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The Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BIOS) and the Adriatic oceanography

The Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BIOS) and the Adriatic oceanography. Ivica Vilibić , Natalija Dunić, Hrvoje Mihanović, Jadranka Šepić Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia. Outline: Motivation The BiOS and impact to the Adriatic ocean properties

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The Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BIOS) and the Adriatic oceanography

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  1. The Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BIOS) and the Adriatic oceanography Ivica Vilibić, Natalija Dunić, Hrvoje Mihanović, Jadranka Šepić Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Split, Croatia • Outline: • Motivation • The BiOS and impact to the Adriatic ocean properties • Take-home messages The work has been supported by the Croatian Science Foundation, project ADIOS (IP-06-2016-1955)

  2. Motivation Once upon a time ... ... some unusual changes in salinity have been noticed in observations ... Buljan, M. (1953). Fluctuations of salinity in the Adriatic, Izvještaj Republičke ribarstveno-biološke ekspedicije “Hvar” 1948–1949, Acta Adriat., 2, 1–64. ... following certain periodicity (ca. 10 years), influencing Adriatic water masses and more. Zore-Armanda, M. (1963). Les masses d’eau de la mer Adriatique, ActaAdriat., 10, 5–88.

  3. The BiOS An explanation of the underlying physics has been offered half-century later ... Gačić, M., Eusebi Borzelli, G. L., Civitarese, G., Cardin, V., and Yari, S. (2010). Can internal processes sustain reversals of the ocean upper circulation?, The Ionian Sea example, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L09608, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010GL043216, 2010. ... boosting the research on this topic in the last decade. ... we show that surface flow in thenorthwestern Ionian co-varies with the density of watermasses formed in the Southern Adriatic ... The phenomenon has been named Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS).

  4. The BiOS The relevance of the BiOS to the Mediterranean dynamics is still work in progress, i.e. its interconnection with other basins, is it part of the greater oscillating system, quantification of processes that sustain oscillations (internal vs. wind dynamics, Adriatic vs. Aegean, ...) ... Vilibić et al., BGS, 2012 What we know is that: • The BiOS is changing a lot the Adriatic thermohaline properties A rapid increase in salinity for ~0.3 Janeković et al., JGR, 2014 observations model 06-2011 09-2011 12-2011 02-2012 The salinity increase was an important preconditioning for the dense water formation event in 2012.

  5. The BiOS The BiOS-induced changes are altering (relatively) fast the Adriatic ocean properties. BiOS index = SLHin-SLHout Matić et al. (CSR, 2017) Mihanović et al. (JGR, 2015)

  6. The BiOS BiOS-induced changes are affecting (almost) the whole Adriatic. Areas where significant (95%) correlations between the BiOS index and an ocean variable has been documented Significant correlations are present between bivalve G. pilosa bivalve and the BiOS index. Peharda et al. (Sci Rep, 2018)

  7. The BiOS BiOS is influencing biogeochemistry, primary production, trophic chain, fisheries, ..., in the Adriatic Sea Civitarese et al. (BGS, 2010)

  8. The BiOS ... We found that pluriannual changes in the zooplankton community tracked the continuum of circulation regimes in the Northern Ionian Gyre (NIG). The occurrence of Atlantic/Western Mediterranean species coincided with anti-cyclonic circulation in the NIG, probably due to the advection of Modified Atlantic Water into the Adriatic, while the presence of Lessepsian species coincided with the cyclonic pattern, which governs the entry of Eastern Mediterranean waters ... Batistić et al. (Clim Res, 2014)

  9. The BiOS Present ocean climate models are still far from a proper reproduction of BiOS ... Dunić et al. (OM, under review) ... Overall, coupled models better reproduce the thermohaline properties and processes, in particular the Adriatic-Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS) reversals and its decadal variability ... More on ocean model performance in the Adriatic Sea tommorrow by Natalija Dunić

  10. The BiOS ... so that new modelling system (WRF/ROMS) has been developed under the ADIOS project  the 1987-2017 simulation is just under way. • ROMS SET-UP: • 2 Grids: One-Way Nested • Outer Grid 3 Km: 266 x 361 • Same domain than WRF inner • Inner Grid 1 Km: 676 x 730 • 35 vertical levels with bottom and surface refinements • Bulk Formulae • MPDATA advection • GLS mixing • Nudging of the climatology on the outer grid • WRF SET-UP: • 2 Grids: Two-Way Nested • Outer Grid 15 Km: 140 x 140 • Inner Grid 3 Km: 266 x 361 • 58 vertical levels with surface refinements • MYJ PBL scheme • Kain-Fritch CPS (only for outer) • Morrison MPS • Dudhia & RRTM short& long-wave radiation Atm. GCM WRF Post-Processing SST ROMS OSU Tidal Forcing River Forcing Ocean GCM

  11. Take-home messages • A small portion of the research relevant for BiOS is presented, we really acknowledge all the BiOSian people :) • BiOS is a dominant process for altering oceanographic, biogeochemical, biological and other properties in the Adriatic on a decadal scale • Path-to-go: Proper reproduction of the BiOS will allow for proper assessment of the BiOS and related changes in the future climate

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