Studies of the hydrophysical processes over the shelf and upper part of the continental slope of the Black Sea with the use of traditional and new observation techniques

Abstract

Results of the studies of the spatiotemporal variability in the hydrophysical and hydrodynamical structure of the shelf area and its dependence on the water dynamics of the deep-water zone of the Black Sea off Gelendzhik are presented and discussed. The field materials were collected in early October of 2006 with the use of traditional and new measurement techniques. A combined analysis of on-line satellite oceanological information, data of onboard surveys, and data time series of the vertical profiling of the hydrophysical characteristics at a moored buoy station was performed.