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Overview

Miroslav Gačić is affiliated with the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with significant contributions in Environmental Science. The main subfields include Oceanography, Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Paleontology, and Environmental Chemistry.

The scientist's work covers a broad range of topics, especially concentrating on Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, and Marine and Coastal Ecosystems. Additional areas of research involve Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology, Marine and fisheries research, and Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena.

Miroslav Gačić has published research in several venues, including Scientific Reports, Progress In Oceanography, Remote Sensing, Ocean Science, and Frontiers in Marine Science.

Recent notable papers include:

  • Impact of dense-water flow over a sloping bottom on open-sea circulation: laboratory experiments and an Ionian Sea (Mediterranean) example, 2021, Ocean Science
  • Experimental evidence of long-term oceanic circulation reversals without wind influence in the North Ionian Sea, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Climatic, Decadal, and Interannual Variability in the Upper Layer of the Mediterranean Sea Using Remotely Sensed and In-Situ Data, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • The BiOS mechanism: History, theory, implications, 2023, Progress In Oceanography
  • South Adriatic Recipes: Estimating the Vertical Mixing in the Deep Pit, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated on multiple publications with Miroslav Gačić include Milena Menna, Vanessa Cardín, Manuel Bensi, Angelo Rubino, and Vedrana Kovačević.

Best Publications

  • The currents and circulation of the Adriatic Sea

    M Orlic;M Gacic;Pe Laviolette

  • General Circulation of the Eastern Mediterranean

    A.R. Robinson;P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;A. Hecht;A. Michelato

  • The role of straits and channels in understanding the characteristics of Mediterranean circulation

    M Astraldi;S Balopoulos;J Candela;J Font

  • Can internal processes sustain reversals of the ocean upper circulation? The Ionian Sea example

    M. Gačić;G. L. Eusebi Borzelli;G. Civitarese;V. Cardin

  • Physical Oceanography of the Adriatic Sea

    Benoit Cushman-Roisin;Miroslav Gačić;Pierre-Marie Poulain;Antonio Artegiani

  • On the impact of the Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS) on the biogeochemistry and biology of the Adriatic and Ionian Seas (Eastern Mediterranean)

    G. Civitarese;Miroslav Gačić;M. Lipizer;G.L. Eusebi Borzelli

  • Physical forcing and physical/biochemical variability of the Mediterranean Sea: a review of unresolved issues and directions for future research

    P. Malanotte-Rizzoli;V. Artale;G. L. Borzelli-Eusebi;S. Brenner

  • The open-ocean convection in the Southern Adriatic: a controlling mechanism of the spring phytoplankton bloom

    M Gačić;G Civitarese;S Miserocchi;V Cardin

  • The climate of the Mediterranean region: research progress and climate change impacts

    Piero Lionello;Fatima Abrantes;Miroslav Gacic;Serge Planton

  • Introduction: Mediterranean climate-background information

    Piero Lionello;Fatima Abrantes;Letizia Congedi;Francois Dulac

  • Eastern Mediterranean Transient and reversal of the Ionian Sea circulation

    Gian Luca Eusebi Borzelli;Miroslav Gačić;Vanessa Cardin;Giuseppe Civitarese

  • On the relationship between the decadal oscillations of the northern Ionian Sea and the salinity distributions in the eastern Mediterranean

    Miroslav Gačić;G. Civitarese;G.L. Eusebi Borzelli;Vedrana Kovačević

  • On the vertical distribution of the chlorophyll a concentration in the Mediterranean Sea: a basin scale and seasonal approach

    H. Lavigne;F. D'Ortenzio;F. D'Ortenzio;M. Ribera D'Alcalà;H. Claustre;H. Claustre

  • Baroclinic Response of the Adriatic Sea to an Episode of Bora Wind

    Andrea Bergamasco;Miroslav Gačić

  • Analysis of the seasonal and interannual variability of the sea surface temperature field in the Adriatic Sea from AVHRR data (1984–1992)

    M. Gačić;S. Marullo;R. Santoleri;A. Bergamasco

  • Circulation of the Mediterranean Sea and its Variability

    K. Schroeder;J. Garcia-Lafuente;S.A. Josey

  • Extreme winter 2012 in the Adriatic: an example of climatic effect on the BiOS rhythm

    M. Gačić;G. Civitarese;V. Kovačević;L. Ursella

  • Temporal variations of water flow between the Venetian lagoon and the open sea

    Miroslav Gačić;Isaac Mancero Mosquera;Vedrana Kovačević;Andrea Mazzoldi

  • Is the Adriatic returning to dominate the production of Eastern Mediterranean Deep Water

    Birgit Klein;Wolfgang Roether;Giuseppe Civitarese;Miroslav Gacic

  • The Adriatic sea hydrography and circulation in spring and autumn (1985–1987)

    A. Artegiani;M. Gacic;A. Michelato;V. Kovacevic

  • Biogeochemical fluxes through the Strait of Otranto (Eastern Mediterranean)

    G Civitarese;M Gačić;A Vetrano;A Boldrin

  • Eulerian current measurements in the Strait of Otranto and in the Southern Adriatic

    Vedrana Kovačević;Miroslav Gačić;Pierre-Marie Poulain

  • HF radar observations in the northern Adriatic: surface current field in front of the Venetian Lagoon

    V. Kovačević;M. Gačić;I. Mancero Mosquera;A. Mazzoldi

  • Salinity in the Sicily Channel corroborates the role of the Adriatic–Ionian Bimodal Oscillating System (BiOS) in shaping the decadal variability of the Mediterranean overturning circulation

    M. Gačić;K. Schroeder;G. Civitarese;S. Cosoli

  • Decadal variations of circulation in the Central Mediterranean and its interactions with mesoscale gyres

    M. Menna;N.C. Reyes Suarez;G. Civitarese;M. Gačić

Frequent Co-Authors

Pierre-Marie Poulain
Pierre-Marie Poulain National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics
Angelo Rubino
Angelo Rubino Ca Foscari University of Venice
Mirko Orlić
Mirko Orlić University of Zagreb
Wolfgang Roether
Wolfgang Roether University of Bremen
Katrin Schroeder
Katrin Schroeder National Research Council (CNR)
Ivica Vilibić
Ivica Vilibić Rudjer Boskovic Institute
Jordi Font
Jordi Font Spanish National Research Council
Gian Pietro Gasparini
Gian Pietro Gasparini National Agency For New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development
Piero Lionello
Piero Lionello University of Salento

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