LOW-FREQUENCY SEA-LEVEL AND CURRENT FLUCTUATIONS ALONG THE COAST OF NORTHWEST ITALY

Records of current, sea level, and wind stress, collected during April and May of 1977, are analyzed for locations in the shallow offshore waters. The mean current was directed along the coast towards the NW, progressing from the Tyrrhenian Sea into the Ligurian Sea. Sea level fluctuations were coherent along the Ligurian coast and were mainly due to a wind-induced setup caused by the semienclosed nature of the basin; only a fraction of the sea level disturbances in the Tyrrhenian Sea propagated into the Ligurian basin. There was low coherence between the nearshore current and sea level. -from Author