| Abstract | MEDALPEX - an oceanographic programme in the Mediterranean Sea during ALPEX .
MEDALPEX was aimed at understanding the effect of wind forcing on the dynamics of the western part of the Mediterranean and the Adriatic Sea .
The MEDALPEX program involved Belgium,Germany, United Kingdom, USA, Italy, Israel, Spain, Yugoslavia, France, Turkey, Morocco, Malte,Tunis.
MEDALPEX involved four Russian research vessels from Odessa SOI, GUNIO, IBSS. Four cruises in the winter-spring and fall seasons were carried out within the program. Hydrological, hydrochemical, meteorological and biological observations were conducted in order to obtain quantitative values of the sea-air interaction in the central Mediterranean and in the Tyrrhenian, Ligurian and Adriatic Seas. The data were used to compile the 'Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea', which was produced by the Regional Data Center for Cooperative Exploration of the Mediterranean. |
