Seasonal and longer term trends in sea temperature along the French North Sea coast, 1975 to 2002

Regular sea temperature measurements have been made since 1975 at Gravelines (French coast of the Southern Bight of the North Sea) within the framework of a research programme aimed at monitoring the influence of the thermal discharge of a nuclear power plant. The sampling has yielded a 28-year time...

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Published in:Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Main Authors: Woehrlings, D, Lefebvre, Alain, Lehoerff, Genevieve, Delesmont, R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2005
Subjects:
Fluctuation
Temperature
Long term
Seasonal
North Atlantic
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-616.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315405010805h
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/616/
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Summary:Regular sea temperature measurements have been made since 1975 at Gravelines (French coast of the Southern Bight of the North Sea) within the framework of a research programme aimed at monitoring the influence of the thermal discharge of a nuclear power plant. The sampling has yielded a 28-year time-series. Pluriannual natural fluctuations of temperature show cyclic patterns and long-term trends in good accordance with global climatic changes as revealed by the NAO (North Atlantic Oscillation) annual index.

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