Warming trends and decadal variability in the Western Mediterranean shelf

Vargas‐Yáñez, Manuel; Garcia, M. J.; Salat, Jordi; García-Martínez, M.C.; Pascual, Josep; Moyá, Francina

doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.09.001

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“…This rate is the same given for the whole Western Mediterranean (including the Tyrrhenian Sea) by Nykjaer (2009) from a study also with Pathfinder AVHRR data for the same period of time. It also coincides with the trend rate given by Salat and Pascual (2006) (Vargas-Yañez et al, 2005, 2008, 2009.…”

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Recent trends of SST in the Western Mediterranean basins from AVHRR Pathfinder data (1985–2007)

García

Belmonte

2011

Global and Planetary Change

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Keywords:sea surface temperature Western Mediterranean climate change warming trends Mediterranean warming AVHRR-NOAA seasonal and temporal variability Climate change in the Mediterranean region cannot be understood without taking into account changes in the Mediterranean Sea, which is an important source of moisture and heat for the Mediterranean climate system. Many research papers have been published in the last two decades increasing our knowledge about long-term trends and inter-annual variability of temperature and salinity in the Western Mediterranean. Although recent changes have been better documented, there remain uncertainties because different results are obtained depending on the period of time analyzed or the geographic region selected. This paper analyses the regional, seasonal and decadal variability of sea surface temperature in the Western Mediterranean basins (Northern (Ligurian Sea and Gulf of Lions), Balearic, Algerian and Alboran) by means of thermal satellite images. Monthly data from the PO.DAAC (Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center) have been processed for the period . Results show an averaged warming linear trend of 0.03°C/yr. This rate is higher during the spring (0.06°C/yr) in all the basins and the highest values were registered in the Northern basin in June. The study suggests that an early warming of the Sea is occurring in all the basins during the spring, with an increment of 0.5-1°C in the mean SST of April, May and June over the two decades studied. The analysis of thermal anomalies confirms the warming trend with a dominance of negative anomalies during 1985-1996 and a dominance of positive anomalies during the last decade (1997)(1998)(1999)(2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007). Intense anomalies are more frequent in the Northern basin.

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Recent trends of SST in the Western Mediterranean basins from AVHRR Pathfinder data (1985–2007)

García

Belmonte

2011

Global and Planetary Change

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“…Likewise, the increase in type U, concentrated in spring, is confirmed. These two results are consistent with the warming of the waters in the western Mediterranean basin since the 1970s (Vargas-Yáñez et al, 2008, 2010, given that warming of the substrate could weaken the anticyclones, or their ridges, over Mediterranean waters, turning them into type U in a large number of cases. The advance of summer appears to account for the fact that the increase in type U occurs mainly in spring.…”

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Determination of the Jenkinson and Collison’s weather types for the western Mediterranean basin over the 1948-2009 period. Temporal analysis

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“…Their high relative abundance is the result of the very successful adaptation of these species to local conditions in the coastal environments, in relation to an increasing trend in Mediterranean water temperatures over the last 30 years, as a possible result of human-induced global warming (THEO-CHARIS, 2008;VARGAS-Y ÑEZ et al, 2008;LEJEUSNE et al, in press). …”

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Alien foraminifers from Greek coastal areas (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean)

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The present study provides additional data on the distributional range of six alien foraminiferal species in living assemblages from Greek coastal areas (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean). Amphistegina lobifera LARSEN 1976, Sorites orbiculus (FORSK L 1775) and Coscinospira hemprichii EHRENBERG 1839 are well established in Greek coastal areas, whereas Triloculina fichteliana D'ORBIGNY 1839, Planogypsina acervalis (BRADY 1884) and Cymbaloporetta plana (CUSHMAN 1924), are recorded for the first time in this paper. The occurrence of these species in a number of sites in the Aegean Sea establishes their presence in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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Warming trends and decadal variability in the Western Mediterranean shelf

Cited by 125 publications

References 20 publications

Recent trends of SST in the Western Mediterranean basins from AVHRR Pathfinder data (1985–2007)

Recent trends of SST in the Western Mediterranean basins from AVHRR Pathfinder data (1985–2007)

Determination of the Jenkinson and Collison’s weather types for the western Mediterranean basin over the 1948-2009 period. Temporal analysis

Alien foraminifers from Greek coastal areas (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean)

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