Contents

• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• Introduction
  • The scientific context of the Mediterranean Sea
  • Objectives of the MAST initiative
  • The project's partners
  • Organization of the atlas
• Historical hydrographic data base
  • The MODB/MEDATLAS profile data format
    • Identifiers
    • Cruise Summary File
    • Profile Data File
    • Remarks
    • Example of cruise summary file
    • Example of profile data file
  • Quality-control and validation
    • Conformity check
    • Range check
    • Physical check
    • Flagging
    • Redundancy check
  • Components of the data base
    • The MED-2 hydrographic data set
    • The U.S. NODC hydrographic data set
    • The ENEA hydrographic data set
    • The POEM hydrographic data set
    • The UIB-ICM hydrographic data set
    • The OGS hydrographic data set
  • Content of the pooled data set
  • Access mode and dissemination statistics
• Variational analysis method
  • Summary of the method
  • Comparison between objective and variational analysis
  • Calibration and sensitivity analysis
  • The DIVA interface
    • Access mode
• Climatological analyses
  • State-of-the-art
  • Implementation
  • From MED2 to MED5
  • Climatological analyses
    • Temperature in the upper layer
    • Salinity in the upper layer
    • Intermediate and Deep water
  • Access mode
• Summary
• References
• Three-dimensional figures
  • Seasonal fields
  • Climatic fields
• Data distribution
  • Seasonal data distributions
  • Climatic data distributions
• Seasonal fields
  • Winter
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • Spring
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • Summer
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • Autumn
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
• Monthly fields
  • January
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • February
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • March
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • April
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • May
    • Horizontal sections
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    • Vertical zonal sections
  • June
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • July
    • Horizontal sections
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    • Vertical zonal sections
  • August
    • Horizontal sections
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  • September
    • Horizontal sections
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  • October
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
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  • November
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
  • December
    • Horizontal sections
    • Vertical meridional sections
    • Vertical zonal sections
• Climatic fields
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