Mediterranean Sea

Gian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Space Academy Foundation, Italy Miroslav Gaèiæ, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, Italy Piero Lionello, University of Salento, Italy Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

• Contributors ixPreface xi1 Introduction to The Mediterranean Sea: Temporal Variability and Spatial PatternsGian Luca Eusebi Borzelli, Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Miroslav Gačić, and Piero Lionello 12 Spatiotemporal Variability of the Surface Circulation in the Western Mediterranean: A Comparative Study Using Altimetry and ModelingAnanda Pascual, Enrique Vidal-Vijande, Simón Ruiz, Samuel Somot, and Vassilis Papadopoulos 53 Exchange Flow through the Strait of Gibraltar as Simulated by a σ-Coordinate Hydrostatic Model and a z-Coordinate Nonhydrostatic ModelGianmaria Sannino, J. C. Sánchez Garrido, L. Liberti, and L. Pratt 254 Mixing in the Deep Waters of the Western MediterraneanHarry Bryden, Katrin Schroeder, Mireno Borghini, Anna Vetrano, and Stefania Sparnocchia 515 The 2009 Surface and Intermediate Circulation of the Tyrrhenian Sea as Assessed by an Operational ModelE. Napolitano, R. Iacono, and S. Marullo 596 The Eastern Mediterranean Transient: Evidence for Similar Events Previously?Wolfgang Roether, Birgit Klein, and Dagmar Hainbucher 757 Deep-Water Variability and Interbasin Interactions in the Eastern Mediterranean SeaEmin Özsoy, Sarantis Sofianos, Isaac Gertman, Anneta Mantziafou, Ali Aydoğdu, Sotiria Georgiou,Ersin Tutsak, Alex Lascaratos, Artur Hecht, and Mohammed Abdul Latif 858 An Internal Mechanism Driving the Alternation of the Eastern Mediterranean Dense/Deep Water SourcesAlexander Theocharis, George Krokos, Dimitris Velaoras, and Gerasimos Korres 1139 Thermohaline Variability and Mesoscale Dynamics Observed at the Deep-Ocean Observatory E2M3A in the Southern Adriatic SeaManuel Bensi, Vanessa Cardin, and Angelo Rubino 139Index 157Color plate section is located between pages 84 and 85.