Effects of the 2003 European heatwave on the Central Mediterranean Sea surface layer: a numerical simulation A. Olita, R. Sorgente, A. Ribotti, S. Natale, and S. Gabers̆ek IMC – International Marine Centre Loc. Sa Mardini, 09170 Oristano – Italy now at: University of Ljubljana, Department of Mathematics and Physics, Jadranska 19, Ljubljana, 1000-SI, Slovenia Received: 24 March 2006 – Accepted: 2...

Callinectes sapidus is considered one of the worst invasive species in Mediterranean Sea. After its first observation 1948, has colonized several areas. In this work, we report records Latium and Campania (northern-central central Tyrrhenian Sea respectively), filling a gap distribution along Italian coasts. We also provide review records.

The initiation of a deep and severe impact Mediterranean cyclone in the lee of Atlas Mountains is investigated by a series of numerical experiments using the MM5 forecast model. Roles of orography, surface sensible heat flux and an upper-level potential vorticity anomaly are identified using factor separation method. Results of model simulations show that orography blocking is responsible for g...

Identifying highly frequented areas is a priority for sea turtle conservation, and the distribution of young individuals in open waters represents a major knowledge gap due to methodological biases. The drift of hatchlings from 38 loggerhead Caretta caretta and 10 green Chelonia mydas turtle nesting sites in the Mediterranean was simulated for the first 6 mo of life, with simulations repeated f...

A high resolution nested flow model for the coastal, shelf and open sea areas of the Cyprus Basin, NE Levantine, eastern Mediterranean Sea is implemented to fulfil the objectives of the Mediterranean Forecasting System Pilot Project, funded by the EU. The Cyprus coastal ocean model is nested entirely within a coarse regional grid model of the eastern Mediterranean Sea, using the MODB climatolog...

one of the most important atmospheric systems in the eurasian continent during the northern hemisphere winter season is the siberian high pressure. in this study, using the ncep/ncar reanalysis data for winters of 1948-2008, trend of changes in the intensity of the high system center and its effects on some meteorological fields are investigated. the results show that the 2m height mean tempera...