Currents, pressure, temperature, conductivity, and sigma-theta data collected for the EuroSTRATAFORM PASTA experiment from moorings deployed from the SEWARD JOHNSON II and the GARCIA DEL CID from November 8, 2002 to February 16, 2003 (NODC Accession 0067556)

The EuroSTRATAFORM Po and Apennine Sediment Transport and Accumulation (PASTA) experiment was an international study of sediment-transport processes and formation of geological strata in the Adriatic Sea. The study was funded by the Office of Naval Research and the European Union, and conducted in the winter of 2002-2003. The U. S. Geological Survey deployed three tripods at 10-m and 20-m depths off the Italian coast, near the town of Civitinova and the mouth of the Chienti River. The data include measurements related to coastal oceanographic properties and sediment-transport dynamics, and are being used to test and improve numerical models of circulation and transport of sediment and pollutants.

EuroSTRATAFORM波河与亚平宁沉积物搬运与堆积（PASTA）实验是一项聚焦亚得里亚海沉积物搬运过程与地质地层形成的国际研究项目。本项目由美国海军研究办公室（Office of Naval Research）与欧盟联合资助，于2002至2003年冬季实施。美国地质调查局（U. S. Geological Survey）在意大利海岸附近奇维蒂诺瓦镇与基恩蒂河河口外的10米、20米水深海域布设了三套海底三脚架观测平台。该数据集涵盖近岸海洋学参数与沉积物搬运动力学相关的观测数据，目前正被用于验证并优化环流、沉积物与污染物输运的数值模型。