ADCP observations of the western Adriatic slope current during winter of 2001

Book, Jeffrey W.; Perkins, Henry; Cavaleri, Luigi; Doyle, James D.; Pullen, Julie

doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2004.07.014

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“…Elevated correlations between the modeled velocity at the NRL site and the modeled velocity off the Istrian peninsula occur with 4‐km forcing but not with 36‐km forcing. A linkage between these two regions of the basin was hypothesized by Book et al [2003] and appears to be substantiated here.…”

Section: Statistics and Patterns Of Ocean‐atmosphere Circulationsupporting

confidence: 72%

“…In an unrelated observational effort, NRL placed a trawl‐resistant, bottom‐mounted ADCP in the western Adriatic just off the town of Senigallia on the 57‐m isobath (13.45°E, 43.91°N). Book et al [2003] present an analysis of these ADCP data at the NRL site. The UW and NRL sites were separated by approximately 125 km (Figure 6).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The 5‐m UW velocity represents an average of five bins of 0.2‐m spacing centered at 4.97 m depth. The uppermost NRL ADCP bin (4.6 m depth) was deemed excessively contaminated by bad data in the work of Book et al [2003]. Hence the 5‐m NRL velocity used here is the second bin (6.6 m depth).…”

Section: Comparison With Ocean Observationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Coupled ocean‐atmosphere nested modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001

Pullen¹,

Doyle²,

Hodur³

et al. 2003

J. Geophys. Res.

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Realistic simulations of the Adriatic Sea for over 125 days are conducted using the Navy Coastal Ocean Model with atmospheric forcing provided by the Coupled Ocean/Atmosphere Mesoscale Prediction System (COAMPS is a registered trademark of the Naval Research Laboratory (COAMPS™)). In two separate simulations of the Adriatic, a nested 2‐km‐resolution ocean model is forced by the inner (4‐km) and outer (36‐km) nests of the atmospheric model. Two meteorological stations and two acoustic Doppler current profiler observation sites are used to evaluate modeled atmosphere and ocean velocity fields for 28 January–4 June 2001. Modeled/observed correlations of atmospheric 10‐m velocity are greater than 0.85 for both resolution models. Oceanic 5‐ and 25‐m current fluctuations from both simulations generally match the magnitude and orientation of the observations. The 4‐km‐resolution atmospheric model is differentiated from the 36‐km‐resolution model by its ability to resolve the small‐scale flow structures of the “bora” wind and by its better agreement with observed wind velocity statistics. The ocean simulation forced by the 4‐km‐resolution model is distinguished from the one forced by the 36‐km‐resolution model by its ability to reproduce the expected double‐gyre circulation in the northern Adriatic and by its ability to better capture the magnitude and shape of the observed depth‐dependent velocity correlation with wind at the deeper site. Though the 36‐km forced ocean model agrees better with many observed velocity statistics, the 4‐km forced ocean model produces the highest correlations with observations (exceeding 0.78) at subsurface depths that are most strongly correlated with winds.

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confidence: 72%

Section: Comparison With Ocean Observationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Coupled ocean‐atmosphere nested modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001

Pullen¹,

Doyle²,

Hodur³

et al. 2003

J. Geophys. Res.

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“…The WAC transport computed from the full model velocity fields near the GS mooring line was cross correlated with the ALADIN wind stress fields to provide an indication of which wind stress forcing most affected the WAC transport [ Pullen et al , 2003; Book et al , 2005]. The ALADIN wind stress fields were spatially averaged within 0.5° longitude‐latitude bins.…”

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Comparison of model‐simulated and observed currents in the central Adriatic during DART

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“…The latter collects humidity blowing over the Adriatic Sea. It causes precipitations in the Northern Adriatic and flooding in the city of Venice (Book et al 2005).…”

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Hydrodynamic coastal processes in the North Adriatic investigated with a 3D finite element model

Bellafiore

Umgiesser

2009

Ocean Dynamics

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This paper deals with the interaction and small-scale processes occurring around the inlets that connect the Venice Lagoon with the Northern Adriatic Sea. In a previous paper, barotropic processes have been investigated, whereas here, the focus is on the baroclinic processes. The hydrodynamics of the area are studied by means of a 3D shallow water hydrodynamic finite-element model, suitable to describe areas of complex morphology such as the coasts and the interaction channels. This is the first work that models the 3D interaction between the Venice Lagoon and the Adriatic Sea. Three different sets of simulations have been carried out to identify the physics behind the small-scale processes and the influence of the main forcings on the study area. The first imposes different idealized forcings, such as tides, wind, and river runoff. The vorticity maps of the first two layers show the predominance of wind forcing in the coastal area and tidal forcing in the three inlets of the Lagoon. Bora wind acts homogeneously, increasing the littoral currents, while Sirocco wind mainly impacts near Chioggia inlet, with a coastal current reversal, inducing its detachment offshore. Freshwater patterns are present along the coast, near the river mouths. Rivers do not directly influence Responsible Editor:

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ADCP observations of the western Adriatic slope current during winter of 2001

Cited by 27 publications

References 16 publications

Coupled ocean‐atmosphere nested modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001

Coupled ocean‐atmosphere nested modeling of the Adriatic Sea during winter and spring 2001

Comparison of model‐simulated and observed currents in the central Adriatic during DART

Hydrodynamic coastal processes in the North Adriatic investigated with a 3D finite element model

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