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39.00 38.90 38.80 38.70 38.60 Salinity variability and trends in the eastern Mediterranean (1910-1999) Tel Aviv, ISRAEL LIW dS/dt = 0.00103 psu yr -1 N = 32, R 2 = 0.36 Ionian Sea dS/dt = 0.00103 psu yr-1 N = 41, R 2 = 0.20 dS/dt = 0.0012 psu yr-1 N = 37, R 2 = 0.13 2000m 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 39.20 39.10 39.00 38.90 38.80 38.70 38.60 38.50 MedCLIVAR workshop 19-20 19 20 September 2011 dS/dt = 0.00125 psu yr-1 N = 24, R2 = 0.19 2000m LIW dS/dt = 0.0016 psu yr-1 N = 22, R2 = 0.27 Levantine Basin 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 During the last century several changes in the Mediterranean have been documented. Trends in the temperature (T) and salinity (S) of the intermediate and deep waters have been observed. Moreover sudden changes in the deep water formation sites in the Eastern Mediterranean have been documented between 1987- 1995 that affected the DW of the entire eastern Mediterranean.
WMDW From Tsimplis et al., 2006 Tel Aviv, ISRAEL nEMDW The EMT event MedCLIVAR workshop 19-20 19 20 September 2011 Existing climatological data sets indicate that the Mediterranean Sea is not in a steady state and is potentially very sensitive to changes in atmospheric forcing. Shift of the main source of DW from the Adriatic to the Aegean (1987-1995)
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