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MERMAIDS-II
Mediterranenan eddy resolving modelling and interdisciplinary studies II
Starting date:
01/09/1993
End date:
31/05/1996
The central goal of this study is the assessment of the internal variability at seasonal and inter-annual scales of the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation as induced by deep and intermediate water formation processes and the inflow/outflow system at Gibraltar.
General notes:
Expected achievements can be summarized as follows:
- A high resolution and advanced physical parameterization GCM (General Circulation Model) will be tested and validated.
- Deep and intermediate water formation and dispersion processes will be numerically modelled in different regions of the Mediterranean and studied as they occur in the GCM.
- The characteristics of intermediate and deep water mass transport will be investigated in the GCM.
- Climatological data sets will be collected and analyzed to compare with the numerical studies.
- Data assimilation techniques will be set up with the GCM for in situ and satellite altimetry data.
- Ecological models will be tested for the Mediterranean basin and the Adriatic Sea separately.
- Regional hydrodynamical models of the Adriatic and Aegean Sea will be implemented and verified.
Funding Scheme:
programma CEE/framework: MAST, 3PQ