Mediterranean currents

For (at least) three thousand years that human being have been sailing its waters, one could have thought the circulation of the Mediterranean Sea one of the best-known. In fact, this circulation is nowadays in discussion, with altimetry participating with its own vision, and showing a circulation locally different from the one other techniques show. Each of the ocean observing technique observes different parameters, with thus a complementary point of view from the others. The objective stay the same for all: a better understanding, and thus, among other things a better modelization, of the Mediterranean

See also:

• Applications: Mediterranean Sea
• Applications: Large-scale ocean circulation
  
• Data: Mediterranean Mean Dynamique Topography

Websites on this subject:

• MFS project: Mediterranean Forecasting System

References:

• Millot C., Taupier-Letage I., 2004, "Circulation in the Mediterranean Sea", The Handbook of Environnemental Chemestry (The Natural Environment and the Biogical Cycles), Springer-Verlag Editor.
• Pinardi N., Arneri E., Crise A., Ravaioli M., Zavatarelli M., 2004 The physical and ecological structure and variability of shelf areas in the Mediterranean Sea, The Sea , Vol. 14, Chapter 32.
• Pujol M.-I., 2006, "Analyse de la variabilité de surface en Méditerranée à partir des données altimétriques et comparaison aux simulations MERCATOR et MOG2D", These de l'Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III.
• Robinson A., Malanotte-Rizzoli P., Hecht A., Michelato A., Roether W:, Theocharis A:, Unluata U., Pinardi N. and the POEM Group 1992 General Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean. Earth Sciences Reviews, pp. 285-309.