A5041387022- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Cryospheric studies and observations
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
- Geological formations and processes
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Marine and environmental studies
- Underwater Acoustics Research
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Climate variability and models
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Polar Research and Ecology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
Institut de Ciències del Mar
2011-2025
National Research Council
2015-2024
Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
2015-2024
Institute of Structure of Matter
2013-2023
Institute for Coastal Marine Environment
2007-2016
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
2003-2013
Institute of Marine and Coastal Research
2013
Istituto Sperimentale Agronomico
2003-2007
University of Messina
2007
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes
1991-2003
Abstract. In this paper we document dense water formation throughout the Adriatic shelf and coastal area in January/February 2012, resulting record-breaking densities observed during after event. The unprecedented generation was preconditioned by a dry warm year which resulted significant reduction of freshwaters, superimposed on long-term basin-wide salinity increase. final event that triggered an extended period cold weather with strong severe winds. Record-breaking potential density...
In November 2011, an Atlantic depression affected the Mediterranean basin, eventually evolving into a Tropical-Like Cyclone (TLC or Hurricane, usually designated as Medicane). region by Medicane, mean sea level pressures down to 990 hPa, wind speeds of hurricane intensity close eye (around 115 km/h) and intense rainfall in prefrontal zone were reported. The this event, together with its long permanence over sea, suggested suitability paradigmatic case for investigating sensitivity numerical...
The northern half of the Adriatic Sea is constituted by continental shelf with very shallow depths (20 m) in northernmost extremity. In particular, new-coastal region adjacent to Italian coastline forms a strip, isobaths running parallel coast and topography gently increasing towards interior basin. immediately south Po River delta—the major source fresh water input into Adriatic—important eutrophication phenomena have recently occurred summer. controversial question thus arises whether...
The salt giant beneath the deep Mediterranean seafloor is impressive record of "Messinian salinity crisis," a dramatic event that occurred about 6 Ma ago following reduction connections with Atlantic Ocean. According to shallow-water deep-basin model, developed for these deposits ([Hsü and others, 1973a][1], [1973b][2], [1978a][3], [1978b][4]), Messinian evaporites formed in but desiccated Mediterranean, while shelves slopes underwent subaerial erosion due fluvial rejuvenation triggered by...
Over the past 34 Million years, Antarctic continental shelf has gradually deepened due to ice sheet loading, thermal subsidence, and erosion from repeated glaciations. The deepening that is recorded in sedimentary deposits around margin indicates after mid-Miocene Climate Optimum (≈15 Ma), Ice Sheet (AIS) dynamical response climate conditions changed. We explore end-members for maximum AIS extent, based on ice-sheet simulations of a late-Pleistocene glaciation. Fundamental differences emerge...
Increasing sea levels and water temperatures have been detected at several coastal locations worldwide with severe consequences on the communities ecosystems. Coastal lagoons are particularly vulnerable to such changes due their low land elevation limited connections open sea. Here recent future climatic in Lagoon of Venice (Italy) investigated using in-situ observations high-resolution hydrodynamic modeling. Trend analysis was applied observed time series meteorological oceanographic...
In winter 1995 the last major field work of Physical Oceanography Eastern Mediterranean (POEM) program was carried out, Levantine Intermediate Water Experiment (LIWEX). this study a thorough analysis is presented data set collected during three successive surveys in January, February, and March–April 1995. The overall result that basin shown to be site for multiple, different, water mass formation processes. Deep (LDW) formed Rhodes gyre, with preconditioning phase starting December 1994....
Abstract Over the past decades coastal marshes around world have declined dramatically. Their deterioration is controlled by scarcity of sediments, erosion and accelerated rise relative sea-level. The feedbacks between these processes control marsh evolution determine their long-term survivability. Aggradation a to keep pace with sea-level mainly depends on interplay sedimentation autocompaction, but interactions are severely understudied. Here we present an in-situ loading experiment...
The response of the Adriatic Sea to bora wind forcing in stratified conditions is analyzed using a baroclinic multilayer model. model linearized momentum equations and fully nonlinear thermodynamic equations. was forced with an idealized field having horizontal shear also convergence. alongshore approximated by harmonic function distance 80-km space scale, maximum corresponding moderate 3 dyn cm−2. Idealized initial temperature salinity vertical profiles similar autumn situation are assumed....
Seasonal and interannual variability of the sea surface temperature field in Adriatic Sea is analyzed from low‐resolution advanced very high resolution radiometer data. The spatial 18 km allowed analysis only basin subbasin scale features. Average monthly seasonal fields for entire studied period (1984–1992) are discussed. shows absence any permanent thermal features Sea. south minimum presumably associated to cyclonic gyre, previously considered as one features, appears be recurrent, being...