The Western Mediterranean Deep Water: A proxy for climate change - art. no. L12608

Reconstructions of Mediterranean ocean temperature fields back to 1950 show a proxy relationship between heat content changes in the North Atlantic and the Western Mediterranean Deep Water ( WMDW) formed in the Gulf of Lions in winter, because of consistent air-sea heat fluxes over these areas, stro...

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Published in:Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors: Rixen, Michel, Beckers, J, Levitus, S, Antonov, J, Boyer, T, Maillard, Catherine, Fichaut, Michele, Balopoulos, E, Iona, S, Dooley, H, Garcia, M, Manca, B, Giorgetti, A, Manzella, G, Mikhailov, N, Pinardi, N, Zavatarelli, M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: AGU 2005
Subjects:
North Atlantic
West mediterranee
Thermohaline circulation
Temperature variation
Deep water
Water masses
Air sea heat flux
North Atlantic oscillation
Online Access:https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2005/publication-760.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL022702
https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/760/
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Summary:Reconstructions of Mediterranean ocean temperature fields back to 1950 show a proxy relationship between heat content changes in the North Atlantic and the Western Mediterranean Deep Water ( WMDW) formed in the Gulf of Lions in winter, because of consistent air-sea heat fluxes over these areas, strongly correlated to the North Atlantic Oscillation ( NAO).

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