Regional features of the seasonal variability of linear trends of the temperature fields in the Atlantic Ocean and their relation to the large-scale circulation of waters |
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Authors: | Yu. V. Artamonov M. V. Babii A. E. Bukatov E. A. Skripaleva |
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Affiliation: | (1) Marine Hydrophysical Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Sevastopol, Ukraine |
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Abstract: | By using the data array of satellite measurements of the sea-surface temperature (SST), it is shown that the distributions of linear trends of the SST for 17 years (1986–2002) are closely correlated with the specific features of large-scale circulation of waters. The extreme values of trends of the SST are observed in the zones of the Gulf Stream, East-Greenland, Labrador, and North-Atlantic Currents, North Equatorial Countercurrent, South Equatorial and Antarctic Circumpolar Currents. The differences between the distributions of trends of the SST for some months of the year are revealed. In the zones of currents transporting warm surface waters from the tropical areas, positive trends of the SST are observed for the most part of the year. On the contrary, negative trends are predominant in the zones of currents transporting cold upwelling waters. Translated from Morskoi Gidrofizicheskii Zhurnal, No. 4, pp. 32–42, July–August, 2008. |
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