The long term variability of the sea surface temperature (SST) of the Mediterranean basin and its sub‐basins for the period 1869–2006 (138 years) is investigated using the International Comprehensive Ocean—Atmosphere Data Set (I‐COADS). Analysis of the SST time‐series revealed a positive trend in both basin and sub‐basin scale. During the last century, the highest positive SST trend is found in the Adriatic Sea (0.0141° C/y) and the lowest one in the Aegean sea (0.0011° C/y). This difference in the SST evolution in the two sub‐basins can be related to the shift of the Eastern Mediterranean deep water formation site during the 90s, known as Eastern Mediterranean Transient (EMT). The SST variations of the Eastern Mediterranean sub‐basins (Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea) are highly correlated to each other, in contrast to the poor correlation of the SST variations between the Eastern and Western Mediterranean Sea. Harmonic analysis has shown that a dominant period of the Mediterranean variability is similar to the deep water turnover time of the basin. Comparison with climatic indices points out a high correlation of the Western Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea SST with the NAO index, while the Eastern Mediterranean SST variations are highly correlated to the Indian Summer Monsoon Index.
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21 January 2010
ORGANIZED BY THE HELLENIC PHYSICAL SOCIETY WITH THE COOPERATION OF THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENTS OF GREEK UNIVERSITIES: 7th International Conference of the Balkan Physical Union
09–13 September 2009
Alexandroupolis (Greece)
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January 21 2010
Long Term Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in Mediterranean Sea
P. Axaopoulos;
P. Axaopoulos
aOcean Physics and Modelling Group (OPAM), University of Athens, Department of Applied Physics, University campus, BI. Phys‐5, 15784 Athens, Greece
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S. Sofianos
S. Sofianos
aOcean Physics and Modelling Group (OPAM), University of Athens, Department of Applied Physics, University campus, BI. Phys‐5, 15784 Athens, Greece
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AIP Conf. Proc. 1203, 899–904 (2010)
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P. Axaopoulos, S. Sofianos; Long Term Variability of Sea Surface Temperature in Mediterranean Sea. AIP Conf. Proc. 21 January 2010; 1203 (1): 899–904. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3322579
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