Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Overview

   • Miroslav Gačić, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Mira Zore-Armanda, Vittorio Barale

   Pages 1-44

3. Forcings

   • Pierre-Marie Poulain, Fabio Raicich

   Pages 45-65

4. Circulation

   • Pierre-Marie Poulain, Benoit Cushman-Roisin

   Pages 67-109

5. Adriatic Deep Water and Interaction with the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

   • Miroslav Gačić, Alexander Lascaratos, Beniamino B. Manca, Anneta Mantziafou

   Pages 111-142

6. Northern Adriatic Sea

   • Pierre-Marie Poulain, Vassiliki H. Kourafalou, Benoit Cushman-Roisin

   Pages 143-165

7. Regional Studies

   • Vlado Malačič, Boris Petelin, Miroslav Gačić, Antonio Artegiani, Mirko Orlić

   Pages 167-216

8. Tides, Seiches and Low-Frequency Oscillations

   • Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Vlado Malačič, Miroslav Gačić

   Pages 217-240

9. Toward the Future

   • Benoit Cushman-Roisin, Miroslav Gačić, Pierre-Marie Poulain, Antonio Artegiani

   Pages 241-245

10. Back Matter

    Pages 247-304

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Because of its centrallocation in the Old World, the Adriatic Sea has long been explored and studied. Modern methods of investigation, however, have accelerated the pace of study during the last decade. These are the ADCP currentmeter, satellite imagery, drifter technology, and, last but not least, the computer with its arsenal of tools for data analysis and model simulations. As a result of this renaissance, the Adriatic Sea and its sub-basins are currently the object of intensified scrutiny by a number of scientific teams, in Europe and be­ yond. Questions concerning the mesoscale variability that dominates regional motions, the seasonal circulation of the sea, and its long-term climatic role in the broader Mediterranean, have become topics of lively discussions. The time was ripe then when an international workshop dedicated to the physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea was convened in Trieste on 21-25 September 1998. Its objectives were to assess the current knowledge of the oceanography of the Adriatic Sea, to review the newly acquired observations, to create syn­ ergy between model simulations and observations, and to identify directions for future Adriatic oceanography. This book, however,is not the mere proceedings of the workshop. It was written as a monograph synthetizing the current knowledge of the physical oceanography of the Adriatic Sea, with the hope that it will serve as a reference to anyone interested in the Adriatic. The book also identifies topics in need of additional inquiry and proposes research directions for the next decade.

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• Dartmouth College, Hanover New Hampshire, USA

  Benoit Cushman-Roisin

• Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Trieste, Italy

  Miroslav Gačić, Pierre-Marie Poulain

• Istituto di Recerche sulla Pesca Maritima, Ancona, Italy

  Antonio Artegiani

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