The last 30-year thermohaline variability in the ... - Medclivar
The last 30-year thermohaline variability in the ... - Medclivar
The last 30-year thermohaline variability in the ... - Medclivar
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Mediterranean <strong>The</strong>rmohal<strong>in</strong>e Circulation:<br />
<strong>the</strong> traditional picture (I)<br />
<strong>The</strong> excess evaporation over freshwater<br />
<strong>in</strong>put with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> bas<strong>in</strong> is balanced by a<br />
two layer exchange at <strong>the</strong> Strait of<br />
Gibraltar compris<strong>in</strong>g a relatively warm,<br />
fresh (15°C, 36.2psu) upper water<br />
<strong>in</strong>flow and a relatively cool and saltier<br />
(13.5°C and 38.4 psu) outflow to <strong>the</strong><br />
Atlantic. <strong>The</strong> transformation of <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>in</strong>flow<strong>in</strong>g Atlantic Water to<br />
Mediterranean outflow<strong>in</strong>g water with<strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> bas<strong>in</strong> is made through a <strong><strong>the</strong>rmohal<strong>in</strong>e</strong><br />
cell that <strong>in</strong>volves <strong>the</strong> whole bas<strong>in</strong><br />
and leads to <strong>the</strong> formation of <strong>the</strong><br />
Levant<strong>in</strong>e Intermediate Water (LIW).<br />
Chapter 4, MedCLIVAR book, 2006<br />
Tel Aviv, ISRAEL<br />
MedCLIVAR workshop<br />
19-20 19 20 September 2011<br />
From Lascaratos et al., 1999
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