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Deep-water hydrodynamic observations of two moorings sites on the continental slope of the southern Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean Sea)
Francesco Paladini de Mendoza
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CNR-ISMAR, Arsenale Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice
(VE), Italy
Katrin Schroeder
CNR-ISMAR, Arsenale Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice
(VE), Italy
Leonardo Langone
CNR-ISP, Via P. Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna (BO), Italy
Jacopo Chiggiato
CNR-ISMAR, Arsenale Castello, 2737/F, 30122 Venice
(VE), Italy
Mireno Borghini
CNR-ISMAR, Pozzuolo di Lerici, 19032 La Spezia, (SP), Italy
Patrizia Giordano
CNR-ISP, Via P. Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna (BO), Italy
Giulio Verazzo
CNR-ISP, Via P. Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna (BO), Italy
Stefano Miserocchi
CNR-ISP, Via P. Gobetti, 101, 40129 Bologna (BO), Italy
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This work presents the dataset of continuous monitoring in the southern Adriatic Margin, providing a unique observatory of deep-water dynamics. The study area is influenced by episodic dense-water cascading, which is a fundamental process for water renewal and deep-water dynamics. Information about the frequency and intensity variations of these events is observed along a time series. The monitoring activities are still ongoing and the moorings are part of the EMSO-ERIC network.
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