Description of the Site:

A well-known area of dense water formation through open-sea convection. The center of the Southern Adriatic is an area where vertical mass transfer (upwelling, winter convection) has a rather prominent role in distributing physical and chemical water properties and controlling the primary production (transfer of nutrients in the euphotic zone). Upwelling is determined by the intensity of the cyclonic circulation that in turn depends on the climatic conditions over the area. The site is therefore appropriate for moored measurements since it is possible, under certain circumstances, to neglect contributions of lateral advection processes.

Parameters measured:

Parameter	Depths measured (m)	Sensor(s) used

Temperature	5,15,364,564,764,1014,1170	MicroCAT
Salinity	5,15,364,564,764,1014	MicroCAT
Chl-a	-
Nitrate	-
PAR
Dissolved Carbon Dioxide	-
POC
Sea pressure	5,15
Dissolved Oxygen
Wave Height	-
Current Profile	350	ADCP upward looking
Current	1182	Aandera, combined instrument,
Turbidity	1182	also with temperature

Enhancement/Modifications planned within EuroSITES:

Continuation: Real-time and delayed-mode data sampling on water column physics and meteorological parameters.
Enhancements:PCO2 and pH measurements turbidity and Oxygen

Mooring Diagrams:

2008

Contacts:

Principal Investigator: Dr. Vanessa Cardin, OGS, Trieste, Italy
Technical: Ing. Fabio Brunetti
Scientist Involved: Manuel Bensi, Rajesh Nair, Paolo Mansutti, Franco Arena
Data manager: Alessandra Giorgetti

Links to related websites:

http://poseidon.ogs.trieste.it/eurosites
http://nettuno.ogs.trieste.it/eurosites
http://www.poseidon.ncmr.gr/M3A
http://www.ogs.trieste.it

EuroSITES is a FP7 Collaborative Project coordinated by the
National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK

Call FP7-ENV-2007-1, grant agreement N° 202955
Sub-Activity 6.4.1. Earth Observation; Monitoring the ocean interior, seafloor, and subseafloor