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The experimental activities of the Group are focused on various aspects of the physical oceanography of the Mediterranean Sea and its sub-basins, with a particular attention to the seas around Sardinia and Sicily.
Ocean data from cruises are used to study the characteristics of the general circulation, from seasonal to climatic time scale. Data are also used to validate numerical models. So an experimental activity is also carried out at basin, regional, and coastal scale with the use of vessels of different size: from research vessels to small boats.
Instruments used also vary depending from the needs and the objectives: ADCPs, drifters, multiparametric probes, tide gauges.
Activities are often realised in collaboration with other CNR institutes and/or Italian/international agencies/universities.
Here a list of the oceanographic cruises, organised by IAMC CNR in Oristano, follows (click on the cruise name to open the related picture). The R/V Urania has been mainly used during all cruises. Cruise reports since 2006 are also available here while some CTD data at the MOON-VOS database regularly updated.
MedGOOS1 (06/2000) Sardinian sea
MedGOOS2 (03/2001) Sardinian sea
MedGOOS3 (09/2001) Sardinian sea
MedGOOS4 (05/2002) Sardinian sea
MedGOOS5 (11/2002) Sardinian sea and channel, Sicily strait
MedGOOS6 (06/2003) Sardinian sea and channel, Sicily strait
MedGOOS7 (01/2004) Sardinian sea and channel, Sicily strait
MedGOOS8 (05/2004) Tyrrhenian sea
MedGOOS9 (10/2004) western Mediterranean sea, Gibraltar strait
MedGOOS10 (06/2005) western Mediterranean sea, Gibraltar strait
MedGOOS11 (11/2005) Sardinia-Sicily opening, Sicily strait
MedGOOS12 (06/2006) eastern Mediterranean sea
MedGOOS13 (10/2006) western Mediterranean sea
Medocc07/MedCo07 (10/2007) western Mediterranean sea
MedCo08 (11/2008) western Mediterranean sea, Gibraltar strait
SICILY09 (11/2009) W Mediterranean, Sardinia channel, Sicily strait
BONIFACIO 2010 COR (03/2010) Corsica channel, Bonifacio Strait