MTP II - MATER





ADRIATIC/IONIAN BASIN

Low Resolution Profiles XBT

*DATASET-NAME : XBT data collected in the Southern Adriatic Sea during MATER Project

*TIME-PERIOD : 1998 to present

*GEOGRAPHIC COVERAGE : Southern Adriatic Sea

*PROJECT : MASTIII/MTPII/MATER, MAss Transfer and Ecosystem Response

*PARAMETERS : Temperature with expendable sensors.

*INSTRUMENTS : XBT Expendable Bathythermograph.

*SUMMARY : XBT data were collected, toghether with CTD data, within the framework of multidisciplinary studies aimed at investigating the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of the Adriatic/Ionian basin, paying particular attention to deep water formation processes occurring in the Southern Adriatic Sea.

XBT data were visually inspected to eliminate spikes and then averaged over 1 dbar pressure intervals. At every XBT launching location the SST has been measured by an ordinary mercury-in-glass thermometer. Quality control has been implemented before the final data-archiving following the MATER Quality Control protocol (SISMER, 1997).

*REFERENCE :

• MATER DATA MANUAL, 1997,vol. I, general description and inventories, vers. 2.1, SISMER/1997/IS/002
• Unesco 1994, Calculation of new depth equations for expendable bathythermographs using a temperature-error-free method, TP in Marine Science 67.

*CENTRE :
OSSERVATORIO GEOFISICO SPERIMENTALE
Department of Oceanology
PO BOX 2011
IT-34016 TRIESTE
Italy
tel : +39 40 21401

*STORAGE-MEDIUM : Hard disk.

*AVAILABILITY : OGS, Osservatorio Geofisico Sperimentale, charged as Regional Data Center for the Adriatic/Ionian Basin. Data availability is submitted to the originator permission

*COMPLETED-BY : A. Giorgetti (OGS)

*ENTRY-DATE : 1998-02-20

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