The Tyrrhenian Sea Circulation: A Review of Recent Work

Roberto Iacono, Ernesto Napolitano, Massimiliano Palma and Gianmaria Sannino
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Roberto Iacono: National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, Italy
Ernesto Napolitano: National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, Italy
Massimiliano Palma: National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, Italy
Gianmaria Sannino: National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, C.R. Casaccia, 00123 Rome, Italy

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-16

Abstract: 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 eventual mitigation of the risks involved. The activities of the Marine Hazard Project, to which this special number of Sustainability is dedicated, focus on geothermal resources connected with some submerged volcanic systems located in the Tyrrhenian Sea. This sea hosts delicate coastal and marine ecosystems, and is characterized by rich dynamics, both driven by the interaction of the local forcing with the complex morphology and bathymetry of the basin, and by exchanges with adjacent sub-basins which take place at all depths. The main purpose of the present review is to summarize the present understanding of the Tyrrhenian Sea circulation and its variability, with special emphasis on the results of experimental and modelling works of the last decade.

Keywords: Tyrrhenian Sea circulation; Mediterranean Sea dynamics; deep circulation; seasonal variability; seamount effects; climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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