The 2^nd Meeting on the Physical Oceanography of Sea Straits,
Villefranche, 15^th-19^th April 2002

Poster presentations

Dynamics of a dense water vein along the Strait of Sicily 65
M. Astraldi, G. P. Gasparini and E. Salusti Download

Anlysis of in-situ observations in the Strait of Gibraltar 69
Tom Avsic, Uwe Send, and Burkard Baschek Download

The hydraulics of downslope flows in rotating stratified environments 73
Peter G. Baines Download

Seasonal transport variability through Gibraltar, Sicily and 77
Corsica Straits Download
K. Béranger, L. Mortier and M. Crépon

Some recent results on the Faroe-Bank Channel overflow 81
K. Borenäs, I. Lake and P. Lundberg Download

Density structures and intermittency associated with breaking 85
internal gravity waves Download
P. Bouruet-Aubertot, J. Sommeria and C. R. Koudella

Effects of strait mixing on ocean stratification. 89
Harry L. Bryden and George Nurser Download

Friction and mixing in the Faroe Bank Channel outflow 93
L. M. Duncan, H. L. Bryden and S. A. Cunningham Download

Subinertial and seasonal variability in the Strait of Gibraltar 99
from CANIGO observations. Download
J. García Lafuente, J.M. Vargas, J. Delgado and F. Criado

The Sicily Strait dynamics: A sensitivity study with a high 103
resolution numerical model Download
L. Gervasio, L. Mortier and M. Crépon

A process study of the Denmark Strait overflow 107
James B. Girton and Thomas B. Sanford Download

On the effect of friction and entrainment on potential vorticity 113
in the shallow water approximation Download
Silvia Gremes Cordero and Ettore Salusti

Rotating hydraulics and upstream basin circulation 117
K. R. Helfrich and L. J. Pratt Download

Hydraulic control of stratified exchange flows 123
A. McC. Hogg, K. B. Winters and G. N. Ivey Download

Local wind forcing of Korea/Tsushima Strait transport 127
G. A. Jacobs, D. S. Ko, H. Ngodock, R. H. Preller and S. K. Riedlinger Download

Tides in the Bab el Mandab Strait 131
E. Jarosz and S. P. Murray Download

Atmospherically-forced exchange through the Bab el Mandeb 135
W. E. Johns and S. S. Sofianos Download

Intensive direct current measurements at the Bussol Strait 139
Katsurou Katsumata, Kay I. Ohshimak, Tokihiro Kono, Motoyo Itoh, Download
Ichiro Yasuda and Masaaki Wakatsuchi

On tracers and potential vorticities in ocean dynamics 143
M. V. Kurgansky and E. Salusti Download

Use of the rotating hydraulics for description of overflows through 147
the Baltic Straits Download
J. Laanearu

Laboratory models of internal bores in non-rotating and rotating 151
exchange flows over sills. Download
G.F. Lane-Serff, D.R. Munday and M.D. Woodward

Transport Estimation from the sea level difference across the Korea 155
Strait Download
Sang Jin Lyu and Kuh Kim

Froude angle control at a highly stratified estuarine front 161
D. G. MacDonald and W. R. Geyer Download

Sustained measurements in the Denmark Strait overflow 165
A. Macrander, R.H. Käse, U. Send, H. Valdimarsson and S. Jónsson Download

A box model study of the feedback between basin and strait processes 169
in the Mediterranean Sea Download
Stephan Matthiesen and Keith Haine

Theoretical calculations of maximum deep-water overflow based on real 173
topography Download
Anna Nikolopoulos and Karin Borenäs

The current system of the Bosphorus Strait based on recent 177
measurements Download
Emin Özsoy, Mohammed A. Latif and ¸Sükrü Be¸siktepe

Stratified shear flow in sea straits of arbitrary cross section. 181
Larry Pratt, Chris Jones, Jian Deng and Lou Howard Download

Rotating exchange flows through straits with multiple channels: 185
Preliminary results of laboratory studies Download
B. Rabe, D. A. Smeed and H. L. Bryden

Maximum controlled flux in rotating two-layer exchange flows 189
U. Riemenschneider, P. D. Killworth and D. A. Smeed Download

Numerical study of the hydraulics of the mean flow through the Strait 193
of Gibraltar Download
G. Sannino, A. Bargagli and V. Artale

Reynolds stress measurements in a short tidal inlet 199
Harvey Seim Download

Exchange flow between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden 203
M. Siddall, D. A. Smeed, S. Mathiessen and E. J. Rohling Download

A three-dimensional model of Bosphorus strait dynamics 207
Adil Sözer and Emin Özsoy Download

The overflow from the sills in the Strait of Sicily 211
Kate Stansfield, David A. Smeed and Gian Pietro Gasparini Download

Modelling archipelago exchange flows 215
Petter Stenström and Anders Engqvist Download

Study of the Yucatan Strait current with a high resolution numerical model 219
S. Tanahara, J. Candela and M. Crépon Download

Observations of wind effects on exchange flows in a channel constriction 223
of the Chilean Inland Sea Download
A. Valle-Levinson, J. L. Blanco and J. J. Fierro

Hydraulically controlled rotating flow: complexities from passage shape 229
J. A. Whitehead Download