%0 Journal Article
%T Variations of thermal conditions in the southern Adriatic from XBT measurements in the period October 2002 ¨C June 2003
%A Miroslav GA£¿I£¿
%A Vanessa CARDIN
%A Vedrana KOVA£¿EVI£¿
%J Acta Adriatica
%D 2006
%I Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split
%X XBT measurements along two sections in the southern Adriatic carried out from the preconditioning through spreading phase of the deep convection in the season 2002/03 enabled us to describe in detail the process of dense water formation. In autumn, thermal conditions revealed a prominent doming structure and cyclonic circulation in the area that strengthened the inflow of Ionian waters. In March, the vertical convection reached 600 m depth but the air-sea heat and buoyancy losses were mitigated by the horizontal advection of buoyancy. Comparison with previously collected data reveals that the temperature of the mixed water patch shows a continuous interannual increasing trend noticed in the last decade.
%K XBT measurements
%K oceanic convection
%K air-sea interaction
%K Adriatic Sea
%U http://www.izor.hr/acta/pdf/47_supp_pdf/Adriacosm_02.pdf