Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System - Coriolis Rotating Platform Experiment

Numerical modelling has not yet offered satisfactory description of the functioning of the Adriatic/ Ionian and Levantine system.<br> So far, the explanation for the inversion of the near-surface circulation has been mainly sought in the wind stress curl.<br> Recent results have however suggested that the wind forcing cannot explain such inversions.<br> Scientific objective of this study is to show from physical modelling that the inversions of the NIG circulation<br> in an idealized Adriatic-Ionian/ Eastern Mediterranean circulation system can be generated<br> only bu changing the inflowing water density (from the Adriatic) with respect to the residing water in the Ionian basin.