16. UKRAINIAN SCIENTIFIC CENTRE OFECOLOGY OF THE SEA (UkrSCES)

The Ukrainian Scientific Centre of Ecology of the Sea (UkrSCES) was created in January 1992 on the basis of Odessa branch State Oceanographic Institute, founded in 1970.
The main tasks of scientific activities of Odessa branch State Oceanographic Institute in 1969-1992 was participation in general problems – investigations of interaction of Ocean and Atmosphere with the aim of creating long-term weather forecasts. The main task of scientific and expeditional works was investigations the characteristic and causes of exchanges in thermodynamic state of the Atlantic Ocean, formation of significant and stabile anomalies of hydrophysical fields and as result changeability of heat exchange between Ocean and Atmosphere. The investigation region includes Northern and Tropical Atlantic from 60°N to 10°S. The scientific generalisation were carried out on data of standard sections that crossed all main currents of the northern anticyclonic rotation and tropical zone, permanent polygons in New Foundland and Tropical energy active zones, and also on data of separate thematic cruises.