The Eastern Mediterranean as a Laboratory Basin for the Assessment of Contrasting Ecosystems pp 483-494 | Cite as
Water Masses and Transports Between the Aegean and Levantine Basins During Liwex’ 95
Abstract
Within the framework of the POEM-BC program, a multinational collaborative experiment LIWEX’ 95 in the Levantine basin was undertaken in winter-spring 1995, focussing on the different phases of the process of formation of the Levantine Intermediate Water (LIW). This paper presents the results obtained pertaining to the water exchange between the Aegean and Levantine basins through the eastern straits of the Cretan Arc, where transport rates are also been calculated. In addition, modifications in the thermohaline properties of the deep waters related to the climatic changes in the characteristics of the open upper and closed deep thermohaline cells of the Eastern Mediterranean that began during late ‘80s, are evidenced.
Keywords
Anticyclonic Eddy Cyclonic Eddy Geostrophic Velocity Mesoscale Feature Rhodes IslandPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
- 1.Robinson, A.R., Golnaraghi M., Leslie, W.G., Artegiani A., Hecht A., Lazzone E., Michelato A., Sansone E., Theocharis A., and Unluata, U. (1991) Structure and variability of the Eastern Mediterranean general circulation, Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans 15, 215–240.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- 2.POEM Group (1992) The general circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean, Earth Science Reviews 32, 285–309.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- 3.Roether W., Manca, B.B., Klein B., Bregant D., Georgopoulos D., Beitzel, V, Kovacevic, V, and Luchetta, A. (1996) Recent changes in the Eastern Mediterranean deep water, Science 271, 333–335.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- 4.Malanotte-Rizzoli P., Manca B.B., Ribera d’Alcalà, M., Theocharis A., Brenner S., Budillon G., and Ozsoy, E. (1998) The Eastern Mediterranean in the 80’ and in the 90’s: the transition in the intermediate and deep circulation, Dyn. Atm and Oceans (submitted).Google Scholar
- 5.Malanotte-Rizzoli P., Robinson, A.R., Roether W., Manca, B.B., Bergamasco A., Brenner S., Civitarese G., Georgopoulos D., Haley, P.J., Kioroglou, S., Kontoyannis H., Kress N., Latif, M.A., Leslie, W.G., Ozsoy E., Ribera d’Alcalà, M., Salihoglu, I., Sansone E., and Theocharis, A. (1996) Experiment in Eastern Mediterranean probes origin of deep water masses, EOS 77, p. 305.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- 6.Ozsoy E., Hecht A., Unluata U., Brenner S., Sur, H.I., Bishop J., Latif, M.A., Rozentraub Z., and Oguz, T. (1993) A synthesis of the Levantine basin circulation and hydrography, 1985-1990, Deep-Sea Research (Part II, Special Issue) 40, 1075–1120.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
- 7.Klein B., Roether W., Manca, B.B., Bregant D., Beitzel V., Kovacevic V., and Luchetta, A. (1998) The large deep water transient in the Eastern Mediterranean, Deep-Sea Research (accepted).Google Scholar
- 8.Theocharis A., Balopoulos E., Kioroglou S., Kontoyannis H., and Iona, A. (1988) A synthesis of the circulation and hydrography of the South Aegean Sea and Straits of the Cretan Arc (March 1994–January 1995, Prog. InOceanography (accepted).Google Scholar
- 9.Theocharis A., Georgopoulos D., Lascaratos A., and Nittis, K. (1993) Water masses and circulation in the central region of the Eastern Mediterranean: Eastern Ionian, South Aegean and Northwest Levantine, 1986-1987, Deep-Sea Research Part II, (Special Issue) 40, 1121–1142.CrossRefGoogle Scholar