Abstract
A methodological approach in the analyses of the seawater oceanographic states is determined by the purpose of the paper and general purpose of the research. In the recent decades the scientific work in this area has advanced thanks to computer data processing, particularly owing to modern technical and technological achievements that allow us to obtain important results, which significantly augment application of scientific results. This paper is a review of the research on the Central Adriatic shelf. Until now, papers dealing with geographical and oceanographic features regularly used the terms Palagruža Shelf and Jabuka concavity in the meaning of independent entities in the Adriatic basin which partly define physicogeographic features of water masses. However, such perception should be corrected. The Central Adriatic shelf is situated between the north Adriatic and the south Adriatic basin. Its length is greater than the width. Therefore, it deserves more attention and more cautious scientific approach. In this paper there are also evaluations of some methodologies used in the research and in the measuring of oceanographic parameter values, and also new technical solutions are proposed. The purpose of this paper is to analyse some methods of approach in the presentation of oceanographic states of seawater in the area of the Central Adriatic shelf. The purpose is also to introduce a succession of articles in which this maritime zone should be given its deserving significance from the geographic and oceanological aspects.
Highlights
This paper is meant to be an introduction to a succession of articles on the subject of the Central Adriatic shelf dealt with in a manner that has not been previously attempted
The Central Adriatic shelf is the area situated in the Central Adriatic, which is a far larger and wider area than the Central Adriatic shelf itself, and the results obtained by such an approach do not show the real situation in the maritime zone of the Central Adriatic shelf
In the comprehensive analyses special attention was paid to geographic, geological, geomorphological, climatic, oceanographic and other features that are important for the acquisition of a better awareness of the Central Adriatic shelf area and its significance in the physicogeographic functioning of the Adriatic basin
Summary
DRAŽEN JAŠIĆ ZLATIMIR BIĆANIĆ Nautical College in Split Visoka pomorska škola u Splitu JOSIP KASUM Croatian Hydrographic Institute, Split Hrvatski hidrografski institut, Split. Primljeno: 2002-03-15 Received: UDC: 911.2(262.3):551.46 Original scientific paper
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