NONSTATIONARY JET CURRENTS IN THE SOUTH WESTERN AREA OF THE BLACK-SEA

A series of consecutive Meteor-30 satellite images is used to consider the non-stationary dynamic situation in the South Western area of the Black Sea in July 1985, involving the development of two oppositely d irected jet currents (South Westerly and North Easterly). The paper di scusses the possible effect of the mushroom-shaped jet current forming off the shelf near the Bosporus straits, in the area of Western cyclo nic circulation of the sea, on the water exchange through the straits and the penetration of surface water from the Sea of Marmara containin g Mediterranean Sea forms of plankton into the deep-water area of the sea.