Abstract
The essential features of the steady circulation of the western Mediterranean are reproduced by means of a vertically integrated model. In the framework of barotropic theory, it is shown how the effects of the geometry of the basin, including the islands, of the variable bottom topography and of the forcing of the flow at the Gibraltar Strait concur in determining the circulation pattern. Some observed features in particular regions, such as the Ligurian Sea, which are not reproduced by the model, indicate where baroclinic and/or wind-driven dynamics are likely to dominate.
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