The Western Mediterranean Deep Water: A proxy for climate change

Michel Rixen,J.-M. Beckers,S. Levitus,John I. Antonov,Timothy P. Boyer,C. Maillard,Michele Fichaut,Efstathios Balopoulos,Sissy Iona,H. Dooley,M J Garcia,Beniamino B. Manca,A. Giorgetti,Giuseppe M. R. Manzella,N. Mikhailov,Nadia Pinardi,Marco Zavatarelli

The Western Mediterranean Deep Water: A proxy for climate change

2005

Michel Rixen
J.-M. Beckers
S. Levitus
John I. Antonov
Timothy P. Boyer
C. Maillard
Michele Fichaut
Efstathios Balopoulos
Sissy Iona
H. Dooley
M J Garcia
Beniamino B. Manca
A. Giorgetti
Giuseppe M. R. Manzella
N. Mikhailov
Nadia Pinardi
Marco Zavatarelli

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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Climatology
Gulf Stream
Oceanography
Mediterranean climate
North Atlantic oscillation
Geology
Mediterranean sea
Climate change
North Atlantic Deep Water
Water mass
Thermohaline circulation
Proxy (climate)
Sea surface temperature

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