Past, present and future patterns of the Thermohaline Circulation and characteristic water masses of the Mediterranean Sea
Past, present and future patterns of the Thermohaline Circulation and characteristic water masses of the Mediterranean Sea
The aim of this section is to provide a comprehensive overview of the research findings concerning the thermohaline circulation of the Mediterranean Sea. The decadal/inter-decadal variability and long-term evolution of the thermohaline properties of the Mediterranean Basin are extensively discussed. We focus on the major climate transient thermohaline events and their links to atmospheric variability and anthropogenic/environmental changes that dramatically changed the deep hydrology and strongly affected the marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin during the last 20 years. This section also includes a synthesis of the results of future projections of the thermohaline circulation derived by climate model simulations of the Mediterranean region covering the twenty-first century. The expected effects of the projected thermohaline circulation changes on the marine ecology are also discussed.
mediterranean sea, thermohaline circulation, salinity, temperature, trends, climate change
978-94-007-6703-4
29-48
Skliris, Nikolaos
07af7484-2e14-49aa-9cd3-1979ea9b064e
2014
Skliris, Nikolaos
07af7484-2e14-49aa-9cd3-1979ea9b064e
Skliris, Nikolaos
(2014)
Past, present and future patterns of the Thermohaline Circulation and characteristic water masses of the Mediterranean Sea.
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Goffredo, S. and Dubinsky, Z.
(eds.)
The Mediterranean Sea: Its History and Present Challenges.
Berlin, DE.
Springer, .
(doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6704-1_3).
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The aim of this section is to provide a comprehensive overview of the research findings concerning the thermohaline circulation of the Mediterranean Sea. The decadal/inter-decadal variability and long-term evolution of the thermohaline properties of the Mediterranean Basin are extensively discussed. We focus on the major climate transient thermohaline events and their links to atmospheric variability and anthropogenic/environmental changes that dramatically changed the deep hydrology and strongly affected the marine ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin during the last 20 years. This section also includes a synthesis of the results of future projections of the thermohaline circulation derived by climate model simulations of the Mediterranean region covering the twenty-first century. The expected effects of the projected thermohaline circulation changes on the marine ecology are also discussed.
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Published date: 2014
Keywords:
mediterranean sea, thermohaline circulation, salinity, temperature, trends, climate change
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Physical Oceanography
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/365237
ISBN: 978-94-007-6703-4
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S. Goffredo
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Z. Dubinsky
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