CONCLUSIONS

During the 12 days of cruise ADR0808, including transits and port calls, we obtained:

• measurements of the water column on 77 CTD stations,
• sampling of seawater on a great percentage of the CTD stations
• 26 Hyperspectral profiles and launches of experimental XBT.
• sampling of the sea bottom on 11 stations
• aproximately 200KM$^2$ of swath bathymetry, 2600 KM of high resolution SBP profiles and of single beam bathymetry

The collected physical, bio-geochemical and optical oceanographic data will be useful to studying and modelling of the Adriatic circulation, also by mean of the in-situ calibration of satellite-borne instrumentation data.

Several morphological features were revealed by the swath bathymetry and Chirp SBP mapping, providing good chances to further explore, finalize and better detail a very interesting marine area.

Analysis of the data collected during the expedition is under process, and will continue during the forthcoming several months.

No problems were encountered regarding neither the people nor the environment during the cruise.