Decadal scale variability of sea surface temperature in the Mediterranean Sea in relation to atmospheric variability

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-30

  Skliris, Nikolaos ^a   Sofianos, Sarantis ^a   Gkanasos, Athanasios ^a   Mantziafou, Anneta ^a   Vervatis, Vasilis ^a   Axaopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Lascaratos, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

AVHRR; Mediterranean Sea; Sea surface temperature; Trends

Indexed keywords

AIR SEA INTERACTIONS; AIR-SEA HEAT FLUX; ATLANTIC MULTIDECADAL OSCILLATIONS; ATLANTIC WATER; ATMOSPHERIC VARIABILITY; AVHRR; EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION ANALYSIS; HEAT ADVECTION; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NAO INDEX; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; NET HEAT FLUX; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST); SEA SURFACES; SPATIOTEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SST ANOMALIES; SUBBASINS; TRENDS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; SATELLITES; TIME SERIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AVHRR; CORRELATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

EID: 84861097204     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-011-0493-5     Document Type: Article

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