The BiOS mechanism: History, theory, implications

G Civitarese, M Gačić, M Batistić, M Bensi… - Progress in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the past four decades, the understanding of Mediterranean oceanography has evolved
considerably. From a purely stationary view, there has been a shift to a concept that …

The Tyrrhenian sea circulation: A review of recent work

R Iacono, E Napolitano, M Palma, G Sannino - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Knowledge about marine circulation and its variability is a basic requirement for the correct
management of activities aimed at exploiting marine resources and for the prevention and …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial variability and trends of marine heat waves in the eastern mediterranean sea over 39 years

O Ibrahim, B Mohamed, H Nagy - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) can cause devastating impacts on marine life. The frequency of
MHWs, gauged with respect to historical temperatures, is expected to rise significantly as the …

Observation, preconditioning and recurrence of exceptionally high salinities in the Adriatic Sea

H Mihanović, I Vilibić, J Šepić, F Matić… - Frontiers in marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The paper aims to describe the preconditioning and observations of exceptionally high
salinity values that were observed in summer and autumn of 2017 in the Adriatic. The …

Climatic, decadal, and interannual variability in the upper layer of the Mediterranean Sea using remotely sensed and in-situ data

M Menna, M Gačić, R Martellucci, G Notarstefano… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Mediterranean Sea is considered a hot spot of global warming because it has been
changing faster than the global ocean, creating a strong impact on the marine environment …

A reconciling vision of the Adriatic-Ionian bimodal oscillating system

GL Eusebi Borzelli, S Carniel - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The bimodal oscillating system (BiOS) consists in an oscillation of the Ionian Sea surface
structure with period of 12–13 years, which reflects in a near-surface circulation inversion …

On the circulation and thermohaline properties of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

M Menna, R Gerin, G Notarstefano, E Mauri… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean Sea is characterized by numerous recurrent or
permanent anticyclonic structures, which modulate the pathway of the main currents and the …

Rossby waves driven by the Mid Mediterranean Jet impact the Eastern Mediterranean mesoscale dynamics

A Pirro, M Menna, E Mauri, R Laxenaire, S Salon… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The most prominent and persistent feature of the eastern Mediterranean Levantine Basin
(LB) is the warm anticyclonic Cyprus Eddy (CE) located above the Eratosthenes Seamount …

Modes of the BiOS-driven Adriatic Sea thermohaline variability

C Denamiel, I Tojčić, P Pranić, I Vilibić - Climate dynamics, 2022 - Springer
In this study the impact of the Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS) on the
interannual to decadal variability of the Adriatic Sea thermohaline circulation is quantified …

Balancing accuracy and efficiency of atmospheric models in the northern Adriatic during severe bora events

C Denamiel, I Tojčić, I Vilibić - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
In process‐oriented studies, accurate representation of severe bora rotor dynamics in the
northern Adriatic is known to require the use of model resolutions of the order of 100 m. In …