The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model
We analyze the climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea using the regionally coupled model REMO-OASIS-MPIOM (ROM; abbreviated from the regional atmosphere model, the OASIS3 coupler and the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model). The ROM oceanic component is global with regionally high horizontal re...
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ftunivcadiz:oai:rodin.uca.es:10498/23407 2023-05-15T17:33:23+02:00 The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model Parras Berrocal, Iván Manuel Vázquez Medina, Rubén Cabos, William Sein, Dmitry Mañanes Salinas, Rafael Perez Sanz, Juan Izquierdo González, Alfredo Física Aplicada 2020-07-20T11:47:10Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23407 https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-743-2020 eng eng COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH 1812-0784 http://hdl.handle.net/10498/23407 doi:10.5194/os-16-743-2020 Atribución 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC-BY Ocean Sci., 16, 743–765, 2020 info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2020 ftunivcadiz https://doi.org/10.5194/os-16-743-2020 2023-02-24T07:58:43Z We analyze the climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea using the regionally coupled model REMO-OASIS-MPIOM (ROM; abbreviated from the regional atmosphere model, the OASIS3 coupler and the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model). The ROM oceanic component is global with regionally high horizontal resolution in the Mediterranean Sea so that the water exchanges with the adjacent North Atlantic and Black Sea are explicitly simulated. Simulations forced by ERA-Interim show an accurate representation of the present Mediterranean climate. Our analysis of the RCP8.5 (representative concentration pathway) scenario using the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model shows that the Mediterranean waters will be warmer and saltier throughout most of the basin by the end of this century. In the upper ocean layer, temperature is projected to have a mean increase of 2.7 degrees C, while the mean salinity will increase by 0.2 psu, presenting a decreasing trend in the western Mediterranean in contrast to the rest of the basin. The warming initially takes place at the surface and propagates gradually to deeper layers. Hydrographic changes have an impact on intermediate water characteristics, potentially affecting the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation in the future. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic RODIN - Repositorio de Objetos de Docencia e Investigación de la Universidad de Cádiz Ocean Science 16 3 743 765 |
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We analyze the climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea using the regionally coupled model REMO-OASIS-MPIOM (ROM; abbreviated from the regional atmosphere model, the OASIS3 coupler and the Max Planck Institute Ocean Model). The ROM oceanic component is global with regionally high horizontal resolution in the Mediterranean Sea so that the water exchanges with the adjacent North Atlantic and Black Sea are explicitly simulated. Simulations forced by ERA-Interim show an accurate representation of the present Mediterranean climate. Our analysis of the RCP8.5 (representative concentration pathway) scenario using the Max Planck Institute Earth System Model shows that the Mediterranean waters will be warmer and saltier throughout most of the basin by the end of this century. In the upper ocean layer, temperature is projected to have a mean increase of 2.7 degrees C, while the mean salinity will increase by 0.2 psu, presenting a decreasing trend in the western Mediterranean in contrast to the rest of the basin. The warming initially takes place at the surface and propagates gradually to deeper layers. Hydrographic changes have an impact on intermediate water characteristics, potentially affecting the Mediterranean thermohaline circulation in the future. |
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Parras Berrocal, Iván Manuel Vázquez Medina, Rubén Cabos, William Sein, Dmitry Mañanes Salinas, Rafael Perez Sanz, Juan Izquierdo González, Alfredo The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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Parras Berrocal, Iván Manuel Vázquez Medina, Rubén Cabos, William Sein, Dmitry Mañanes Salinas, Rafael Perez Sanz, Juan Izquierdo González, Alfredo |
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The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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The climate change signal in the Mediterranean Sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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climate change signal in the mediterranean sea in a regionally coupled atmosphere-ocean model |
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Ocean Sci., 16, 743–765, 2020 |
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