediterranean by collecting and interpreting accurate Lagrangian observations of currents and satellite measurements of water mass properties (e.g., temperature, salinity, chlorophyll concentration). In particular, to study the variability of the surface velocity and temperature/chlorophyll fields in selected basins of the Mediterranean at the meso-, seasonal and interannual scales and to assess the impact of the wind forcing and fresh water runoffs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2001
Accession Number
ADA625404

Entities

People

  • Pierre-Marie Poulain

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adriatic Sea
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Black Sea
  • Chlorophylls
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Science
  • Design Criteria
  • Dynamics
  • Fresh Water
  • Measurement
  • Observation
  • Oceanography
  • Physical Oceanography
  • Sea Surface Temperature
  • Statistics
  • Water
  • Water Masses

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Oceanography.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space